C# change location of controls inside FlowLayoutPanel

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I am using flowLayoutPanel to have relative location controls. I would like to change the location of control inside the flowLayoutPanel. when I say location, I dont mean control1 before control2 or something like that - I mean that if I got 2 controls, lets say label and comboBox - the comboBox's height is 21, the label's height is 13 and the flowLayoutPanel's height is 21 also. I want to put the label in the vertical middle of the flowLayoutPanel - ((21-13)/2) from top. I dont want something specific for vertical middle I want general solution.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '11 at 23:17

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You could also set the top margin of the label to (containerHeight-labelHeight)/2

answered Feb 17 '11 at 23:17

Ken Wayne VanderLinde

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Worked like a charm, I forgot about the margin property. – Ron Feb 17 '11 at 23:22
Who da Man? You da Man! This worked great. For anyone else working with this, the margin has to be copied to a variable, modified and then set back. – Brad Bruce Jul 21 '13 at 22:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '11 at 23:06

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The flow layout is not going to help: it just arranges all controls in a list, adjusting their position to fit in the panel. You can create subgroups by putting controls in a table within the flow layout, or just use a table for maximum control.

answered Feb 17 '11 at 23:06

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How exactly can I set the location of control inside tableLayoutPanel? I cant do it inside tableLayoutPanel too.. – Ron Feb 17 '11 at 23:19
I do like the idea of using a TableLayoutPanel - you can set control positions and even dimensions just by setting the dimensions of columns/rows. For a full GUI, it takes a little more planning than placing everything into a FlowLayoutPanel, but I think the rewards are worth it. – Ken Wayne VanderLinde Feb 17 '11 at 23:33
Right - you can always dock the controls within each cell. – Marco Feb 17 '11 at 23:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 10:30

    int cIndex = this.FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.GetChildIndex(Button1);
    int bIndex = this.FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.GetChildIndex(Button1);

    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.SetChildIndex(Button1, bIndex);
    this.FlowLayoutPanel1.Controls.SetChildIndex(Button2, cIndex);

C# change location of controls inside FlowLayoutPanel

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