Change BackColor of ToolStripItem on Mouse Over [d

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So I have a MenuStrip in C# which I am trying to do a darkish theme for, but when I press the button for the dropdown menu well....

Is there a way to make it go from white to another color? I can't seem to figure out a way to do it. This is probably my first time even customizing context menus.

Answer 1

You could use MouseHover and MouseLeave event. It's easy. Just do the following steps:

1. We have a form with these items: http://s3.picofile.com/file/8188577184/Capture.JPG

2. Choose that dark backcolor for ToolStripMenuItem. I choosed black color for fileToolStripMenuItem in my example.

3. Use this for MouseHover event:

   private void fileToolStripMenuItem_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
           fileToolStripMenuItem.BackColor = Color.White;
           fileToolStripMenuItem.ForeColor =Color.Black;
   }
   

4. Use this for MouseLeave event:

   private void fileToolStripMenuItem_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
           fileToolStripMenuItem.BackColor = Color.Black;
           fileToolStripMenuItem.ForeColor = Color.White;
   }