trying to center a Picturebox C#

Question

I'm placing some pictureboxes with coordinates

pictureBox.Location = new Point(x, y);

if i choose the coordinates 75,40 the picturebox appears in that coordinates but in the left corner, I want the picturebox appears in 75,40 centered. like this: enter image description here

check this out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/491399/c-centering-controls-within-a-form-in-net-winforms — MUG4N, Aug 05 '13 at 16:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '13 at 16:44

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That is simple, you just have to subtract the position that you want by the size of the pictureBox and divide it by 2.

So, instead of this

pictureBox.Location = new Point(x, y);

You want this

pictureBox.Location = new Point(x - pictureBox.Size.Width/2, y - pictureBox.Size.Height/2);

answered Aug 05 '13 at 16:44

Miguel71

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No problem, by the way, just click in the check mark, on the left of my answer if it helped you. – Miguel71 Aug 05 '13 at 17:42

trying to center a Picturebox C#

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