FlowLayoutPanel.FlowDirection Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating the flow direction of the FlowLayoutPanel control.

C#
public System.Windows.Forms.FlowDirection FlowDirection { get; set; }

Property Value

One of the FlowDirection values indicating the direction of consecutive placement of controls in the panel. The default is LeftToRight.

Examples

The following code example sets the value of FlowDirection depending on the selected RadioButton.

C#
private void flowTopDownBtn_CheckedChanged(
    System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.TopDown;
}

private void flowBottomUpBtn_CheckedChanged(
    System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.BottomUp;
}

private void flowLeftToRight_CheckedChanged(
    System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
}

private void flowRightToLeftBtn_CheckedChanged(
    System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.RightToLeft;
}

Remarks

The FlowDirection property is the default property for the FlowLayoutPanel class.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also