CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#winforms
cableload
cableload

Reputation: 4385

windows forms hide panel and show button

I have a panel on my windows forms inside of which I have two text boxes and a button for user login. On successful login i hide the panel and show another button called Process Cases. Everything works the way I want. 

myPanel.Visible = false;
btnProcessCases.Visible=true;

The Process Cases button is laid out below the panel. Upon hiding I would like the button to occupy the position that the panel earlier occupied. How do I do that? Right now its positioned below the panel.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 14099

Answers (4)

Rob Epstein
Rob Epstein

Reputation: 1500

Set the Dock property of myPanel to Top then put your button in another panel (buttonPanel) and Dock it to Top. Then toggling the visibility of myPanel will cause the panel containing the button to nicely slide to the top. No nasty resetting of the physical location of buttons or panels and no nasty design concerns with overlapping controls. The Dock property will soon become your best friend.

Upvotes: 2

user1064248
user1064248

Reputation: 

btnProcessCases.Location = myPanel.Location;
btnProcessCases.Size = myPanel.Size;
myPanel.Visible = false;
btnProcessCases.Visible=true;

Upvotes: 2

Michael Ross
Michael Ross

Reputation: 570

Add the following:

    btnProcessCases.Left = myPanel.Left;
    btnProcessCases.Top = myPanel.Top;

Upvotes: 2

Mike Dinescu
Mike Dinescu

Reputation: 55760

You can just set the Location property of the button to the location of the myPanel panel:

btnProcessCases.Location = myPanel.Location;
btnProcessCases.Visible=true;
myPanel.Visible = false;

Upvotes: 1

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