Automatic resizing of the Windows Forms controls.

Question

I'm using VS2008's designer for doing this.

For example if I've a windows form of size say 500x500 and I added a DataGridView to it (490x490).

when I run this program. and maximize the form, the DataGridView still remains of the same size. rest of the additional space is blank on the form. I want DataGridView to also take the entire window size.

No software will be like that. I don't know what to change inorder get desired behaviour.

Answer 1

Set the Dock property of the DataGridView to Fill.

Answer 2

You can use Dock, or for more precise control use the Anchor property. By setting Anchor to Left, Right, Top, Bottom the control will scale with the window. By setting Anchor to Right the control will move with the right border. By setting Anchor to Top and Bottom the control will scale vertically, but have a fixed width. Just experiment

Answer 3

You can ether set the Dock-Property of your DataGridView instance to DockStyle.Fill or use the Anchor-Property and set the anchors to:

dataGridView.Anchor = 
    AnchorStyles.Bottom | 
    AnchorStyles.Right | 
    AnchorStyles.Top | 
    AnchorStyles.Left;

The first method will make your DataGridView to fill your whole client area. The second method will keep the ratio and only resize the control if the container resizes.

Answer 4

for filled up docking inside the winform use:

dataGridView.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;