I’m having trouble using the flowlayoutPanel in a C# winform application. What I basically have is a flow layout panel that has 3 sections.
Section #1 is a set of 2 controls .. two dropdown controls, they are always in the same order, always visible in all instances
Section #2 is a set of 5 different controls … based on a series of factors, 1 of the 5 controls is made visible, all others have the Visible propert set to false
Section #3 is a set of 3 controls .. like Section #1 they are always in the same order and always visible.
So what this boils down to is that Section #2 is variable, the others are static.
The problem comes with Section #2 … when I change the visibility of any of the controls they appear just fine (I.E. … Section 1 then Section 2 then Section 3) … EXCEPT when I set the combobox control to be Visible …. in that case, and ONLY in that case .. the order becomes (Section 1 then Section 3 then Section 2) … I can’t figure out what would cause the ordering to be out of sync in just that case.
What I basically do at the beginning of my method is set ALL controls to Visible = false … then I set Section 1 Visible = true … then loop through the conditions of Section 2 and set the appropriate controls Visible = true and finally set Section 3 controls Visible = true.
Does anyone have any experience with the flow layout panel control ordering? I can’t figure out what is happening for the ComboBox.
Might it be easier to drop another flowlayoutpanel in for section 2, then drop your section 2 controls into that? That way, the visible controls in your top panel never change and you won’t have to worry about ordering.