Is there any way to determine the bounds (or at least the width) of the image
margin region of a Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownMenu? I know that the
bounds are specified in
Windows.Forms.ToolStripProfessionalRenderer.OnRenderImageMargin via the
Windows.Forms.ToolStripRenderEventArgs.AffectedBounds property. But, there
are other times when the width of the image margin is required, such as when
drawing images or checks within the region (especially when ShowCheckMargin
and ShowImageMargin are both true) or when custom drawing separators.

Thanks for any help!
Lance

Hi Lance,

This is a quick note to let you know that I am performing research on this
issue and will get the result back to you ASAP.

I appreciate your patience!


Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi Lance,

I have spent several hours researching on this problem but unfortunately, I
haven't found a way to get the bounds of image&check margin of a
ToolStripDropDownMenu except the way of getting it in the override
OnRenderImageMargin method in the derived ToolStripRenderer class.

In additon, in the override OnRenderImageMargin method in the derived
ToolStripRenderer class, the AffectedBounds property of
ToolStripRenderEventArgs parameter returns the bound covering both the
check and image margin, if they all exist.

Actually, when the ImageScaling property of a ToolStripItem is set to
SizeToFit, which is the default value, the image of the ToolStripItem will
be resized to fit the image margin. We needn't worry that the width of our
image may not fit the image margin.

Hope this helps.
If you have any concerns, please feel free to let me know.


Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Hi Linda,

Thank you for looking into this. Just knowing that there isn't a direct way
to determine the width of the ImageMargin is very helpful. I'm sure that I
will be able to implement a workaround without too much difficulty.

Thanks again. You're always a big help!
Lance