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Control.LayoutEngine Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets a cached instance of the control's layout engine.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
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[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public virtual LayoutEngine LayoutEngine { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms.Layout.LayoutEngine
The LayoutEngine for the control's contents.

The LayoutEngine property gets the layout engine for the control's children rather than for the control itself.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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