We have created an Application called Notes with a rich text box, a menu with standard items, a toolstrip, and a status bar.
We are going to write code so that the richtext box fills the lower part of the form: between the toolstrip and the statusbar. We want to do this at form load and also whenever the form is resized. We will create a function and call it from both form load and form resize:
Write the code as shown below:
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Position the rich text box to left, under the toolstrip. richTextBox1.Top = toolStrip1.Top + toolStrip1.Height; richTextBox1.Left = 0; resizeRichText(); } private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e) { // In design mode,Select the form, in properties, click events, add resize: resizeRichText(); } private void resizeRichText() { // Rich text box will fill the form between the toolstrip and the status bar. richTextBox1.Width = this.Width; richTextBox1.Height = statusStrip1.Top - richTextBox1.Top; }
