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Dock and anchor concepts apply to the default layout used for Forms. Simply put, anchor maintains the distance between the edge of the control and the corresponding edge of the container in which it is anchored. By default, controls are anchored top left this is what keeps them in the same place when a form is resized. Ill leave anchor=none as an exercise in mind expansion for the ready. Dock and anchor are closely related in fact dock is a subset of the anchor where the distance from the corresponding anchored sides are zero.

Dock -> Anchor Mapping

Dock	Anchor
None	None
Top	Top, Left, Right
Bottom	Bottom, Left, Right
Left	Top, Bottom, Left
Right	Top, Bottom, Right
Fill	Top, Bottom, Left, Right

Terms

What happens when I have Dock and Anchors that conflict?

Dock Scenarios

Padding Margin

You have a perf problem with Layout - how to diagnose?