It would not be a Krypton component if you could not alter the appearance quickly and easily. For each collection of menu items you can turn off the image column by setting the ImageColumn property to False…

And by then providing some large images you get something similar to the menu part of the ribbon application menu from Office 2007…

The above images use the default setting of Standard for the collections ItemStyle property. If you select the Alternate setting instead then the text part of the menu items is shown in bold for the Text and normal for the ExtraText. Useful if you want to display additional information about the option…

Combine the Alternate setting and ImageColumn turned off and you can create a nice looking menu that gives the user more extensive information and feedback about state…

The Text and ExtraText can extend over multiple lines if you require particularly long descriptions. This should allow you to create the kind of appearance you need for most situations without having to alter palette settings manually.

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