ToolStrip Buttons flashes

Question

Hi,

I have a windows form with a toolstip in it with several buttons. When the mouse is over a button of the toolstip then the toolstrip button starts to flash... looks like it gets and loses focus every second. That results for the click to do nothing if the user click at the time that the button has no focus therefore the user has to click the button again and again util he gets the timing correct.

Does anyone knows anything about this?

I rally need some answers as soon as possible...

Thank you very much

Answer 1

I have found the reason... The toolstrips in windows forms have by default the tooltips set to Auto and if the tooltip opens on the taskbar then the toolstrip loses focus.

The solution to this is to either disable the tooltips or to set it to manual and show the tooltip at another place.