Visual C# - how to align items in winforms?

Question

This is my first C# program so please, forgive me.

I'm using winforms (WPF seemed more alien) and I'd like to center (or align somehow) the items on a form, but I don't know how.

I tried the Format menu, but everything is greyed out and, in code view, nothing like HorizontalAlign property was in the suggestions.

What am I doing wrong?

Visual Studio should allow aligning from top menu. Make sure you are not running application when aligning. Also select multiple items with a control button pressed down and then align controls. — Panu Oksala, Feb 28 '14 at 10:27
possible duplicate of [C#: Centering controls within a form in .NET (Winforms)?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/491399/c-centering-controls-within-a-form-in-net-winforms) — Crypth, Feb 28 '14 at 10:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '14 at 10:32

Set anchor of an item to left and right to keep it centered horizontally and top+bottom to center the item vertically. However if you have few items you want to center that's not doable really, unless you'll put them in a grouping control like Panel for example.

Edit: I assumed we're talking about keeping items centered at runtime, because for adjusting a control to the center position there's a button on your toolbar, you know..

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 10:28

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There should be an Dock attribute, is this what you were looking for?

answered Feb 28 '14 at 10:28

ReeCube

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I just want to place them in the middle for example. :) – Martin Fejes Feb 28 '14 at 10:29
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Then you have to replace them in the resize event i guess there's no other way... – ReeCube Feb 28 '14 at 10:30
I don't think this was what I was looking for, but thanks for the help. This Dock thing looks neat. :) – Martin Fejes Feb 28 '14 at 10:39

Visual C# - how to align items in winforms?

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