VB.Net Tutorial/GUI/AnchorStyles

AnchorStyles.Bottom Or AnchorStyles.Left

imports System
imports System.Drawing
imports System.Windows.Forms
public class ControlAnchorBottomLeft : inherits Form
  public sub New()
    Size = new Size(350,400)
    dim xButtonSize as integer = 120
    dim xMargin, yMargin  as integer
    xMargin = Font.Height * 2
    yMargin = Font.Height * 2
    dim btn as new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Upper Left"
    
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin, yMargin)
    btn = new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Lower Left"
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin, me.ClientSize.Height - yMargin - 26)
    btn.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom Or AnchorStyles.Left
  end sub
  public shared sub Main() 
    Application.Run(new ControlAnchorBottomLeft())
  end sub
end class

AnchorStyles.Bottom Or AnchorStyles.Right

imports System
imports System.Drawing
imports System.Windows.Forms
public class ControlAnchorBottomRight : inherits Form
  public sub New()
    Size = new Size(350,400)
    dim xButtonSize as integer = 120
    dim xMargin, yMargin  as integer
    xMargin = Font.Height * 2
    yMargin = Font.Height * 2
    dim btn as new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Upper Left"
    
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin, yMargin)
    btn = new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Lower Right"
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(me.ClientSize.Width - xMargin - xButtonSize, me.ClientSize.Height - yMargin - 26)
    btn.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom Or AnchorStyles.Right
  end sub
  public shared sub Main() 
    Application.Run(new ControlAnchorBottomRight())
  end sub
end class

AnchorStyles.Left Or AnchorStyles.Right

imports System
imports System.Drawing
imports System.Windows.Forms
public class ControlAnchorLeftRight : inherits Form
  public sub New()
    Size = new Size(350,400)
    dim xButtonSize as integer = 120
    dim xMargin, yMargin  as integer
    xMargin = Font.Height * 2
    yMargin = Font.Height * 2
    dim btn as new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Upper Left"
    
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin, yMargin)
    btn = new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Middle Span"
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin,Cint(me.ClientSize.Height / 2) - 26)
    btn.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left Or AnchorStyles.Right
  end sub
  public shared sub Main() 
    Application.Run(new ControlAnchorLeftRight())
  end sub
end class

AnchorStyles.Top Or AnchorStyles.Right

imports System
imports System.Drawing
imports System.Windows.Forms
public class ControlAnchorTopRight : inherits Form
  public sub New()
    Size = new Size(350,400)
    dim xButtonSize as integer = 120
    dim xMargin, yMargin  as integer
    xMargin = Font.Height * 2
    yMargin = Font.Height * 2
    dim btn as new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Upper Left"
    
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(xMargin, yMargin)
    btn = new Button()
    btn.Parent = me
    btn.Text = "Upper Right"
    btn.Size = new Size(xButtonSize, 26)
    btn.Location = new Point(me.ClientSize.Width - xMargin - xButtonSize, yMargin)
    btn.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top Or AnchorStyles.Right
  end sub
  public shared sub Main() 
    Application.Run(new ControlAnchorTopRight())
  end sub
end class

Get Control Anchoring Information

Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class GetControlAnchoringInformation
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Anchoring)
   End Sub
End class
Public Class Anchoring
    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
        For Each ctrl As Control In Me.Controls
            Dim anchorText As New System.Text.StringBuilder
            If ctrl.Anchor And AnchorStyles.Top Then
                anchorText.Append("Top")
            End If
            If ctrl.Anchor And AnchorStyles.Left Then
                If anchorText.Length <> 0 Then
                    anchorText.Append(", ")
                End If
                anchorText.Append("Left")
            End If
            If ctrl.Anchor And AnchorStyles.Bottom Then
                If anchorText.Length <> 0 Then
                    anchorText.Append(", ")
                End If
                anchorText.Append("Bottom")
            End If
            If ctrl.Anchor And AnchorStyles.Right Then
                If anchorText.Length <> 0 Then
                    anchorText.Append(", ")
                End If
                anchorText.Append("Right")
            End If
            ctrl.Text = anchorText.ToString()
        Next
    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 TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents TextBox2 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents TextBox3 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents TextBox4 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
        Me.TextBox2 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
        Me.TextBox3 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.TextBox4 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "TextBox1
        "
        Me.TextBox1.Anchor = CType(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
        Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 16)
        Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
        Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(248, 20)
        Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.TextBox1.Text = "Anchored to Top, Left, Right"
        "
        "TextBox2
        "
        Me.TextBox2.Anchor = CType(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
        Me.TextBox2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 72)
        Me.TextBox2.Name = "TextBox2"
        Me.TextBox2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(248, 20)
        Me.TextBox2.TabIndex = 1
        Me.TextBox2.Text = "Anchored to Top, Left, Right"
        "
        "TextBox3
        "
        Me.TextBox3.Anchor = CType((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
        Me.TextBox3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 96)
        Me.TextBox3.Multiline = True
        Me.TextBox3.Name = "TextBox3"
        Me.TextBox3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(248, 136)
        Me.TextBox3.TabIndex = 2
        Me.TextBox3.Text = "Anchored to Top, Bottom, Left, Right"
        "
        "Button1
        "
        Me.Button1.Anchor = CType((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(168, 240)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 23)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 3
        Me.Button1.Text = "bottom,right"
        "
        "TextBox4
        "
        Me.TextBox4.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 44)
        Me.TextBox4.Name = "TextBox4"
        Me.TextBox4.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(248, 20)
        Me.TextBox4.TabIndex = 4
        Me.TextBox4.Text = "Anchored to Top, Left (default)"
        "
        "Anchoring
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(280, 270)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox4)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox3)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox2)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)
        Me.Name = "Anchoring"
        Me.Text = "Anchoring"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
End Class