Hide/show part of the window with a button click

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I have a simple form containing a main view and also some text boxes and an "add" button that I use for adding data that is displayed in the main view (and stored in a text file). What I want to do is to add a little button that will toggle hiding/showing of the adding controls. Such button usually is a small square containing two arrowheads pointing up/down depending on the state. How do I do that?

(I'm sorry for the terrible title, but I don't know the proper name for this. Could anyone tell me?)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:50

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I don't think there's something built-in in WinForms for that. When I needed to do something similar, I just changed the Height of the form...

answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:50

Ilya Kogan

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 31 '16 at 20:41

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this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(required_width, required_height);

use a bool for hiding/showing

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answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:57

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:52

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You can use the forms Height property and the controls could be hidden with Control.Visible = false

answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:52

Matten

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:55

I think the word you're looking for is "Collapsible panel".

A quick google/codeproject search will provide you with some links:

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 30 '16 at 19:36

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I suggest you use a SplitContainer control and play with the Panel2.Collapsed property by sitting it to true or false

put the control that you want to hide/show inside panel2 and put the button in panel1. Change the Orientation property to Vertical, and there you go

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Stefan

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answered Jan 25 '11 at 12:57

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Hide/show part of the window with a button click

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