# RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem.DropDown Property

> Gets an object of type RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown to access settings of the drop-down menu, that is displayed for each RibbonListViewItem when the RibbonListView.ViewMode property includes the ListViewMode.DropDown enumeration.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 29.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem.DropDown Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/dropdown-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/dropdown-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/dropdown-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets an object of type [RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/llms-full.txt) to access settings of the drop-down menu, that is displayed for each `RibbonListViewItem` when the [RibbonListView.ViewMode](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/viewmode-property/llms-full.txt) property includes the `ListViewMode.DropDown` enumeration.

### Syntax

```csharp
public RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown DropDown { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property DropDown As RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown
```

### Examples

The following example includes the drop down value in application diagnostics. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
Console.WriteLine($"Drop Down: {ribbonListViewItem.DropDown}");
Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View Item is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
Console.WriteLine($"Drop Down: {ribbonListViewItem.DropDown}")
Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View Item is ready for use.")
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItem Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitem/constructor/llms-full.txt)
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