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title: Create a Basic ToolStrip with Standard Items Using the Designer
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords:
  - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms], creating"
  - "toolbars [Windows Forms], creating"
  - "toolbars [Windows Forms], adding items"
  - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms], adding standard items"
ms.assetid: 028deb1a-acf8-4911-979a-ba8431cd9d82
---
# How to: Create a Basic Windows Forms ToolStrip with Standard Items Using the Designer
The following procedure demonstrates how to create a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip> and add seven <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton> controls that represent typical tasks.

## To add standard items in the designer

1. Create a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip> control.

2. In the upper right corner of the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip>, click the smart task arrow to display the **ToolStrip Tasks** pane.

3. In the **ToolStrip Tasks** pane, choose **Insert Standard Items**.

## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip>
- [ToolStrip Control Overview](toolstrip-control-overview-windows-forms.md)
- [ToolStrip Control](toolstrip-control-windows-forms.md)
- [ToolStrip Control Architecture](toolstrip-control-architecture.md)
- [ToolStrip Technology Summary](toolstrip-technology-summary.md)