Menu Hides Button

[Martijn Mulder]

When I place both a MenuStrip and a Button on my Form, the button covers
part of the menu. I hate to mess around with the Size and Location
properties of Controls, so normally I lay out my controls with instances
of FlowLayoutPanel and TableLayoutPanel. But in this case I cannot find
a reasonable solution.

What is a recommended way to avoid this problem?

using System.Windows.Forms;
class Examplet
{
static void Main()
{
Form form=new Form();
form.Text="Button Hides Menu";
form.Controls.Add(new Button());
form.Controls.Add(new MenuStrip());
Application.Run(form);
}
}

 

[Marc Gravell]

You need to allow space for everything. When using the designer,
simply drag the button.
One approach is often to use a Panel to represent the remaining client
array, and arrange items within this:

Form form = new Form();
form.Text = "Button Hides Menu";
// create a menu, and a panel for "the rest"
Panel clientArea = new Panel();
clientArea.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
form.Controls.Add(clientArea);
form.Controls.Add(new MenuStrip());
// add the button to the panel
clientArea.Controls.Add(new Button());
Application.Run(form);

Marc

 

[Marc Gravell]

the remaining client array

(should have read "area")

 

[Martijn Mulder]

Marc Gravell schreef:

You need to allow space for everything. When using the designer,
simply drag the button.
One approach is often to use a Panel to represent the remaining client
array, and arrange items within this:

Thank you very much! Here is the revised Examplet:

using System.Windows.Forms;
class Examplet
{
static void Main()
{
Form form=new Form();
form.Text="Control Hides Menu";
Panel panel=new Panel();
panel.Dock=DockStyle.Fill;
panel.Controls.Add(new Button());
form.Controls.Add(panel);
form.Controls.Add(new MenuStrip());
Application.Run(form);
}
}