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Margin and Padding in Windows Forms Controls
03/30/2017
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Margin property [Windows Forms]
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Margin and Padding in Windows Forms Controls

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.

Padding And Margin for Windows Forms Controls

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.

See Also

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