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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 731

Setting the height of two controls to be the same

How can I make two controls share the same height. I have set the Size to be the same for both controls but when I run it, I am seeing a difference. 

 this.txtUserName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(382, 45);
   this.btnLogin.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 45);

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (2)

TaW
TaW

Reputation: 54433

Actually both have the same Height as you set them. However in order to accomodate various BorderStyles (or FlatStyles as it is called in the case of Buttons) the full size is not always visible.

So, the Button will look to be one pixel smaller on each side than the Height is has with these (current) appearances:

button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Standard
button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System

The full Size will be visible with 

button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Popup
button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Flat

If you are sure about your choice of FlatStyle you may want to adapt their Height (and Location!) accordingly..

To further complicate thing the TextBox's visible Height will change if you set its BorderStyle from FixedSingle or Fixed3D to None: It will shrink by 7 (!) pixels..

Note that as far as I remember, all those details of the borderstyles depend on the Windows version & Visual Styles on the target machine.. I am running W8.1 here

Upvotes: 1

mrjoltcola
mrjoltcola

Reputation: 20842

Open the Form.Designer.cs and go to InitializeComponent() method for the form, you'll see initialization code for all components on the form.

If you are setting these values prior to InitializeComponent() call from the constructor, it'll be lost. Otherwise you may need to check Margin and Padding of the components.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms229627(v=vs.100).aspx

Upvotes: 0

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