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In Form1 I'm enabling IsMdiContainer and I added a MenuStrip . In Form1_Load I "new" Form2 and I'm assiging Form2.MdiParent to this which is Form1 . I'm also maximizing Form2 and this operation works well. In Form2 I have a treeView on the left side of the form and on the right side of the form I would like to display a number of different forms with various editing capabilities which will be dependent upon the node or level selected in the treeView . I would like to create a number of different forms for editing data that would be displayed in Form2 depending on the selection from the

I am designing a Windows Form app. I have an MDIParent form that loads in a maximized state, and loads its child forms in a maximized state as well. However, when I open an OpenFileDialog, or any datareader object, the MDIParent shrinks to a smaller size with all its forms and controls. This solution Opening child form is causing mdiform to change size and shrink does not apply/work in my situation. Also this solution https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/967173/restoring-a-maximized-or-minimized-mdi-parent-form-causes-its-height-t did not work for me. Some background: I have seen this

Users complain that when they have several minimized windows in MDI container it's impossible to distinguish them unless they resore each. I wonder if it's possible to make minimized window a little bit wider so the text in the caption can contain 6 characters? Thanks in advance! No, this is not possible. Windows determines the width of a minimized window using the current system parameters, and there's no way to change this dynamically for a single application without changing the values across the entire system. Specifically, the default size of all minimized windows is 160x31. In a MDI

In my application when I make a form as a child form of my main MDI parent form, the child form stops showing Windows 7 default shadow effect behind forms. How do I get child forms shadow to show? Form obj = Application.OpenForms["My_form"]; if (obj != null) { obj.Focus(); } else { My_form c = new My_form(); c.MdiParent = this; c.Show(); } This is normal, entirely by design. MDI child windows are not top-level windows, but rather a special type of child window that is designed to be hosted in an MDI parent window . The Desktop Window Manager (DWM), which is what is responsible for the Aero

Inside an MDI form is a client area that hosts the mdi child forms. How do I find out how big that area is? The best I can come up with so far is finding the total size of the parent's potential client area (mdiparent.ClientRectangle) and then subtracting off the sizes of components like toolbars, etc that take away from the client area. Is there a better way? There is no property on a form that gives you access to the MDI client window. But you can find it back like this: public MdiClient GetMdiClientWindow() { foreach (Control ctl in this.Controls) { if (ctl is MdiClient) return ctl as

In a container form I have menu and buttons to open ther forms. Here I am facing a problem when I open any form these buttns and lables come over newly opened form. Please guide me how I can manage this issue? I want to open a new form and keep these container form's controls in back ground of it. Anaya Upadhyay I've also got the same problem. I got an alternative solution as described below: Insert a timer control I've added the controls in a panel container And did the following private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { if ((int)MdiChildren.GetLength(0) > 0) { panel1.Visible =