Using StatusStrip in C#

Question

Consider System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip. I have added a StatusStrip to my Windows Forms application, but I am having a few problems.

I would like to have a label anchored at the left and a progressbar anchored on the right in the StatusStrip, but I can't find a way to set these properties.

I then thought that I may need to create two StatusStrips and anchor them on either side of the bottom of the form... That didn't pan out; besides that, it just doesn't feel right.

Answer 1

Just set the Spring property on the label control to True and you should be good to go.

Answer 2

What you have to do is set the alignment property of your progressbar to right. Then set the LayoutStyle of the StatusStrip to HorizontalStackWithOverflow.

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.statusStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip();
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel();
        this.toolStripProgressBar1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripProgressBar();
        this.statusStrip1.SuspendLayout();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // statusStrip1
        // 
        this.statusStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
    this.toolStripStatusLabel1,
    this.toolStripProgressBar1});
        this.statusStrip1.LayoutStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLayoutStyle.HorizontalStackWithOverflow;
        this.statusStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 250);
        this.statusStrip1.Name = "statusStrip1";
        this.statusStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(467, 22);
        this.statusStrip1.TabIndex = 0;
        this.statusStrip1.Text = "statusStrip1";
        // 
        // toolStripStatusLabel1
        // 
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Name = "toolStripStatusLabel1";
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(117, 17);
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "toolStripStatusLabel1";
        // 
        // toolStripProgressBar1
        // 
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemAlignment.Right;
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Name = "toolStripProgressBar1";
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 16);

    }

    private System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip statusStrip1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel toolStripStatusLabel1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripProgressBar toolStripProgressBar1;

Answer 3

This can be achieved with the default table layout for the statusStrip by simply putting another label between your current label and your progressBar and set the Spring property to true.

Answer 4

Did you tried the Alignment property of ProgresBarToolStripItem set to the Right?

Answer 5

Open your Designer and set this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemAlignment.Right;