# RibbonTextBox.DownButtonClicked Event

> Occurs as the text box's down button is clicked.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **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 > RibbonTextBox.DownButtonClicked Event
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbontextbox/downbuttonclicked-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbontextbox/downbuttonclicked-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbontextbox/downbuttonclicked-event/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Occurs as the text box's down button is clicked.

### Syntax

```csharp
public event EventHandler DownButtonClicked;
```

```vbnet
Public Event DownButtonClicked As EventHandler
```

### Examples

The following example records useful context when down button clicked occurs.

```csharp
ribbonTextBox.DownButtonClicked += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Down Button Clicked at {DateTime.Now:u}");
};
```

```vbnet
AddHandler ribbonTextBox.DownButtonClicked,
    Sub(sender, e)
        Console.WriteLine($"Down Button Clicked at {DateTime.Now:u}")
    End Sub
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonTextBox.DisplayMode Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbontextbox/displaymode-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonTextBox.InputValidationMode Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbontextbox-inputvalidationmode/enumeration/llms-full.txt)