fixing textbox size

Nandhini Jayachandran

13y1.6kWindows Forms

i am using 50 textbox in windows form and i want all the textbox to be in same size .how to do that in vb.net ?

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Vulpes13y ago
If I were you, Nandhini, I'd either:

1. Change the sizes of the textboxes in the designer; or

2. Delete all the textboxes from the designer and create them all dynamically in the Form_Load handler.

An advantage of #2 is that you can put them all in an array as they are created which should make them easier to handle subsequently. It's also easy to add the same eventhandlers to them all.

Creating them with odd sizes in the designer but then changing the size programatically is likely to end up with a muddle as it's unlikely that they'll then be aligned properly.
Iftikar Hussain13y ago
try like this

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim controls = Me.Controls
For Each control As var In controls
If control.[GetType]().ToString() = "System.Windows.Forms.TextBox" Then
Dim textBox As TextBox = DirectCast(control, TextBox)
textBox.Width = 300
textBox.Height = 20
End If
Next
End Sub

Regards,
Iftikar
Nandhini Jayachandran13y ago
can u say code in vb.net ..i converted this code in vb.net but they r showing error
Iftikar Hussain13y ago
try like this

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var controls = this.Controls;
foreach (var control in controls)
{
if (control.GetType().ToString() == "System.Windows.Forms.TextBox")
{
TextBox textBox = (TextBox) control;
textBox.Width = 300;
textBox.Height = 20;
}
}
}

Regards,
Iftikar
Anubhav Chaudhary13y ago
Hello Nandhini,

You should use CSS for this.

Create a CCS File or in the head section of your application write this code under the