SplitContainer "Continuous Layout" or "Show Contents During Reizing" Option?

A nice side effect is that it will cause the splitter to not steal focus like you requested in your other posting (http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=69511), and does so in a slightly cleaner and more efficient way. (So you don't need the code from the other posting anymore.) In addition, it still allows tab stop for keyboard control if you want that functionality. Finally it is formatted in a way that you can assign multiple SplitContainers these same events so you don't have to rewrite this code for each one.

private void splitContainer1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { /* This disables the normal move behavior */ ((SplitContainer)sender).IsSplitterFixed = true; } private void splitContainer1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { /* This allows the splitter to be moved normally again */ ((SplitContainer)sender).IsSplitterFixed = false; } private void splitContainer1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { /* Check to make sure the splitter won't be updated by the normal move behavior also */ if (((SplitContainer)sender).IsSplitterFixed) { /* Make sure that the button used to move the splitter is the left mouse button */ if (e.Button.Equals(MouseButtons.Left)) { /* Checks to see if the splitter is aligned Vertically */ if (((SplitContainer)sender).Orientation.Equals(Orientation.Vertical)) { /* Only move the splitter if the mouse is within the appropriate bounds */ if (e.X > 0 && e.X < ((SplitContainer)sender).Width) { /* Move the splitter */ ((SplitContainer)sender).SplitterDistance = e.X; } } /* If it isn't aligned vertically then it must be horizontal */ else { /* Only move the splitter if the mouse is within the appropriate bounds */ if (e.Y > 0 && e.Y < ((SplitContainer)sender).Height) { /* Move the splitter */ ((SplitContainer)sender).SplitterDistance = e.Y; } } } /* If a button other than left is pressed or no button at all */ else { /* This allows the splitter to be moved normally again */ ((SplitContainer)sender).IsSplitterFixed = false; } } }

Hope this helps.

Scott Morrison
WinForms PM
Microsoft Corp.

Scott_Morrison at 2007-9-9 >

Is there a way to the same thing for VS 2003.

I tried putting two horizonitlal splitter bars in panels and when the top splitter is moved the lower one will move with it. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

Marty

mjorg at 2007-9-9 >