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c#multithreadingstatusstriptoolstripstatuslabel

Updating toolStripStatusLabel immediately

I have a WinForms program that has a button, a statusStrip, and a toolStripStatusLabel in that statusStrip. If I click the button and this runs:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Test";

    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
}

Then the toolStripStatusLabel's text doesn't update until after the thread is done sleeping. How do I get it to update immediately, then sleep the thread?

Solution

  • As P. Kouvarakis said, the solution was this:

    toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Test";
statusStrip1.Update();