Question

Is there a way to set the StartPosition of a Windows Forms form using code? It seems whatever I try results in the StartPostion being the default.

Here is what I am doing in the form to display:

    public DealsForm()     {         InitializeComponent();         this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;     } 

Here is what I am doing to display the form:

    private void nvShowDeals_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)     {         DealsForm frm = new DealsForm();          frm.DataSource = this.Deals;          frm.Show(this);     } 

I have tried putting the following in each of the above methods, to no avail:

this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent; 

If I set it via the Property Editor … it works perfectly, but I would really like to do it via code.

Should be a no-brainer … but for the life of me I can’t seem to figure it out … maybe I need more caffeine.

Update:

If I do a ShowDialog() and pass the parent it works … but I really don’t want to show it as a Dialog.

Answer 1

If I do a ShowDialog() and pass the parent it works … but I really don’t want to show it as a Dialog.

That is correct since ShowDialog would set frm.Parent == nvShowDeals.Parent
Since you are using .Show() then frm.Parent == null thus FormStartPosition.CenterParent is ignored.

So to accomplish this function I would make the following changes:

public DealsForm() {     InitializeComponent();     //this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent; }  //DealsForm_Load Event private void DealsForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {     this.Location = this.Owner.Location;  //NEW CODE } 

And Here I would make the following changes:

private void nvShowDeals_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e) {     DealsForm frm = new DealsForm();      frm.DataSource = this.Deals;     frm.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual; //NEW CODE     frm.Show(this); }