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TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle Enumeration

Specifies how a TableLayoutPanel will gain additional rows or columns after its existing cells are full.

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

'Declaration
Public Enumeration TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle
'Usage
Dim instance As TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle

Member nameDescription
FixedSizeThe TableLayoutPanel does not allow additional rows or columns after it is full.
AddRowsThe TableLayoutPanel gains additional rows after it is full.
AddColumnsThe TableLayoutPanel gains additional columns after it is full.

If all the cells in the TableLayoutPanel are filled and the GrowStyle property is set to FixedSize, an attempt to add another control will throw an exception.

The following example shows how to use TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle to set the GrowStyle property on a TableLayoutPanel control. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the TableLayoutPanel control.

Private Sub growStyleNoneBtn_CheckedChanged( _
ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles growStyleNoneBtn.CheckedChanged

    Me.tlpGrowStyle = TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle.FixedSize

End Sub 

Private Sub growStyleAddRowBtn_CheckedChanged( _
ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles growStyleAddRowBtn.CheckedChanged

    Me.tlpGrowStyle = TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle.AddRows

End Sub 

Private Sub growStyleAddColumnBtn_CheckedChanged( _
ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles growStyleAddColumnBtn.CheckedChanged

    Me.tlpGrowStyle = TableLayoutPanelGrowStyle.AddColumns

End Sub 

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

    Me.TableLayoutPanel1.GrowStyle = Me.tlpGrowStyle

    Try 

        Me.TableLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(New Button())

    Catch ex As ArgumentException

        Trace.WriteLine(ex.Message)

    End Try 

End Sub

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
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