How to: Align a Control to the Edges of Forms at Design Time
You can make your control align to the edge of your forms by setting the Dock. This property designates where your control resides in the form. The Dock property can be set to the following values:
Setting |
Effect on your control |
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Docks to the bottom of the form. |
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Fills all remaining space in the form. |
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Docks to the left side of the form. |
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Does not dock anywhere, and it appears at the location specified by its Location. |
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Docks to the right side of the form. |
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Docks to the top of the form. |
These values can also be set in code. For more information, see How to: Align a Control to the Edges of Forms.
Note
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To set the Dock property for your control at design time
In the Windows Forms Designer, select your control.
In the Properties window, click the drop-down box next to the Dock property.
A graphical interface representing the six possible Dock settings is displayed.
Choose the appropriate setting.
Your control will now dock in the manner specified by the setting.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Align a Control to the Edges of Forms
Walkthrough: Arranging Controls on Windows Forms Using Snaplines
How to: Anchor Controls on Windows Forms
How to: Anchor and Dock Child Controls in a TableLayoutPanel Control
How to: Anchor and Dock Child Controls in a FlowLayoutPanel Control
Walkthrough: Arranging Controls on Windows Forms Using a TableLayoutPanel
Walkthrough: Arranging Controls on Windows Forms Using a FlowLayoutPanel