Hi Guys, I have a tools bar that has regular buttons on, and I have programatically added a datetimepicker. Ive been looking for a fair while now and can find no way to put the move the datetimepicker so that it is the first item on the toolstrip. Does anyone know a way of programatically moving items around in a toolstrip?
I did not know how to do this but after a quick glance around the web what you need to do is add the existing ToolStripItems to a List of some type, sort it in whatever order you want and then re-add the items back to the ToolStrip. So, to solve your problem, you can follow this logic and then add the new item to the start of that List and then re-add that List back to the ToolStrip. Here is a quick example:-
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim listOfCurrentToolStripItems As List(Of ToolStripItem) = ToolStrip1.Items.Cast(Of ToolStripItem).ToList
Dim newToolStripComponent As New ToolStripControlHost(New DateTimePicker)
listOfCurrentToolStripItems.Insert(0, newToolStripComponent)
ToolStrip1.Items.Clear()
ToolStrip1.Items.AddRange(listOfCurrentToolStripItems.ToArray)
End Sub
I am not sure if this is the most efficient method but it certainly does the trick.
You probably used the Add method that appends the item to the collection, instead use the Insert method where you can specify the index where you want the item inserted.
Thanks thats awesome. Is there an easy way to reorder items that are have been added to the toolbar manually? I need to do this programmatically as well if its possible!
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