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• What are the the techniques for text wrapping?

  Wrapping radio button/checkbox http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/articles/478300.aspx Wrapping text http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/articles/478299.aspx

• How can I use TableLayoutPanel for resizable dialogs?

  Resizable dialogs require that controls are present that the user may want to resize to better use. In general, items such as labels and buttons will not need to be modified by the user. They will be covered by auto-layout. Controls that do need to be...

• How can I use TableLayoutPanel with non-resizable dialogs?

  Dialogs with a fixed border are generally the easiest to set up auto-layout for. They should have an overarching TLP with AutoSize set to true and AutoSizeMode set to GrowAndShrink. The Form it is on should be set to AutoSize = true with an AutoSizeMode...

• How can I layout group boxes with TableLayoutPanel?

  Group boxes tend to have similar behavior to dialogs except that they contain fewer controls. Also, many group boxes will be required to grow vertically with font changes and still stretch with the form. The below example has a TableLayoutPanel inside...

• What are some Autolayout considerations for textbox button combinations?

  Every scenario differs a bit, but a TableLayoutPanel can often address this issue. For instance, if you have the following arrangement: Simple setting the button to AutoSize (assuming the button is anchored Top, Left) would "push" the form bigger...

• How can I maintain equal sizing amongst horizontally-aligned autosizing buttons?

  Here is the scenario: Simply setting Button.AutoSize=true would cause the buttons to have unequal size, ala: Instead, place the controls within a TableLayoutPanel One row and three columns for this example Set each column to equal percentage column style...

• How do Extender-provider properties work with TableLayoutPanel?

  Rather than have properties on Cells, the table layout panel proffers properties on the controls within the cells via extender providers. Below is the list of those offered. CellPosition public void SetCellPosition (Control control, TableLayoutPanelCellPosition...

• How are Rows and Columns generated?

  Whereas the getter for RowCount / ColumnCount returns the number of rows or columns in the table layout panel respectively, the setter is peculiar in that it sets the minimum number of rows or columns to create. This is throttled by the surprisingly well...

• How do ColumnStyles and RowStyles work with TableLayoutPanel?

  The ColumnStyles and RowStyles collection control the sizing of all the rows and columns. If these are empty or there are more rows/columns than styles, it is assumed the column/row is "AutoSized". AutoSize – sizes the column/row to the minimum...

• How can I position Controls with TableLayoutPanel?

  Additionally the tableLayoutPanel provides several methods to change the position of controls that are already added to the table: tableLayoutPanel.SetCellPosition(new TableLayoutPanelCellPosition(4,2)) NOTE: Via extender provider on the control itself...

• How can I add Controls to a TableLayoutPanel?

  Controls can be added to the TableLayoutPanel in a free-styled manner via the Add method on the Controls collection. The newly added control will be added in the next available cell, but generally column and row positions are assigned to the child controls...

• So I should use TableLayoutPanel everywhere, right?

  No - TableLayoutPanel is very powerful, but was designed to provide a very specific set of functionality. It is tempting to try to use it in all new Whidbey forms, but this generally leads to sadness and misery, specifically in the form of shoddy UI performance...

• What is the TableLayoutPanel?

  Our primary weapon in our auto-layout arsenal is the Table Layout Panel (TLP). TLPs act similar to HTML tables in their ability to regulate space and flow on a form. The TableLayoutPanel has several key sources of information that it uses to determine...