which event should i handle to adjust the size of controls on winform?

Question

when my form is shown, i want to adjust the height of certain control, i do this in the Shown Event handler, it doesn't work, so which event should i handle?

Answer 1

The quick answer is, use the Layout event. But with .NET 2.0 and up you really have much better tools at your disposal. I would look into the Anchor property, the Dock property, the TableLayoutPanel, FlowLayoutPanel, etc.

It's very rare that you should need to manually layout controls unless you're implementing a custom layout.