❔ Dynamically change position of checkboxes? - C#

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ero•6/14/23, 12:53 PM

i'm guessing this is winforms? use a TableLayoutPanel

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ero•6/14/23, 12:58 PM

you don't shift the columns, no

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ero•6/14/23, 12:58 PM

you rarely ever want to use absolute values

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ero•6/14/23, 12:59 PM

with a tlp, you can set the column widths and row heights to auto

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ero•6/14/23, 12:59 PM

which will make them adjust to what's currently inside of them

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ero•6/14/23, 12:59 PM

you can add a margin to each cell (or maybe to what's inside of it? don't remember) to have some extra space

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ero•6/14/23, 12:59 PM

maybe you need to use padding instead of margin idk

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ero•6/14/23, 1:00 PM

if you then set the visibility of the groupbox to hidden, the column will adjust accordingly

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ero•6/14/23, 1:03 PM

sure

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ero•6/14/23, 1:04 PM

that's a tlp with 2 rows and 2 columns, where cell 0,0 contains another control (a panel, or another tlp) that has its columnspan set to 2

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ero•6/14/23, 1:09 PM

uhh

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ero•6/14/23, 1:09 PM

i don't remember

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ero•6/14/23, 1:09 PM

i personally would have put another tlp into that cell

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ero•6/14/23, 1:09 PM

with 2 rows and 1 column

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ero•6/14/23, 1:09 PM

and just stacked the checkboxes like that

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ero•6/14/23, 1:12 PM

what do you mean?

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ero•6/14/23, 1:13 PM

you seem to have made a mistake

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ero•6/14/23, 1:14 PM

you're not meat to make the entire table 2 rows high

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ero•6/14/23, 1:14 PM

you put another table (or grid, if that makes more sense to you) into one of the cells

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ero•6/14/23, 1:14 PM

basically splitting only that one cell into more cells

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ero•6/14/23, 1:15 PM

the same can be achieved by making the entire grid 2 rows high and simply giving all other controls a rowspan of 2

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ero•6/14/23, 1:16 PM

rowspan and columnspan basically meaning how many that specific control occupies

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ero•6/14/23, 1:16 PM

yup

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ero•6/14/23, 1:16 PM

and now you need to play with the docking and anchoring of the controls

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ero•6/14/23, 1:16 PM

again, try to use absolute values as little as possible

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ero•6/14/23, 1:17 PM

this will allow you to resize your window to your heart's content, too

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ero•6/14/23, 1:17 PM

this does mean that you need a "root" tlp as well

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ero•6/14/23, 1:18 PM

it's a little more awkward at first than just dragging and dropping your controls normally

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ero•6/14/23, 1:18 PM

but your UI will actually be resizable and reactive

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ero•6/14/23, 1:18 PM

the labels in the statistics groupbox i would make a tlp as well

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ero•6/14/23, 1:19 PM

but maybe you don't need to

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ero•6/14/23, 1:19 PM

if it's a fixed size anyway

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ero•6/14/23, 1:20 PM

for the columns that plot type, data point start and data point end are in, i'd go with some percentages

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ero•6/14/23, 1:20 PM

padding to position?

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ero•6/14/23, 1:20 PM

oh, misread

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ero•6/14/23, 1:21 PM

i would anchor the checkbox left and right

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ero•6/14/23, 1:21 PM

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ero•6/14/23, 1:21 PM

taken from google images

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ero•6/14/23, 1:22 PM

just not top left, but left right

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ero•6/14/23, 1:22 PM

that will center it vertically in the cell

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ero•6/14/23, 1:22 PM

on the checkbox control

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ero•6/14/23, 1:23 PM

i suggest sorting your properties alphabetically instead of by category

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ero•6/14/23, 1:23 PM

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ero•6/14/23, 1:23 PM

here's an even better google image lol

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ero•6/14/23, 1:24 PM

pretty sure that controls the text position?

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ero•6/14/23, 1:25 PM

anchor on all 4 sides

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ero•6/14/23, 1:26 PM

ah, alright

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ero•6/14/23, 1:26 PM

try dock

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ero•6/14/23, 1:26 PM

can never tell the 2 apart