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Control

Had AutoSize in Everett

[i]AutoSize by default

Shrinks in Anchor+

Implementation details

Could be Affected by...

Button

No

No

No

Forwards to ButtonBase - applies a minimum size of Button.DefaultSize, unless its a FlatStyle.System, in which case it only measures the text and tacks on space for system borders + Padding

Text, Image, Padding

ButtonBase

No

No

No

Forwards to ButtonBaseAdapter to measure the contents of the button + space of padding, taking into account Text/Image Align&Relation Text is measured to fit on one line

 

CheckBox

No

Set in DT only

Yes

Forwards to ButtonBase, unless it's FlatStyle.System, in which case we measure the text and tack on extra space for win32 borders, Padding, and some extra space to bump it up to UI guidelines

Font, Text, Padding

ComboBox

No

No

No

Uses the SpecifiedBounds.Width* and the PreferredHeight (height of measured text borders padding) - exact mixture depends on style of combobox

Font, Padding, Size, Bounds, Width, Height

ContainerControl

No

No

No

Subtracts the Padding from the constrainingSize, calls LayoutEngine.GetPreferredSize(constrainingSize) then adds back on its Padding.

Padding, child control layout

Control

No

No

No

returns SpecifiedBounds.Size*

changes to Size, Bounds, Width, Height

DateTimePicker

No

No

No

Uses the SpecifiedBounds.Width* and the PreferredHeight (height of measured text borders padding)

Font, Padding

DataGridView

No

No

No

Measures column widths, row heights, tacks on room for scrollbars + padding

changes to column widths, heights, Padding

DomainUpDown

No

No

No

Uses largest string in collection as width, height depends on font + bordersm, added with Padding.Size

Text, Font, Padding

Form

No

No

No

Gets the PreferredSize from ContainerControl, if padding is empty - adds a magic 9 pixels to conform to UI guidelines

Padding, child control layout

GroupBox

No

No

No

Uses similar pattern to ContainerControl - asks layout engine

Padding, child control layout

Label

Yes

Set in DT only

Yes

Manages its own size in dock and anchor layout, tries to mush all text into one line. In other layouts, wraps at contstraining width. This can be controlled by setting MaximumSize.Width at the point you want to wrap

Font, Text, Padding

LinkLabel

Yes

Set in DT only

Yes

Forwards to Label

Font, Text, Padding

ListBox

No

No

No

uses MaxItemWidth, measures item heights in PreferredHeight, adds space for system borders and Padding

item height changes, padding, border styles

ListView

No

No

No

Padding not used

 

NumericUpDown

No

No

No

uses width of largest digit height of text system borders + padding

Text, Font, Padding

Panel

No

No

No

uses similar logic to ContainerControl

border styles, padding, child control layout

PictureBox

No

No

No

uses image.Size system

Terms
Docking Anchor Layout
What happens when I have Dock and Anchors that conflict?
Dock Scenarios
Padding Margin
You have a perf problem with Layout - how to diagnose?