Hi All
I have textboxes within a TableLayoutpane l and I want to be able to position
an independant control adjacent to a selected textbox
This independent control allows selection of text to insert into the textbox
I am having trouble achieving this, see code below, the x position is too
far to the right and the y position is close to the bottom of the textbox
and I want it to be side by side.
I am obviously not understanding the coordinate system properly
Regards
Steve
Private Sub txtbox_Mousedow n(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows. Forms.MouseEven tArgs)
'common sub for any textbox clicked
Dim mypoint As New Point
Panel1.Visible = True
Panel1.BringToF ront()
mypoint.X = sender.pointtos creen(sender.lo cation).x + sender.width
mypoint.Y = sender.pointtos creen(sender.lo cation).y
Panel1.Location = mypoint
end sub 3 5389
Hi Steve,
Thank you for your post.
The coordinate system for a Windows Form is based on device coordinates,
and the basic unit of measure when drawing in Windows Forms is the device
unit (typically, the pixel). Points on the screen are described by x- and
y-coordinate pairs, with the x-coordinates increasing to the right and the
y-coordinates increasing from top to bottom. The location of the origin,
relative to the screen, will vary depending on whether you are specifying
screen or client coordinates.
A Windows Forms application specifies the position of points in a form or
control using client coordinates. The origin for client coordinates is the
upper-left corner of the client area of the control or form. Client
coordinates ensure that an application can use consistent coordinate values
while drawing in a form or control, regardless of the position of the form
or control on the screen.
In your code, since the Panel1 and the TextBox have different parent
container, the coordinates of them are not exchangable, we must convert
them to screen coordinates first before we can add or compare.
I've written following commented code to achieve the objective in your post:
Private Sub txtbox_Mousedow n(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows. Forms.MouseEven tArgs)
Panel1.Visible = True
Panel1.BringToF ront()
Dim txt As TextBox = CType(sender, TextBox) ' it's recommended to cast
the sender to TextBox first
Dim p as Point = txt.Parent.Poin tToScreen(txt.L ocation) ' since the
txt.Location is a client coordinate in its parent, we should call
txt.Parent.Poin tToScreen, not txt.PointToScre en
p.X = p.X + txt.Width
Panel1.Location = Panel1.Parent.P ointToClient(p) ' again, since the
Panel1.Location is a client coordinate in its parent, we should call
Panel1.Parent.P ointToClient() to convert a screen coordinate back to a
client coordinate
end sub
Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.
Regards,
Walter Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hi Walter
Thanks for the great reply
Worked a treat
Regards
Steve
"Walter Wang [MSFT]" <wa****@online. microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0I******** *****@TK2MSFTNG XA01.phx.gbl... Hi Steve,
Thank you for your post.
The coordinate system for a Windows Form is based on device coordinates, and the basic unit of measure when drawing in Windows Forms is the device unit (typically, the pixel). Points on the screen are described by x- and y-coordinate pairs, with the x-coordinates increasing to the right and the y-coordinates increasing from top to bottom. The location of the origin, relative to the screen, will vary depending on whether you are specifying screen or client coordinates.
A Windows Forms application specifies the position of points in a form or control using client coordinates. The origin for client coordinates is the upper-left corner of the client area of the control or form. Client coordinates ensure that an application can use consistent coordinate values while drawing in a form or control, regardless of the position of the form or control on the screen.
In your code, since the Panel1 and the TextBox have different parent container, the coordinates of them are not exchangable, we must convert them to screen coordinates first before we can add or compare.
I've written following commented code to achieve the objective in your post:
Private Sub txtbox_Mousedow n(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows. Forms.MouseEven tArgs)
Panel1.Visible = True Panel1.BringToF ront()
Dim txt As TextBox = CType(sender, TextBox) ' it's recommended to cast the sender to TextBox first Dim p as Point = txt.Parent.Poin tToScreen(txt.L ocation) ' since the txt.Location is a client coordinate in its parent, we should call txt.Parent.Poin tToScreen, not txt.PointToScre en p.X = p.X + txt.Width Panel1.Location = Panel1.Parent.P ointToClient(p) ' again, since the Panel1.Location is a client coordinate in its parent, we should call Panel1.Parent.P ointToClient() to convert a screen coordinate back to a client coordinate
end sub
Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.
Regards, Walter Wang Microsoft Online Community Support
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Appreciate your update and response. I am glad to hear that the problem has
been fixed. If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact us. It is always our pleasure to be of assistance.
Have a nice day!
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