Adjust padding to right of menu item

[David A.]

Hi,
I have a menu that has excess padding on the right of all my CommandBarDropDownButton menu items that for some of our users with low resolution, is causing problems with child menu items displaying.  Is there a way to reduce the amount of padding to the right of each menu item either through Visual Style Builder or through code? See image below for a visual.

Thanks,
David A.

[Stefan]

Hi David,

Thank you for writing.

To reduce the space mentioned, you can set negative Padding to RadMenuItem either in Visual Style Builder, or in code. Here is a sample:

radMenuItem2.Padding = new Padding(0, 3, -50, 0);

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[David A.]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the suggestion but when I do this in Visual Style Builder under "RadMenu - Dropdown" it shrinks the width of the menu, but the arrows for child menu items no longer display and my shortcut text is truncated.  I tried changing the ArrowPrimitive and ShortcutTextprimitive padding but I just can't get it right.  Any way to make the entire menu "shrink" without truncating any other controls.  There just seems to be an inch worth of blank space after the longest menu item text.  I am using the Office2010Blue package by the way.

Thank you,
David A.

[Stefan]

Hello David,

Thank you for writing back.

In this case (having a shortcut and arrow for child items) the approach will be different. The setting should be introduced to the text element, rather than the whole menu item. Attached you can find an image, demonstrating where to introduce this setting in your theme.

I hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Greetings,
Stefan
the Telerik team