Form.MinimumSize Property (System.Windows.Forms)

MinimumSize Property

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Form..::.MinimumSize Property

Gets or sets the minimum size the form can be resized to.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overrides Property MinimumSize As Size

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Form
Dim value As Size

value = instance.MinimumSize

instance.MinimumSize = value

public override Size MinimumSize { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property Size MinimumSize {
    Size get () override;
    void set (Size value) override;
}

JScript

public override function get MinimumSize () : Size
public override function set MinimumSize (value : Size)

Property Value

Type: System.Drawing..::.Size
A Size that represents the minimum size for the form.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The values of the height or width within the Size object are less than zero.

Remarks

This property enables you to limit the size of a form to a specified minimum size. You can use this feature to prevent a user from sizing a window to an undesirable size. If this property is set to a Size object that is 0 in height and 0 in width, the form will have no minimum size beyond the limits set by Windows.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Form Class

Form Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace