TableLayoutPanel::SetColumnSpan Method (Control^, Int32)

 

Sets the number of columns spanned by the child control.

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

public:
void SetColumnSpan(
	Control^ control,
	int value
)

Parameters

control
Type: System.Windows.Forms::Control^

A child control of the TableLayoutPanel.

value
Type: System::Int32

The number of columns to span.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

value is less than 1.

Column spanning is often useful for positioning a control that is considerably wider than its peers.

This method is called by the ColumnSpan property, which the panel adds to its child controls at design time.

The following code example uses the GetColumnSpan and SetColumnSpan methods to set the width of a Button control in a TableLayoutPanel.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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