# RibbonListView.ShowItemsInDropDown Property

> Gets or sets a value indicating whether this RibbonListView's drop down menu displays additionally to the drop down items the control's RibbonListViewItems or not. The default value is false.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **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.ShowItemsInDropDown Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/showitemsindropdown-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/showitemsindropdown-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/showitemsindropdown-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this RibbonListView's drop down menu displays additionally to the [drop down items](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/dropdownitems-property/llms-full.txt) the control's [RibbonListViewItems](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/ribbonlistviewitems-property/llms-full.txt) or not. The default value is false.

### Syntax

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

```vbnet
Public Property ShowItemsInDropDown As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `RibbonListView.ShowItemsInDropDown` to configure show items in drop down as part of the ribbon list view workflow. The change is then applied to the active document or user interface.

```csharp
ribbonListView.ShowItemsInDropDown = true;
ribbonListView.Update();
```

```vbnet
ribbonListView.ShowItemsInDropDown = True
ribbonListView.Update()
```

### Remarks

The RibbonListView is extended by a drop-down button to the right if this property is set to true and the [actual number of rows](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/rowcount-property/llms-full.txt) is greater than the specified [maximum number of rows](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/maxvisiblerows-property/llms-full.txt).

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonListView.ShowBorder Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/showborder-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonListView.ToolTip Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonlistview/tooltip-property/llms-full.txt)