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title: "ToolStrip Control in VB.Net"  
description: "ToolStrip is a container for ToolStripItem elements. Each individual element on the ToolStrip is a ToolStripItem that manages the layout and event"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-12-13  
updated: 2020-03-04  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/322/toolstrip-control-in-vb-dot-net  
category: "vb.net"  
tags: ["vb.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# ToolStrip Control in VB.Net

ToolStrip is a container for ToolStripItem elements. Each individual element on the ToolStrip is a ToolStripItem that manages the layout and event model for the type it contains. . The ToolStrip controls provide a common interface for Menus and Strips in Windows Forms.\

**Drag and drop ToolStrip Control from toolbox on the window Form.**

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/9250d927-e65d-4337-bef7-dcd94e938c41.png)

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/08510f68-fb77-4c54-a203-bc719299166a.png)

Add ToolStrip Item which you want to show.

You need to add one of the items in your ToolStrip that derives from ToolStrip Item.

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/d9468c4e-d5bd-43a2-b072-720762e09086.png)

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/c7b46cac-9a27-4bb9-b1c8-92054b923996.png)

Here SplitButton is added.

Add text which you want to display.

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/79dcf821-ef0f-425c-8de0-793e1fa44287.png)

## Run the project

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/597172cc-deb0-48df-b08e-5ae489dfc19a.png)

When you click SplitButton in ToolStrip then menu will show.

![ToolStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/95cfbfbe-e089-4601-ae48-223d6711161d/images/3bb8c505-e01d-4b71-ade2-8a8163666612.png)

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