How to: Change the Appearance of ToolStrip Text and Images in Windows Forms

You can control whether text and images are displayed on a ToolStripItem and how they are aligned relative to each other and the ToolStrip.

• Set the DisplayStyle property to the desired value. The possibilities are Image, ImageAndText, None, and Text. The default is ImageAndText.

  toolStripButton2.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image;  
  

• Set the TextAlign property to the desired value. The possibilities are any combination of top, middle, and bottom with left, center, and right. The default is MiddleCenter.

  toolStripSplitButton1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;  
  

• Set the ImageAlign property to the desired value. The possibilities are any combination of top, middle, and bottom with left, center, and right. The default is MiddleLeft.

  toolStripSplitButton1.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;  
  

• Set the TextImageRelation property to the desired value. The possibilities are ImageAboveText, ImageBeforeText, Overlay, TextAboveImage, and TextBeforeImage. The default is ImageBeforeText.

  toolStripButton1.TextImageRelation = System.Windows.Forms.TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText;  
  

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