Closing up white space

[abds]

On a page I have a header, a datagrid, a detail screen for mods to the datagrid, and a footer.

HEADER:
DATAGRID:
column; column; column; column; Mod Del
column; column; column; column; Mod Del
...
DETAIL SCREEN:
Enter value for column1 column2 } Validators, pulldowns, etc.
column3 }
column4/
FOOTER:

When you first see the page, the detail screen is not visible. When you click a mod button, the datagrid is not visible.

The problem is that there is too much space between the datagrid and the footer when the components of the detail screen are set to .visible = false.
How do I remedy this without rewriting too much?
TIA
Phil

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[BoulderBum]

The easiest way is to re-arrange your components in a FlowLayout for the page (non-absolute positioning). When a control is set to Visible = false, then everything repositions accordingly.