Customize appearance in WinForms Context Menu Strip

18 Nov 20183 minutes to read

Background Color

The BackColor property sets the background color of WinForms Context Menu Strip. The background color is used to improve the visual appearance of the WinForms Context Menu Strip.

The below code snippet will explain how to set background color of WinForms Context Menu Strip.

this.contextMenuStripEx.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.SkyBlue;
Me.contextMenuStripEx.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.SkyBlue

Background Color of the Context Menu Strip

Font

The Font property sets the FontFamily, Size (in points), and FontStyle of the WinForms Context Menu Strip.

The below code snippet will explain the procedure to set font for menu items.

this.contextMenuStripEx.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Courier New", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Strikeout);
Me.contextMenuStripEx.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Courier New", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Strikeout)

Custom font applied to the Context Menu Strip

Foreground Color

The ForeColor property sets the foreground color for menu items.

this.contextMenuStripEx.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
Me.contextMenuStripEx.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red

Foreground color applied to menu items

Size

The Size property sets the height and width of context menu items.

NOTE:
In order to set a custom size for the context menu, set the AutoSize property to false.

The below code snippet is to set the size of context menu.

this.contextMenuStripEx.AutoSize = false;
this.contextMenuStripEx.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 250);
Me.contextMenuStripEx.AutoSize = False
Me.contextMenuStripEx.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 250)

Custom size applied to the Context Menu Strip

Text

The Text property sets the accessible caption (name) of the WinForms Context Menu Strip control; it does not display as the menu’s title at runtime.

The below code snippet will explain how to set text for WinForms Context Menu Strip.

this.contextMenuStripEx.Text = "Context Menu";
Me.contextMenuStripEx.Text = "Context Menu"

Text property of the Context Menu Strip

Background Image

The BackgroundImage property sets the background image of WinForms Context Menu Strip.

The below code snippet is to set the background image of WinForms Context Menu Strip.

this.contextMenuStripEx.BackgroundImage = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(@"..\..\..\cut.png");
Me.contextMenuStripEx.BackgroundImage = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("..\..\..\cut.png")

Background image of the Context Menu Strip