C# dotnet control panel placements

[needscoop]

Can you control the location where a panel appears,
in relation to another panel?

Desired sceanrio:
I want 1 panel as a "header" panel whose width is 100%
the majority of the time. On some occasions there's
a 2nd panel I want to appear to the left of it, having
a width of 10% - I want the header panel's width to dynamically reduce to 90% (in conjunction with panel2
becoming visible). Both panels are the same height, and
they should appear adjacent to each other.


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <--- most the time just "header"


XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <--- sometimes want 2 panels

 

[hneal98]

There is the splitter control and you can anchor the panels. Not sure to what extent you want these on the forms (whether you want them to interact somehow with each other of if you just want the left panel to appear sometimes, otherwise be invisable.

 

[JurkMonkey]

Make your left panel the 10% but make it invisible. Make your main panel DockStyle.Fill.

when you change your left panel .visible = true, it will automatically re-adjust.