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Do you use Anchoring and Docking (full) for multiline textboxes?

Last updated by Igor Goldobin about 2 months ago.See history

If you add a multiline textbox in a form, you should add anchoring and/or docking properties to allow it to expand when the form is resized.

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Figure: Bad example - Wrong settings in the designer

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Figure: Good example - Set Anchor property to Top, Bottom, Left, Right in the designer

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Figure: Bad example - Multiline textbox with the wrong anchoring and/or docking properties

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Figure: Good example - Multiline textbox with the correct anchoring and/or docking properties

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Adam Cogan
Windows Forms Applications
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