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The document discusses how to create a custom control in C# that has a fixed height when dragged onto a Windows form in the designer. It provides code for overriding the SetBoundsCore method to set a fixed height and for removing unwanted resize handles in the designer. Multiple responses provide solutions and clarification on the code examples.

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The document discusses how to create a custom control in C# that has a fixed height when dragged onto a Windows form in the designer. It provides code for overriding the SetBoundsCore method to set a fixed height and for removing unwanted resize handles in the designer. Multiple responses provide solutions and clarification on the code examples.

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15/5/2020 c# - Create a custom control which has a fixed height in designer - Stack Overflow

Create a custom control which has a fixed height in designer


Asked 10 years, 1 month ago Active 3 years, 10 months ago Viewed 8k times

I want to create a custom control (derived from Control class), and when I drag this custom
control to a form in designer, I can only change its width. This feature is same as single-line
5 textbox.

Update: My application is Windows Form.

c# .net winforms designer

edited Jul 8 '13 at 20:22 asked Apr 6 '10 at 5:00


nickb Leo Vo
54.8k 10 85 124 8,064 9 51 76

3 Answers Active Oldest Votes

See http://www.windowsdevelop.com/windows-forms-general/how-to-set-that-a-control-
resizes-in-width-only-9207.shtml.
10 You override SetBoundsCore and define a Designer to remove top and bottom resize handles.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;

namespace MyControlProject
{
[Designer(typeof(MyControlDesigner))]
public class MyControl : Control
{
protected override void SetBoundsCore(int x, int y, int width, int height,
BoundsSpecified specified)
{
height = 50;
base.SetBoundsCore(x, y, width, height, specified);
}
}

internal class MyControlDesigner : ControlDesigner


{
MyControlDesigner()
{
base.AutoResizeHandles = true;
}
public override SelectionRules SelectionRules
{
get
{
return SelectionRules.LeftSizeable | SelectionRules.RightSizeable |
SelectionRules.Moveable;
}
}
}
}

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edited Jul 8 '13 at 19:55 answered Dec 8 '10 at 15:01


Cobo Abel Fontes
118 7 116 1 2

The link is broken. Am I missing a reference? I have the includes, but it still doesn't find the class
ControlDesigner for me to inherit from. Which is the minimum version of the .NET Framework this
class is available? – Matheus Rocha Jun 16 '18 at 15:36

Matheus: You have to manually add System.Design as a reference in the project. – BenW Oct 7 '18 at
18:41

Try this

8 protected override void SetBoundsCore(int x, int y,


int width, int height, BoundsSpecified specified)
{
// Set a fixed height for the control.
base.SetBoundsCore(x, y, width, 75, specified);
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/system.windows.forms.control.setboundscore(VS.71).aspx

edited Apr 6 '10 at 6:42 answered Apr 6 '10 at 6:27


Amsakanna
8,612 5 40 52

Worked for me as well. The link from the accepted answer seems to be offline, so I'm glad we have this
answer. – xsl Jan 25 '12 at 16:45

Remember to set specified to the dimensions which your override changed. In this example, you
forcebly define the height, so specified should be BoundsSpecified.Height . Like so:
base.SetBoundsCore(x, y, width, 75, BoundsSpecified.Height); Source: Documentation on
MSDN. – Matheus Rocha Jun 16 '18 at 15:42

this.MaximumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 20);


this.MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 20);
1
Apparently .NET assumes a minimum and maximum width of 0 to be "any width".

answered Apr 6 '10 at 14:11


C.Evenhuis
23.4k 2 52 65

I usually try to reproduce an issue before I answer, but this has been over a year ago; I don't remember
answering this question, so perhaps you should just take a look at the accepted answer instead. –
C.Evenhuis Aug 5 '11 at 20:04

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