Control Alignement in LayoutControlItem

[Jeff]

Hi everybody :)

I am turning a little bit crazy, I am trying building a classic form, with some radlabel and some radtextbox control.

All controls are placed in LayoutControlItems, and for elementary aesthetic reason I would like that my label control would be align middle right in the LayoutControlItem. to be close to the radTextBox.

For some reason beyond my understanding, whatever the way I have been using, moving anchor, TextAlignment, my radlabels remain aligned left.

I probably miss something very stupid but some help would be welcome :)

Jeff

[Hristo]

Hello Jeff,

The position of the hosted control can be adjusted by applying a padding to the layout control item. In order to calculate the correct padding, the layout would need to have passed, so a suitable place to do this is the Shown event of the form. In order to update the control`s location, it will be also necessary to call the UpdateControlBounds method on the item: 

private void RadForm1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    int padding = this.layoutControlItem3.ControlBoundingRectangle.Width - this.layoutControlItem3.AssociatedControl.Width;
    this.layoutControlItem3.Padding = new Padding(padding, 2, 2, 2);
    this.layoutControlItem3.UpdateControlBounds();
}

The same effect can be also achieved in the Visual Studio designer if you add an empty space to the right of your label. Then you should be able to adjust its position by dragging the splitter. I am attaching a short video demonstrating this approach. The end result should be similar using either approach.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
Hristo
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