How to: Set the Size of Status-Bar Panels

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Note

The ToolStripStatusLabel control replaces and adds functionality to the StatusBar control; however, the StatusBar control is retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if you choose.

Each instance of the StatusBarPanel class within a StatusBar Control (Windows Forms) control has a number of dynamic properties that determine its width and resize behavior at run time.

To set the size of a panel

  • In a procedure, set the AutoSize, MinWidth, and Width properties (or any subset therein) for the status-bar panels using their index passed through the Panels property of the StatusBarPanel collection.

    Public Sub SetStatusBarPanelSize()
' Create panel and set text property.
   StatusBar1.Panels.Add("One")
' Set properties of panels.
   StatusBar1.Panels(0).AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring
   StatusBar1.Panels(0).Width = 200
' Enable the StatusBar control to display panels.
   StatusBar1.ShowPanels = True
    End Sub

    public void SetStatusBarPanelSize()
{
   // Create panel and set text property.
   statusBar1.Panels.Add("One");
   // Set properties of panels.
   statusBar1.Panels[0].AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
   statusBar1.Panels[0].Width = 200;
   statusBar1.ShowPanels = true;
}

    public:
   void SetStatusBarPanelSize()
   {
      // Create panel and set text property.
      statusBar1->Panels->Add("One");
      // Set properties of panels.
      statusBar1->Panels[0]->AutoSize =
         StatusBarPanelAutoSize::Spring;
      statusBar1->Panels[0]->Width = 200;
      statusBar1->ShowPanels = true;
   }

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Updating Status Bar Information at Run Time

How to: Determine Which Panel in the Windows Forms StatusBar Control Was Clicked

Reference

StatusBar Control Overview (Windows Forms)

StatusBar

ToolStripStatusLabel