Status bar in C# Windows Forms

Question

I cannot find a control for implementing a status bar. How can I do it manually?

Answer 1

I think you're looking for the StatusStrip control. Here's an article about it.

And here's an MSDN article.

Answer 2

.NET does include a statusbar. You can find it under Menu & Toolbar. It's called StatusStrip.

Answer 3

There is the StatusStrip control, found in the "Menus & Toolbars" category in the toolbox.

Answer 4

If you want to do it manually, here's what you will have to do:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
  public partial class Form1 : Form
  {
    private System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip statusStrip2;

    public Form1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();

      this.statusStrip2 = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      this.statusStrip2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 251);
      this.statusStrip2.Name = "statusStrip2";
      this.statusStrip2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 22);
      this.statusStrip2.TabIndex = 0;
      this.statusStrip2.Text = "statusStrip2";
      this.Controls.Add(this.statusStrip2);

      this.PerformLayout();
    }

  }
}

Answer 5

The control is called 'StatusStrip' and it is located in your toolbox. If it isn't you can find it under the 'System.Windows.Forms" namespace.

Answer 6

You mean something like the StatusStrip control?