This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection Class

A collection that stores ColumnStyle objects.

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

'Declaration
Public Class TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection _
	Inherits TableLayoutStyleCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection

The TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection class represents the collection of all the styles used to describe the columns in an associated TableLayoutPanel.

The following example shows how to set ColumnStyle for a TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the TableLayoutPanel control.

Private Sub toggleColumnStylesBtn_Click( _
ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles toggleColumnStylesBtn.Click

    Dim styles As TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection = _
    Me.TableLayoutPanel1.ColumnStyles

    For Each style As ColumnStyle In styles

        If style.SizeType = SizeType.Absolute Then

            style.SizeType = SizeType.AutoSize

        ElseIf style.SizeType = SizeType.AutoSize Then

            style.SizeType = SizeType.Percent

            ' Set the column width to be a percentage 
            ' of the TableLayoutPanel control's width.
            style.Width = 33

        Else 

            ' Set the column width to 50 pixels.
            style.SizeType = SizeType.Absolute
            style.Width = 50

        End If 

    Next 

End Sub

System.Object
  System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutStyleCollection
    System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutColumnStyleCollection

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Show: