C# – Change row/column span programmatically (tablelayoutpanel)

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I have a tablelayoutpanel. 2×2 – 2 columns 2 rows.

For example, I added a button button1 in a 1 row, second column. button1 has a dock property set to Fill. VS Designer allows to set column/row span properties of button1.

I want an availability to change row span property of button1 programatically, so it can fill all second column(1 row and second row) and availability to set it back.

How?

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What about this code?

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var control = sender as Control;

    if(control == null)
        return;

    if (1 == tableLayoutPanel1.GetRowSpan(control))
    {
        tableLayoutPanel1.SetRowSpan(control, 2);
    }
    else
    {
        tableLayoutPanel1.SetRowSpan(control, 1);
    }
}

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I just did this last week. Set the GrowStyle on the TableLayoutPanel to AddRows or AddColumns, then your code should work:

// Adds "myControl" to the first column of each row
myTableLayoutPanel.Controls.Add(myControl1, 0 /* Column Index */, 0 /* Row index */);
myTableLayoutPanel.Controls.Add(myControl2, 0 /* Column Index */, 1 /* Row index */);
myTableLayoutPanel.Controls.Add(myControl3, 0 /* Column Index */, 2 /* Row index */);

Here is some working code that seems similar to what you are doing:

    private Int32 tlpRowCount = 0;

    private void BindAddress()
    {
        Addlabel(Addresses.Street);
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Addresses.Street2))
        {
            Addlabel(Addresses.Street2);
        }
        Addlabel(Addresses.CityStateZip);
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Account.Country))
        {
            Addlabel(Address.Country);
        }
        Addlabel(String.Empty); // Notice the empty label...
    }

    private void Addlabel(String text)
    {            
        label = new Label();
        label.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        label.Text = text;
        label.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
        tlpAddress.Controls.Add(label, 1, tlpRowCount);
        tlpRowCount++;
    }

The TableLayoutPanel always gives me fits with size. In my example above, I'm filing an address card that might grow or shrink depending on the account having an address line two, or a country. Because the last row, or column, of the table layout panel will stretch, I throw the empty label in there to force a new empty row, then everything lines up nicely.

Here is the designer code so you can see the table I start with:

        //
        // tlpAddress
        // 
        this.tlpAddress.AutoSize = true;
        this.tlpAddress.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
        this.tlpAddress.ColumnCount = 2;
        this.tlpAddress.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle(System.Windows.Forms.SizeType.Absolute, 25F));
        this.tlpAddress.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle(System.Windows.Forms.SizeType.Percent, 100F));
        this.tlpAddress.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox1, 0, 0);
        this.tlpAddress.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
        this.tlpAddress.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        this.tlpAddress.Name = "tlpAddress";
        this.tlpAddress.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(3);
        this.tlpAddress.RowCount = 2;
        this.tlpAddress.RowStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.RowStyle());
        this.tlpAddress.RowStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.RowStyle());
        this.tlpAddress.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(220, 95);
        this.tlpAddress.TabIndex = 0;

Winforms – In TableLayoutPanel if Dock = Fill and AutoSize = true then last column/row occupy all remaining space

I just added an additional last row and set its size to Absolute and 0 pixel. This worked for me.

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