Containers

A “container” is simply a control that contains other controls such as a DataGrid, ListBox, Button, etc.

Flow Layout Panel

The FlowLayoutPanel is a container that dynamically lays out contents in the Flow Designer horizontally or vertically. Contents can be wrapped from one row or column to the next within the panel. The contents within can be either clipped or wrapped in the container.

See FlowLayoutPanel.

Group Box

The GroupBox control is a container commonly used to group other user interface controls (i.e. CheckBoxes, Radio buttons, ComboBoxes, etc.) under a heading and within a border.

See GroupBox.

Panel

A Panel container is used to contain other controls. You can set up a Panel to contain a collection of related controls, making it easy to dock content at the Top, Bottom, Left and Right of a form. This makes it ideal when you want to divide the form into specific areas.

See Panel.

Split Container

The SplitContainer control allows the user to drag the mouse to resize the left-right, or top-bottom, portion of a form, thereby “splitting” the form into two or more vertical or horizontal panels that can be resized.

See Split Container.

Tab Control

The tabs of a TabControl are usually placed at the top of a form to provide multiple tabs for page navigation; however, tabs may also be placed at the Bottom, Left and Right of a form. Each TabControl consists of multiple TabPage objects that share the same screen space, with only one tab visible at a time.

See TabControl.

Table Layout Panel

The TableLayoutPanel is a panel that dynamically lays out selected contents in a grid composed of rows and columns.

See Table Layout Panel.