I am using Toolbar from the support AppCompat v21 library and I want to put a color as background in a Item.

I want something like this (Image link)

I can't put the background with the full height of the Toolbar

I am getting this (Image link)

My code: menu.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:xxxx="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <item android:id="@+id/action_search" android:icon="@drawable/new_action_search" android:title="@string/buscador_hint_busqueda" xxxx:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" xxxx:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_search_filter" android:title="@string/buscador_filtrar" android:icon="@drawable/ic_filter" xxxx:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_save" android:title="@string/buscador_save" android:icon="@drawable/action_item_save_icon" xxxx:showAsAction="ifRoom"/> </menu>

action_item_save_icon.xml