How to Make a Toolbar for Visual Basic Reappear

Create a toolbar in Visual Basic.

Making a toolbar reappear in your Visual Basic (VB) application is not complicated. In VB, you can access control properties by using the control's name. To hide or show a toolbar control, you can use the "Hide" and "Show" properties. Hiding controls can be user-unfriendly if new controls start popping up out of nowhere when you are using the application. It's good practice to disable the control instead of hiding it.

Instructions

1. Launch Microsoft Visual Basic and click "New Project" from the left pane of your screen. Click "Windows Forms Application" and click "OK" to start a new project.

2. Double-click "ToolStrip" from the Toolbox pane to add a new toolbar to your form. Double-click "Button" to add a new button to your form. Add a second button using the same technique.

3. Double-click "Button1" to create a click event for the button, then add the following code to hide the tool bar control:

   Me.ToolStrip1.Hide()

4. Switch back to form design and double-click "Button2" to create a click event. Add the following code to make the tool bar reappear:

   Me.ToolStrip1.Show()

5. Press F5 to run the program and click "Button1." Click "Button2" to show the toolbar.

References

• MSDN: ToolStrip Class