iam having an MDI form,in which i placed a form.i have some issues while resizing
how to set the maximum for the the mdichild so that it cannot be resized to the entire
container if i selects maximize
is it possible to put anything apart from a form inside the container( i am using a third
party component dotnetmagic,i want to create a content using it and like to place it in the
mdicontainer)
Thnx in advance
Set the normal MaximumSize/MinimumSize property of the MDIChild Form, or see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327824 if it doesn't work.
No. Consider using WPF and Canvas, if you want to create a custom drawing environment.
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I'm having a lot of difficulty with WinForms and sizing of user controls. We've got a DataGrid, with some buttons underneath it, in a custom User Control.
Everything is anchored correctly. As in, when you resize the control, the buttons stay anchored to their proper sides, and the data grid fills the rest.
It even works when adding it to our main form:
Then, when we run the app, it gets cut off:
I've tried:
Docking
Anchoring
Changing the AutoSize property of the control, and the control as used in the main form
But nothing is getting it to act like it does in the designer.
Any help is really appreciated.
Use Split Container and put dataGridView on top and bottom insert your buttons and set Panel that is in bottom Fixed.
Another option is to use TableLayoutPanel
More information :
Designing the Layout of Windows Forms using a TableLayoutPanel, with auto-expand panels
There were obvious issues with the WinForms app, WRT scaling and fonts. We switched over to WPF and everything is working as expected.
I'm populating a self-made Windows Explorer which simulate the Microsoft Windows Explorer. This is the layout of my Windows Form:
What I want it to be is:
But when I maximized the windows, it looks like this:
The problem is that the treeView's width got increased, too. How to stop that ?
Any ideas? I've tried many ways but nothing works.
Try to add a second splitcontainer around the groupbox and the splitcontainer you already have. Then set the panel at the bottom as the fixed panel.
You can set the SplitContainer.FixedPanel property to disable automatic resizing of one of the panels. This way the specified panel will remain the same width/height even when the container itself is resized.
You could use Anchoring (each control will have that in the Properties menu), and select what you want it "anchored" to. That should allow your controls to stetch to fit the form.
It can be fiddly, so you have to anchor each control and think about how to wish to set it. EG to make a control extend if you increase the height of your form, click the top and bottom anchors.
I was wondering what is the best way to print entire content of scrollable control. I was trying to print a control in several ways, however all the time I was only able to draw visible content of control. So far I tried to use
PrintForm // there is nothing I can do with this because it requires a form not a control
I was also trying to use controlName.DrawToBitmap() method however this function captures only the visible area of control.
What is the best way to draw this kind of controls ?? I would like to avoid scrolling control's content in order to capture all control's element.
I would suggest that you create an invisible to the end-user form (for examlpe, position it at (-10000, -10000) and this form should have the size enough to display the ScrollableControl without scrollbars. This way you will be able to workaround this problem.
When I want to maximize my form I have always to unenable maximize button, because when I want to maximize it, the controls don't feet the new screen size so that they are always at top-left side after maximizing. My QUESTION is: how to maximize the form so it fit the new size??
No actual answer. I have understand the tableLayoutPanel now. It is very beautiful
Play with the .Anchor property of the controls so they move where they are supposed to move when you maximize.
The best solution I found so far is using TableLayoutPanel. You can use nested TableLayoutPanels inside each other to organize your UI. For each UI component, you have to set property Dock to Fill (including TableLayoutPanels).
That way, you will have robust UI configuring itself automatically when size changes.
typically in java if you have a layout manager of somesort, when you resize the page then the components in that panel will resize accordingly. I think my app is missing some sort of layout manager to control resizing as at the moment everything is just static
Is there a way to make it resize on the changing of the form size? say the user makes the page bigger, then the componenets adjust and so on.
Thanks
.NET has layout managers as well.
Personally, I prefer the TableLayoutPanel for my WinForms apps.
Once you layout the Table (using a combination of static/dynamic sized rows/columns) you add your child controls to the table cells. Once you add your controls, you can dock or anchor the controls to the cell so that they are automatically adjusted when the window is re-sized.
Two main options:
Anchoring. Set your control to "anchor" to the sides of your form. This means that if the form resizes, the control will stay a constant distance from that side. So, if you anchor Top, Left and Right, then your control will stay in the same position, but resize horizontally with the width of the form. Play with it. It'll be obvious.
Docking. Set your control to "dock" to a side of the form, or the center. This is usually done with containers, and it will make the widget take up that entire portion of the form no matter how large it gets.
In Windows Forms you make use of the Control.Anchor property, which will cause the control to adjust accordingly when the window resizes.
To do this with windows forms you use the Anchor and Dock properties of the control
See this for a guide on how to use them