LayoutControl

[Todd]

How can I prevent the controls at the top of the form from spacing out when the form is larger than my design size? I would prefer that the tabbedgroup at the bottom just expand to fill the available space, but I cannot seem to make that work.

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello Todd,

RadLayoutControl has an intuitive design that keeps its layout consistent when resizing the form. This behavior is by design. This means that it will not place specific items to be auto-sized while others are not out of the box. A possible solution is to set the MaxSize property of the LayoutControlItem, which holds each of the textboxes, labels, etc.  The following code snippet will set the max height for the item.

this.layoutControlItem1.MaxSize = new Size(0, 30);

Such functionality was already requested and logged in our Feedback Portal. Currently, this is still not planned for implementation due to its low priority. You can vote for it so that you can increase its priority.

Regards,
Dinko | Tech Support Engineer
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