How to: Set the Size of Status-Bar Panels

Note
The ToolStripStatusLabel control replaces and adds functionality to the StatusBar control; however, the StatusBar control is retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if you choose.

Each instance of the StatusBarPanel class within a StatusBar Control (Windows Forms) control has a number of dynamic properties that determine its width and resize behavior at run time.

To set the size of a panel

• In a procedure, set the AutoSize, MinWidth, and Width properties (or any subset therein) for the status-bar panels using their index passed through the Panels property of the StatusBarPanel collection.

  Public Sub SetStatusBarPanelSize()
  ' Create panel and set text property.
     StatusBar1.Panels.Add("One")
  ' Set properties of panels.
     StatusBar1.Panels(0).AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring
     StatusBar1.Panels(0).Width = 200
  ' Enable the StatusBar control to display panels.
     StatusBar1.ShowPanels = True
      End Sub
  

  public void SetStatusBarPanelSize()
  {
     // Create panel and set text property.
     statusBar1.Panels.Add("One");
     // Set properties of panels.
     statusBar1.Panels[0].AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
     statusBar1.Panels[0].Width = 200;
     statusBar1.ShowPanels = true;
  }
  

  public:
     void SetStatusBarPanelSize()
     {
        // Create panel and set text property.
        statusBar1->Panels->Add("One");
        // Set properties of panels.
        statusBar1->Panels[0]->AutoSize =
           StatusBarPanelAutoSize::Spring;
        statusBar1->Panels[0]->Width = 200;
        statusBar1->ShowPanels = true;
     }
  

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Updating Status Bar Information at Run Time
How to: Determine Which Panel in the Windows Forms StatusBar Control Was Clicked

Reference

StatusBar Control Overview (Windows Forms)
StatusBar
ToolStripStatusLabel