Form.AutoSizeMode Property

Gets or sets the mode by which the form automatically resizes itself.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)

[LocalizableAttribute(true)] 
public:
property AutoSizeMode AutoSizeMode {
	AutoSizeMode get ();
	void set (AutoSizeMode value);
}
/** @property */
public AutoSizeMode get_AutoSizeMode ()

/** @property */
public void set_AutoSizeMode (AutoSizeMode value)

public function get AutoSizeMode () : AutoSizeMode

public function set AutoSizeMode (value : AutoSizeMode)

Not applicable.

Property Value

An AutoSizeMode enumerated value. The default is GrowOnly.

Exception typeCondition

InvalidEnumArgumentException

The value is not a valid AutoSizeMode value.

Setting the AutoSizeMode property to a new value causes the form to be laid out again.

A form does not automatically resize in the Visual Studio forms designer, regardless of the values of the AutoSize and AutoSizeMode properties. The form correctly resizes itself at run time according to the values of these two properties. By contrast, a custom UserControl automatically resizes itself both at design time and at run time.

The following code example shows a form created using code that automatically resizes to fit its contents. When run, the form displaya a Label, a TextBox for entering a URL, and a Button for displaying that URL inside of the user's default Web browser. The code example uses a FlowLayoutPanel to lay out the contained controls one after the other. It also sets the AutoSize and AutoSizeMode to grow and shrink to fit the contents of its form.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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