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It's a bug in the "system" renderer, details in this bug report.
Microsoft's response gives a very easy workaround:
1) Create a subclass of ToolStripSystemRenderer, overriding OnRenderToolStripBorder and making it a no-op:
public class MySR : ToolStripSystemRenderer { public MySR() { } protected override void OnRenderToolStripBorder(ToolStripRenderEventArgs e) { //base.OnRenderToolStripBorder(e); } } 2) Use that renderer for your toolstrip:
toolStrip3.Renderer = new MySR(); You might want to add type check to avoid missing border on ToolStripDropDownMenu/etc. (since inherited from ToolStrip, it starts same custom renderer usage automatically):
protected override void OnRenderToolStripBorder(ToolStripRenderEventArgs e) { if (e.ToolStrip.GetType() == typeof(ToolStrip)) { // skip render border } else { // do render border base.OnRenderToolStripBorder(e); } } Missed ToolStripDropDownMenu border is not so noticable while using ToolStripSystemRenderer but become real eyesore with ToolStripProfessionalRenderer.
Also, setting System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripManager.Renderer = new MySR(); could be usefull if you want all ToolStrip instances appwide to use MySR by default.