Move controls when form maximized

Jacob Thastrup

Hi
This is propably easy to answer but how do I make sure that my controls
stay in a certain area of my form. Right now if I maximize my form the
controls will stay in their original position and the form will expand
all around it, how can I make my controls stay, say in the bottom right
corner no matter the size of the form and the resolution of the monitor?

Thanks

Jacob Thastrup

Nov 21 '05 #1

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Imran Koradia

Take a look at the Anchor property of the controls. This will allow you to
'anchor' your controls in a particular position on the form. If you set the
Anchor property to Top, your control will be anchored to the top of the form
no matter the size of the form. Similarly, if you set the property to Bottom
Or Left (since these are bit flags), the control will be anchored to the
bottom left of the form. Based on your requirements, a particular
combination of the flags should work for you.

hope that helps..
Imran.
"Jacob Thastrup" <ja***@thastrup.com> wrote in message
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Hi
This is propably easy to answer but how do I make sure that my controls
stay in a certain area of my form. Right now if I maximize my form the
controls will stay in their original position and the form will expand
all around it, how can I make my controls stay, say in the bottom right
corner no matter the size of the form and the resolution of the monitor?

Thanks

Jacob Thastrup

Nov 21 '05 #2

Jacob Thastrup

Works like a charm

Thanks

Imran Koradia wrote:

Take a look at the Anchor property of the controls. This will allow you to
'anchor' your controls in a particular position on the form. If you set the
Anchor property to Top, your control will be anchored to the top of the form
no matter the size of the form. Similarly, if you set the property to Bottom
Or Left (since these are bit flags), the control will be anchored to the
bottom left of the form. Based on your requirements, a particular
combination of the flags should work for you.

hope that helps..
Imran.

"Jacob Thastrup" <ja***@thastrup.com> wrote in message
news:41***************@thastrup.com...
Hi
This is propably easy to answer but how do I make sure that my controls
stay in a certain area of my form. Right now if I maximize my form the
controls will stay in their original position and the form will expand
all around it, how can I make my controls stay, say in the bottom right
corner no matter the size of the form and the resolution of the monitor?

Thanks

Jacob Thastrup

Nov 21 '05 #3

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Jacob Thastrup" <ja***@thastrup.com> schrieb:

This is propably easy to answer but how do I make sure that my controls
stay in a certain area of my form. Right now if I maximize my form the
controls will stay in their original position and the form will expand
all around it, how can I make my controls stay, say in the bottom right
corner no matter the size of the form and the resolution of the monitor?

Take a look at the controls' 'Anchor' and 'Dock' properties, and the form's
'Scale' property. If you are looking for implementations of layout managers
like in Java, have a look here:

Simple Layout Managers
<URL:http://www.dotnet.jku.at/projects/slm/>

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

Nov 21 '05 #4

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