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Zjitzu
Zjitzu

Reputation: 197

How do I get scrollbar on panel

I have a Form with a Panel. In this Panel, I want to use the vertical scrollbar when I needed.

How do I do this? I've tried setting autoscroll true and set a min scroll height, but the scrollbar never appears.

I've also tried this:

my_panel.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical

but then I get the error that scrollbar is not a member of my_panel?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2170

Answers (2)

nelek
nelek

Reputation: 4312

I know You asked this question more then year ago, but... ;)

Recently, I had same problem (label inside panel, and I need only vertical scrollbar).

If You want only vertical scrollbar of panel with label inside, use code bellow :

Dim pnl As New Panel
pnl.Size = New Size(300, 200)
pnl.AutoSize = True
Dim lbl As New Label
lbl.Location = New Point(0, 0)
lbl.AutoSize = True
lbl.MaximumSize = New Size(pnl.Width - 18, 0)
'18 is approx. width of scroller, and height must be zero.
'even if Label is set to AutoSize, MaximumSize will not allow him to
'expand more then set width. 
'Height of zero px will allow Label to expand as much as he need
pnl.Controls.Add(lbl)
Me.Controls.Add(pnl)

I hope this code help You.

btw. sorry for my weak English, I hope You will understand ;) :)

Upvotes: 0

Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy
Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy

Reputation: 67207

Autoscroll property is actually enough to achieve your need. Basically a panel with autoscroll property true will display the scroll bar only when the contents/components inside that panel exceeds over its bound. In other words, Scroll bar appears with controls which have autoscroll property set to true when the particular control's contents are larger than its visible area. I think your panel is having some minimum amount of contents/controls which fits inside that panel's bound.

Upvotes: 1

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