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Margin and Padding in Controls |
Learn how to add margins and padding in Windows Form controls with the Margin and Padding properties. |
03/30/2017 |
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3781b5a1-3085-4072-bed0-44670c23ffdc |
Precise placement of controls on your form is a high priority for many applications. The xref:System.Windows.Forms?displayProperty=nameWithType namespace gives you many layout features to accomplish this. Two of the most important are the xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Margin%2A and xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Padding%2A properties.
The xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Margin%2A property defines the space around the control that keeps other controls a specified distance from the control's borders.
The xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Padding%2A property defines the space in the interior of a control that keeps the control's content (for example, the value of its xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text%2A property) a specified distance from the control's borders.
The following illustration shows the xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Padding%2A and xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Margin%2A properties on a control.
There is design-time support for this feature in Visual Studio. Also see Walkthrough: Laying Out Windows Forms Controls with Padding, Margins, and the AutoSize Property.
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.AutoSize%2A
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Margin%2A
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Padding%2A
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.LayoutEngine%2A
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutPanel
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel