"CenterParent" not working

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_dee - 22 Jul 2007 17:30 GMT

Not a critical problem, just annoying:

Normally I use :
this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
in the constructor of a dialog to make sure it doesn't show up in the
corner of the screen somewhere. But sometimes it doesn't work. I
suspect that it interacts with another property.

I've also tried setting via the Property Page...same result: The
position seems to shift, just not to where you'd expect.

Anyone know about this?

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Marc Gravell - 22 Jul 2007 18:09 GMT

When you Show() / ShowDialog(), etc - do you specify the parent via
the overload?

Marc

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Peter Duniho - 22 Jul 2007 18:36 GMT

> Not a critical problem, just annoying:
>
> Normally I use :
> this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
> in the constructor of a dialog to make sure it doesn't show up in the
> corner of the screen somewhere. But sometimes it doesn't work.

If you want the property to work consistently, then you need to
consistently set the parent. You can do this by passing a reference to
the parent to the ShowDialog() method.

If that doesn't work, then something odd is going on. You should post a
concise-but-complete sample of code that reliably reproduces the problem
in that case.

Pete

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"CenterParent" not working

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