Form Layout

11 Aug 2006 11:03 PM

TyBreaker

Is it possible to set controls to dock/anchor to nearby controls rather
than to the edges of the form? Trying to have the form controls
auto-adjust if a particular controls resizes.

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12 Aug 2006 4:46 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

TyBreaker,

Did you already had a look at the Anchor properties?

Cor

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> Is it possible to set controls to dock/anchor to nearby controls rather
> than to the edges of the form? Trying to have the form controls
> auto-adjust if a particular controls resizes.
> --
> ______ ___ __
> /_ __/_ __/ _ )_______ ___ _/ /_____ ____
> / / / // / _ / __/ -_) _ `/ '_/ -_) __/
> /_/ \_, /____/_/ \__/\_,_/_/\_\\__/_/
> /___/
>
> There are 10 types of people in this world; those who understand the
> binary numbering system and those who don't.
>
> There's no place like 127.0.0.1.
>
> ASCII a silly question, get a silly ANSI.

12 Aug 2006 6:20 AM

TyBreaker

Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:

> TyBreaker,
>
> Did you already had a look at the Anchor properties?

Am I right in thinking the Anchor property only anchors controls to the
edges of the form rather than to each other?

--
______ ___ __
/_ __/_ __/ _ )_______ ___ _/ /_____ ____
/ / / // / _ / __/ -_) _ `/ '_/ -_) __/
/_/ \_, /____/_/ \__/\_,_/_/\_\\__/_/
/___/

There are 10 types of people in this world; those who understand the
binary numbering system and those who don't.

There's no place like 127.0.0.1.

ASCII a silly question, get a silly ANSI.

12 Aug 2006 7:54 AM

gene kelley

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:20:42 +1000, TyBreaker <tybreakerNO@SPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:
>> TyBreaker,
>>
>> Did you already had a look at the Anchor properties?
>
>Am I right in thinking the Anchor property only anchors controls to the
>edges of the form rather than to each other?

Refers to edges of a container which could be a form, panel or other container.

If you are talking about only a couple of controls, I would probably just use the layout event to
"describe" the location relationship of one control to another (the layout event fires when a
control is resized).

If you are talking about many controls and using VB2005, you might look at the TableLayoutPanel
which has a number of properties and possible combinations. (Here, a control's anchor refers to a
cell edge).

Gene