C# [C#] Auto controls resizer - Printable Version

[C#] [C#] Auto controls resizer - Printable Version

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[C#] Auto controls resizer - Anon Scripter - Feb 11, 2019

Hi. When i first started coding, i had trouble with make an auto-resizer for the forums. But now, since i have 6 years of experience, it was hella easy to make, so im releasing it! :)

(Dont forget to vouch 🤝 )
The good stuff:
This goes under SizeChanged:

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           int nextH = (this.Height - current.Height);

            int nextW = (this.Width - current.Width);

            foreach(Control c in controls.Keys)

            {

                if (controls[c]) // If you want the height to be resized also (Very nifty)

                {

                    c.Height += nextH;

                }

                c.Width += nextW;

            }

            current = this.Size;

            this.Text = string.Format("YourForm ({0}, {1})", this.Width, this.Height); //display the width and height (Not needed, just nifty for working on minimumsize)

Declare this in global form:

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       Size current = new Size();

        Dictionary<Control, bool> controls = new Dictionary<Control, bool>();

How to use:
Put this in Form_Load:

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           current = this.Size;

            controls.Add(this.YourControlWithHeightResize, true);

            controls.Add(this.YourControlNoHeightResize, false);

Enjoy! 👍 - Anon Scripter

RE: [C#] Auto controls resizer - 0xDEAD10CC - Feb 11, 2019

What's wrong with using the Anchor property? 6 years and you haven't discovered that yet? 🤨

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Size current = new Size();

"current" is actually probably not the best name either since it indicates the Size of the control before the size changed, which definitely implies past-tense.

I also don't see why you're using a Dictionary like this. It doesn't do anything more than a simple collection would because you're still looping through everything anyways by iterating the keys, and doing a lookup from there, rather than just looping through all of the KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> entities. As long as the hashcode is unique the only thing it does is prevent the same control from being added.