# RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText Property

> Gets or sets a value indicating whether the value of the RibbonListViewItemDropDown.Text property is displayed to the left of the drop-down button. The default value is true.

- **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.RibbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/showtext-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/showtext-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/showtext-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the value of the [RibbonListViewItemDropDown.Text](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/text-property/llms-full.txt) property is displayed to the left of the drop-down button. The default value is true.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool ShowText { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property ShowText As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `RibbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText` to configure show text as part of the ribbon list view item drop down workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
ribbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText = true;
if (ribbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View Item Drop Down: Show Text is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
ribbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText = True
If ribbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowText Then
    Console.WriteLine("Ribbon List View Item Drop Down: Show Text is enabled.")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown.ShowCheckMargin Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/showcheckmargin-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonListView.RibbonListViewItemDropDown.Text Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview-ribbonlistviewitemdropdown/text-property/llms-full.txt)