[RESOLVED] Start Position

[woody79]

My problem is that my form is not in the middle of the screen even though StartPosition is set to CenterScreen. Does anyone know why or how to fix us?

[torrud]

CenterScreen works for me in all applications I ever developed. Maybe you set not to CenterScreen but to CenterParent? That does not work. More I can not say without knowing your code.

[woody79]

Definately CenterScreen, was working then somewhere along the line. I have also tryed:
[code]this.Location = new Point(((Screen.GetBounds(this).Width - this.Width)/2), ((Screen.GetBounds(this).Height - this.Height)/2));

[cilu]

I suppose you're setting the property before you display the form, right?

[woody79]

It's okay I fixed it with this:

this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.Manual;
this.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(
	((System.Windows.Forms.Screen.GetBounds(this).Width - this.ClientSize.Width) / 2),
	((System.Windows.Forms.Screen.GetBounds(this).Height - this.ClientSize.Height) / 2)
	);

[torrid33]

I have same problem... C# application with some wizard based forms... in properties I set start position to CenterScreen but it opens in upper left corner... not completely at 0,0 but in upper left.

I tried the suggestion of adding the code to the function InitForm...no change.

I looked at InitComponent and there is a line of code there also setting start position to Center Screen.

ANy other suggestions?

[Arjay]

Pass the parent window to the child form before displaying.

[torrid33]

How?

Using VS 2008

[Arjay]

Create a static method in the child form.

public  static  DialogResult ShowDlg( Form parent )
{
  var dlg = new  Form2( ) { Owner = parent };
  return dlg.ShowDialog( );
}

In the Form2 properties, set the StartPosition property to CenterParent.

In a button handler of Form1, call the static ShowDlg method and pass in the 'this' member.

private  void   button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
  if( DialogResult.OK == Form2.ShowDlg( this ) )
  {

    // do something here when the OK button has been clicked
  }
}