sheesh ... what a lively group ... here's a .Net question ...

[welshTerrier2]

i built a "user control" that basically contains a list of the menu options available on a website I'm building ...

when i drag the user control onto a form, its default behavior is to position itself in the upper left corner of the form ...

is there anyway to position the control anywhere else ??

i might try wrapping a <div> tag around it or trying to move the control onto a panel ...

any ideas ??

[kcr]

1. IIRC

And its been a few months, if your default layout is flow, that is the behavior you would expect. Change your layout style to grid, and I believe your problem is solved.

[welshTerrier2]

2. i'm using grid layout ...

when i drag regular web controls to the form (e.g. text boxes, labels, etc.), i can position them anywhere I want to ... but that's not the case with a "user control" ... user controls are the ones that get a default ".ascx" extension ...

thanks for trying though ... i sure hope this forum picks up a bit ...

[kcr]

3. Are you saying that the control never allows you to move it?

I just went and checked my project, and there is nothing special in the controls we built, and yet I am able to positon them as needed. I do notice, however, that we put all the user controls in panels.

Some research turned up several complaignts about the behavior you describe, and the only solutions I have seen are what we did -- wrap the controls.

[welshTerrier2]

4. ok ... i'll try to embed the user control in a panel ...

what happens when i drag the control onto a form (using grid layout) is that i see (in visual studio) the control positioned in the upper left corner of the form ... i can't drag it to any other position ... i also couldn't find any properties on the control to set it's coordinates or alignment ...

and when i browse this web page, the control always displays in the upper left corner ...

thanks for the research ... it sounds like embedding it in a panel may do the trick ... i'll report back tomorrow morning ...

[welshTerrier2]

5. yup ... embedding the user control in a panel worked great ...

i was able to move the panel containing the user control around on the form ...

thanks again for the help !!

[kcr]

6. No problem (n/t)