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SplitContainer C# Winform Plus another control all the way across the Mainform

I have a Form which has a splitcontainer. I also want a thin control across the top (panel??) that will hold some labels. It will be directly beneath the menu. The problem seems to be that the splitcontainer sizes itself to the size of the form, so any control across the top is invisible. How do you size the splitcontainer so there is room across the top for that control?

thanks!

Shaun Kline

By chance are you docking the control instead of anchoring it? The splitter container does not, by default size to the entire form.

Russ Suter

Create a control, like a Panel, that you then dock to the window. After that, dock the SplitContainer to the same form. The SplitContainer will then occupy the remaining space on the form not already consumed by the docked Panel control.

roujesky

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I no longer dock the splitcontainer. I have tried anchoring it Top,Left and Bottom, Right and it doesn't seem to make a difference. I put a toolStrip across the top, and it is on top, but now the splitcontainer is behind it some, so the scrollbar for the splitcontainer is behind the toolStrip.
What is the preferred way to do this?

Russ Suter

The preferred way to do this is to dock the controls as I have indicated. What is the reason you are not docking it?

roujesky

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Russ;
I was experimenting with docking because of Shaun's comment.
Now I have the both the splitcontainer and the toolStrip docked andthe splitcontainer not anchored. The splitcontainer is still behind the toolStrip. The splitcontainer seems to size itself to the form and not the form+toolStrip.....
Not sure how to proceed.

thanks!

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roujesky

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Thanks. I finally bit the bullet and deleted everything off my form, followed your instructions and it worked. Not sure why I could not modify my existing splitcontainer and toolStrip and make them behave.... Adding back my components and code now.