[DockPanel-Suite]How do I make my window appear in the lower right corner programmatically?

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This is a question about how to use dockpanel-suite. As you know, when a form is loaded first time, we can choose the dockstyle through setting the property ShowHint. Now I want a dock effect neither DockRight nor DockBottom, I want an effect "DockRightBottom" when the form is loaded for the first time. Now I can get this effect through a mannal drag and drop operation after the form is loaded.

As shown in the above picture, the properties window in the visual studio is docked in the lower right corner. How can I make my window shown in this Right Bottom position programmatically. Thanks a lot for all your instructions.

There's [no such thing](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=showhint&pgArea=header&emptyWatermark=true&ac=4#refinementChanges=117&pageNumber=1&showMore=false) as a `ShowHint` property on a WinForms form. What toolkit are you using? — , Jan 17 '16 at 06:03
Sorry, I have edited the question. I forgot sth important just now. Actually this is a question about how to use the open source component dockpanel-suite. — cs_matrix, Jan 17 '16 at 06:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '16 at 05:59

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Put this in your code

Rectangle workingArea = Screen.GetWorkingArea(this);
        this.Location = new Point(workingArea.Right - Size.Width,
                                  workingArea.Bottom - Size.Height);

It loads your application to the bottom right of the screen.

answered Jan 17 '16 at 05:59

Julian Johnson

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Thank you for your kindly instruction. Sorry, I have edited the question. I forgot sth important just now. Actually this is a question about how to use the open source component dockpanel-suite. – cs_matrix Jan 17 '16 at 06:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '16 at 12:53

So to have panels shown side by side you can follow this article,

http://docs.dockpanelsuite.com/en/latest/tutorials/basics.html

The below code is modified a little bit to dock them on the right side,

dmcDownloadMonitor.Show(dockPanel, DockState.DockRight);
amcActivateModsMonitor.Show(dmcDownloadMonitor.Pane, DockAlignment.Bottom, 0.5);

You can see that we moved all documentation to this new site

http://docs.dockpanelsuite.com

So spare some time on it to see if there is anything else useful.

[DockPanel-Suite]How do I make my window appear in the lower right corner programmatically?

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