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Shaho
Shaho

Reputation: 182

Adding labels dynamically to a form: Labels not visible when trying to add more labels

I use this code to add some labels to a windows form in c#:

Label[] lbl = new Label[temp+1];
for (int i = 0; i <= temp; i++) {
    lbl[i] = new Label();
    lbl[i].Text = "" + i;
    lbl[i].Location = new Point(30 + (i * unit), 380);
    lbl[i].Visible = true;
    this.Controls.Add(lbl[i]);
}

There is not a serious problem but my code works for temps less than 5 and for temps greater than 5 it shows only the first one. What you think? where is the problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 246

Answers (1)

NineBerry
NineBerry

Reputation: 28499

Make the labels automatically adjust their size to their content by setting their AutoSize property to true:

 lbl[i] = new Label();
 lbl[i].Text = "" + i;
 lbl[i].Location = new Point(30 + (i * unit), 380);
 lbl[i].Visible = true;
 lbl[i].AutoSize = true;
 this.Controls.Add(lbl[i]);

Without this, the labels have a fixed size. When this fixed size is greater than unit, the labels overlap and hide each other's text. With more labels to add, unit becomes smaller and then smaller than the default width of the labels when temp is ≥ 5.

Alternatively, you could set the labels' width to unit to make sure that they do not overlap.

Upvotes: 1

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