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Is there any way to have textual content of controls on a TableLayoutPanel align themselves properly? I've got labels in column 0, and textboxes (or occasionally ComboBox or NumericUpDown controls) in column 1, but the text in the label is usually a pixel or two out (vertically) on most rows.

Flynn1179
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Select all the controls in your table layout panel. In the properties tab ensure anchor set to 'left'. I think it defaults to 'top,left'.
Hope that sets things straight.

keegan
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  • Better and simpler. I found the same solution, but found your solution here already. – Aakash Jun 17 '17 at 09:38
  • For labels it is also useful to set the AutoSize Property to true else strings with whitespaces causing a line break. – Kinimod Oct 22 '19 at 09:03
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I worked on it a few days back. I got everything as required. Try this:

For Labels

  • Detach label from Tablelayoutpanel
  • Set dockstyle to top
  • Set anchor points none
  • TextAlign = MiddleLeft
  • Then just place it in the table layout column
  • Make sure the row style height matches label height if you have a label backcolor.

For Textboxes

  • Detach textboxes from Tablelayoutpanel
  • Set dockstyle to none
  • Set anchor points none
  • TextAlign = MiddleLeft (or as required)
  • Then just place it in the table layout column
Peter Mortensen
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Sandy
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You can set following properties:

for Label
1.Autosize= false;
2.TextAlign= MiddleLeft;

for Controls like Combobox,Textbox

goto View -> Toolbars -> Layout

Now you can give layout of your controls very easily by the Toolbar by selecting Multiple Controls at a Time............

Javed Akram
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I'd recommend leaving the anchors as they are and just adding a top margin to the controls that are too high. A margin of 3,6,3,0 is normal for me when I'm adding labels. As Javed said you can select multiple controls by control clicking. It irritates me that ComboBoxes are one pixel larger than Texboxes. Can't do much about that though.

Justin Doyle
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Oh, you mean that text baseline for label is different than for other controls? If so, try to remove vertical anchors. You may play with margins as well.

Paweł Dyda
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What I usually do is put them in a container eg a panel and anchor them relatively to that. The advantages of adding a container is you can also reduce the no of Win handlers. In that case that wouldn't matter , because you already have the TablelayoutPanel so basically for all the controls you only have a single handler.

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You can try to use the modified TextBox instead of the Label: https://stackoverflow.com/a/75815030/2408668

This solution works also for the higher DPIs.

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