VB.Net Tutorial/GUI/Anchor Dock
Constrol Anchor
<source lang="vbnet">Imports System.Windows.Forms public class ControlAnchor
public Shared Sub Main Application.Run(New Form1) End Sub
End class Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Public Sub New() MyBase.New() InitializeComponent() End Sub Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer Friend WithEvents textBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.textBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.SuspendLayout() Me.textBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _ Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right) Me.textBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(144, 16) Me.textBox1.Name = "textBox1" Me.textBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(116, 20) Me.textBox1.TabIndex = 3 Me.textBox1.Text = "textBox1" " "label1 " Me.label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 16) Me.label1.Name = "label1" Me.label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(125, 20) Me.label1.TabIndex = 2 Me.label1.Text = "My perfectly-sized label" Me.label1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft " "Form1 " Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(272, 54) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.textBox1, Me.label1}) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub
End Class</source>
Control Docking
<source lang="vbnet">Imports System.Windows.Forms public class ControlDock
public Shared Sub Main Application.Run(New Form1) End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
- Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New() MyBase.New() "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub "Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. "Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents mainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu Friend WithEvents menuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents menuItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents menuItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents menuItem4 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents listView1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListView Friend WithEvents splitter2 As System.Windows.Forms.Splitter Friend WithEvents treeView1 As System.Windows.Forms.TreeView Friend WithEvents splitter1 As System.Windows.Forms.Splitter Friend WithEvents statusBar1 As System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar Friend WithEvents groupBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Dim ListViewItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem() {New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(Nothing, "Item 0", System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText, System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window, New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)))}, -1) Dim ListViewItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem() {New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(Nothing, "Item 1", System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText, System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window, New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)))}, -1) Dim ListViewItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem() {New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(Nothing, "Item 2", System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText, System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window, New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)))}, -1) Dim ListViewItem4 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem() {New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(Nothing, "Item 3", System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText, System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window, New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)))}, -1) Me.mainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu() Me.menuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.menuItem2 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.menuItem3 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.menuItem4 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.listView1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListView() Me.splitter2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Splitter() Me.treeView1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TreeView() Me.splitter1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Splitter() Me.statusBar1 = New System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar() Me.groupBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.SuspendLayout() " "mainMenu1 " Me.mainMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.menuItem1, Me.menuItem3}) " "menuItem1 " Me.menuItem1.Index = 0 Me.menuItem1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.menuItem2}) Me.menuItem1.Text = "&File" " "menuItem2 " Me.menuItem2.Index = 0 Me.menuItem2.Text = "E&xit" " "menuItem3 " Me.menuItem3.Index = 1 Me.menuItem3.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.menuItem4}) Me.menuItem3.Text = "&Help" " "menuItem4 " Me.menuItem4.Index = 0 Me.menuItem4.Text = "&About..." " "listView1 " Me.listView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill Me.listView1.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem() {ListViewItem1, ListViewItem2, ListViewItem3, ListViewItem4}) Me.listView1.Name = "listView1" Me.listView1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(232, 153) Me.listView1.TabIndex = 9 Me.listView1.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.List " "splitter2 " Me.splitter2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(121, 35) Me.splitter2.Name = "splitter2" Me.splitter2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(3, 96) Me.splitter2.TabIndex = 11 Me.splitter2.TabStop = False " "treeView1 " Me.treeView1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left Me.treeView1.ImageIndex = -1 Me.treeView1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 35) Me.treeView1.Name = "treeView1" Me.treeView1.Nodes.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node0"), New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node1", New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node3", New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node4", New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node5")})})}), New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Node2")}) Me.treeView1.SelectedImageIndex = -1 Me.treeView1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(121, 96) Me.treeView1.TabIndex = 7 " "splitter1 " Me.splitter1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top Me.splitter1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 32) Me.splitter1.Name = "splitter1" Me.splitter1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(232, 3) Me.splitter1.TabIndex = 8 Me.splitter1.TabStop = False " "statusBar1 " Me.statusBar1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 131) Me.statusBar1.Name = "statusBar1" Me.statusBar1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(232, 22) Me.statusBar1.TabIndex = 6 Me.statusBar1.Text = "statusBar1" " "groupBox1 " Me.groupBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top Me.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1" Me.groupBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(232, 32) Me.groupBox1.TabIndex = 10 Me.groupBox1.TabStop = False Me.groupBox1.Text = "groupBox1" " "Form1 " Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(232, 153) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.splitter2, Me.treeView1, Me.splitter1, Me.statusBar1, Me.groupBox1, Me.listView1}) Me.Menu = Me.mainMenu1 Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "Form1" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub
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Private Sub menuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles menuItem2.Click Me.Close() End Sub Private Sub menuItem4_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles menuItem4.Click MessageBox.Show("Message", "About...") End Sub
End Class</source>
Dock more than one controls to the bottom
<source lang="vbnet">Imports System.Windows.Forms public class MultipleControlsDockBottom
public Shared Sub Main Application.Run(New MultipleControls) End Sub
End class Public Class MultipleControls
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
- Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New() MyBase.New() "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub "Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. "Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox Friend WithEvents DataGrid1 As System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.ListBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox Me.DataGrid1 = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid CType(Me.DataGrid1, System.ruponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit() Me.SuspendLayout() " "ListBox1 " Me.ListBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 161) Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1" Me.ListBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(272, 95) Me.ListBox1.TabIndex = 0 " "DataGrid1 " Me.DataGrid1.CaptionText = "DataGrid" Me.DataGrid1.DataMember = "" Me.DataGrid1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom Me.DataGrid1.HeaderForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText Me.DataGrid1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 81) Me.DataGrid1.Name = "DataGrid1" Me.DataGrid1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(272, 80) Me.DataGrid1.TabIndex = 1 " "MultipleControls " Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266) Me.Controls.Add(Me.DataGrid1) Me.Controls.Add(Me.ListBox1) Me.DockPadding.All = 10 Me.Name = "MultipleControls" Me.Text = "Form1" CType(Me.DataGrid1, System.ruponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit() Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub
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End Class</source>