Q:

Toolstrip Drop Down Button Not Large Enough

Well the answers from stackoverflow looked promising, but no luck yet.  Also, I may not have quite enough experience yet to see it. 
Simple I thought: I am looking for a larger drop down arrow in a ToolStripDropDownButton as an item in the collection.  The tool strip drop down button is very small.  I would like it to be 3 times the current size.  Slightly larger would be of benefit as well.  The drop down, when selected, reveals a menu of items. 
Is it possible to use the ToolStripRenderer or a user control to get this as desired (unless there is a property I do not see) or ??  I am not that familiar with custom controls in a Winforms environment, so any help with snippets or direction would be helpful.  In other words, wondering, if a user control is needed, what do I need to make it work for this scenario?  That said, I am looking for any solution that will work.  Thanks for any help/ideas!!!! 

A:

Try making your own Renderer and override the OnRenderArrow method:
public class MyRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer {
  protected override void OnRenderArrow(ToolStripArrowRenderEventArgs e) {    
    if (e.Item. GetType() == typeof(ToolStripDropDownButton)) {
      Rectangle r = e.ArrowRectangle;
      List<Point> points = new List<Point>();
      points. Add(new Point(r. Left - 2, r.Height / 2 - 3));
      points. Add(new Point(r. Right + 2, r.Height / 2 - 3));
      points. Add(new Point(r. Left + (r.Width / 2),
                           r.Height / 2 + 3));
      e.Graphics. SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode. AntiAlias;
      e.Graphics. FillPolygon(Brushes. Black, points. ToArray());
    } else {
      base. OnRenderArrow(e);
    }
  }
}

Then apply it to the ToolStrip:
toolStrip1.Renderer = new MyRenderer();

You may have to change the button's AutoSize property to false and set the width of the button yourself to get the proper space.