SplitContainer.Orientation Property
Gets or sets a value indicating the horizontal or vertical orientation of the SplitContainer panels.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Forms.OrientationOne of the Orientation values. The default is Vertical.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidEnumArgumentException |
The assigned value is not one of the Orientation values. |
Use the Orientation property to change the SplitContainer from vertical to horizontal or from horizontal to vertical.
The following code example shows a horizontal splitter whose top and bottom panels contain ListView controls. Other basic properties of a horizontal splitter are also shown. This example is part of a larger example provided for the SplitContainer class.
// Basic SplitContainer properties. // This is a horizontal splitter whose top and bottom panels are ListView controls. The top panel is fixed. splitContainer2.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill; // The top panel remains the same size when the form is resized. splitContainer2.FixedPanel = System.Windows.Forms.FixedPanel.Panel1; splitContainer2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0); splitContainer2.Name = "splitContainer2"; // Create the horizontal splitter. splitContainer2.Orientation = System.Windows.Forms.Orientation.Horizontal; splitContainer2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(207, 273); splitContainer2.SplitterDistance = 125; splitContainer2.SplitterWidth = 6; // splitContainer2 is the third control in the tab order. splitContainer2.TabIndex = 2; splitContainer2.Text = "splitContainer2";
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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