How to disable a form resize at design time?

Question

In my application I am deriving all my forms from a common BaseForm.

Now I need to disable the resizing in the BaseForm so that derived forms are not resizable at design-time.

How to achieve that?

I need it at design-time

possible duplicate of [How can I prevent users from changing the window/form size when application is running](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1330339/how-can-i-prevent-users-from-changing-the-window-form-size-when-application-is-r) — bluish, Aug 25 '15 at 12:46

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '10 at 03:04

This seems to work:

[BaseForm.cs]

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    using System.Windows.Forms;

    public partial class BaseForm : Form
    {
        public BaseForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            this.MaximumSize = this.MinimumSize = this.Size;
        }
    }
}

[DerivedForm.cs]

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class DerivedForm : WindowsFormsApplication1.BaseForm
    {
        public DerivedForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '12 at 08:28

4

i used

this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;

this make window form as like dialogBox. so dialog boxes are not resizable by user.

answered Sep 13 '12 at 08:28

paraguma

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '10 at 08:18

3

Use the following:

this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;

answered Jul 10 '10 at 08:18

Kangkan

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You can also see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1849135/winform-inheritance-designer-settings-are-copied-to-derived-form – Kangkan Jul 10 '10 at 10:42
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There is a place to set this property at design time in the VS designer gui, is that what you are referring to? – TJB Jul 11 '10 at 04:00
The one I am referring to is making the properties in the base form as read only. – Kangkan Jul 11 '10 at 16:37

George Howarth · Answer 4 · 2010-07-10T08:45:40.727

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If you go into design view and look in the form's properties menu, there is a Locked property, which disables resizing of the form.

EDIT

Try setting the MaximumSize and MinimumSize properties to the same value.

edited Jul 10 '10 at 08:45

answered Jul 10 '10 at 08:29

George Howarth

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Oh, I think I get you now. How about setting the MaximumSize and MinimumSize to the same value? – George Howarth Jul 10 '10 at 08:44

How to disable a form resize at design time?

I need it at design-time

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