Change the Textbox height?

Question

How do I change the height of a textbox ?

Neither of the below work:

this.TextBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(173, 100);

or

this.TextBox1.Size.Height = 100;

I wanted to be able to change the single line text box height to fit a font size on it without using multi-line if possible.

Answer 1

The following code added in your constructor after calling InitializeComponent() will make it possible to programmatically set your text box to the correct height without a) changing the Multiline property, b) having to hardcode a height, or c) mucking with the Designer-generated code. It still isn't necessarily as clean or nice as doing it in a custom control, but it's fairly simple and robust:

if (txtbox.BorderStyle == BorderStyle.None)
{
    txtbox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
    var heightWithBorder = txtbox.ClientRectangle.Height;
    txtbox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
    txtbox.AutoSize = false;
    txtbox.Height = heightWithBorder;
}

I decided to make it cleaner and easier to use by putting it in a static class and make it an extension method on TextBox:

public static class TextBoxExtensions
{
    public static void CorrectHeight(this TextBox txtbox)
    {
        if (txtbox.BorderStyle == BorderStyle.None)
        {
            txtbox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
            var heightWithBorder = txtbox.ClientRectangle.Height;
            txtbox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
            txtbox.AutoSize = false;
            txtbox.Height = heightWithBorder;
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

You can put it inside a panel that has the same back color with your desired height. This way has this advantage that the text box can center horizontally, which is not provided by other solutions.

You can make it even more natural by using the following methods

    private void textBox1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        panelTextBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
    }

    private void textBox1_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        panelTextBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
    }

Answer 3

the Simplest Way to do that

1.. right click on the textbox

2.. go to property

set Multiline =True

now done it will Automatically Change the Size of TextBox

and you can also Customize that

Answer 4

Some of you were close but changing designer code like that is annoying because you always have to go back and change it again.

The original OP was likely using an older version of .net because version 4 autosizes the textbox height to fit the font, but does not size comboboxes and textboxes the same which is a completely different problem but drew me here.

This is the problem I faced when placing textboxes next to comboboxes on a form. This is a bit irritating because who wants two controls side-by-side with different heights? Or different fonts to force heights? Step it up Microsoft, this should be simple!

I'm using .net framework 4 in VS2012 and the following was the simplest solution for me.

In the form load event (or anywhere as long as fired after InitializeComponent): textbox.AutoSize = false Then set the height to whatever you want. For me I wanted my text boxes and combo boxes to be the same height so textbox.height = combobox.height did the trick for me.

Notes:

1) The designer will not be affected so it will require you to start your project to see the end result, so there may be some trial and error.

2) Align the tops of your comboboxes and textboxes if you want them to be aligned properly after the resize because the textboxes will grow down.

Answer 5

Go into yourForm.Designer.cs Scroll down to your textbox. Example below is for textBox2 object. Add this

this.textBox2.AutoSize = false;

and set its size to whatever you want

this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(142, 27);

Will work like a charm - without setting multiline to true, but only until you change any option in designer itself (you will have to set these 2 lines again). I think, this method is still better than multilining. I had a textbox for nickname in my app and with multiline, people sometimes accidentially wrote their names twice, like Thomas\nThomas (you saw only one in actual textbox line). With this solution, text is simply hiding to the left after each char too long for width, so its much safer for users, to put inputs.

Answer 6

public partial class MyTextBox : TextBox
{
    [DefaultValue(false)]
    [Browsable(true)]
    public override bool AutoSize
    {
        get
        {
            return base.AutoSize;
        }
        set
        {
            base.AutoSize = value;
        }
    }

    public MyTextBox()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.AutoSize = false;
    }