How do I keep a label centered in WinForms

Question

In WinForms I am using a Label to display different messages like success  failure  etc   I d like to center that label in the center form  I want a solution that will keep it centered whether there s just one word or a whole sentence in the label

User · Answer

You could try out the following code snippet:

private Point CenterOfMenuPanel<T>(T control, int height=0) where T:Control {
    Point center = new Point( 
        MenuPanel.Size.Width / 2 - control.Width * 2,
        height != 0 ? height : MenuPanel.Size.Height / 2 - control.Height / 2);

    return center;
}

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User · Answer

Set Label s AutoSize property to False  TextAlign property to MiddleCenter and Dock property to Fill

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The accepted answer didn t work for me for two reasons     I had BackColor set so setting AutoSize   false and Dock   Fill causes the background color to fill the whole form I couldn t have AutoSize set to false anyway because my label text was dynamic   Instead  I simply used the form s width and the width of the label to calculate the left offset   MyLabel Left    this Width - MyLabel Width    2

User · Answer

Some minor additional content for setting programmatically   Label textLabel   new Label              AutoSize   false           TextAlign   ContentAlignment MiddleCenter           Dock   DockStyle None           Left   10           Width   myDialog Width - 10                  Dockstyle and Content alignment may differ from your needs  For example  for a simple label on a wpf form I use DockStyle None

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I wanted to do something similar  but on a form with a background image  I found that when the text in the label changed the repaints were obvious with this method  so I did the following    Set the label AutoSize to true and TextAlign to MiddleCenter  Then  each time the text changed  mine was done using a timer  I called the following method       private Point GetPosition                 int y    this Height   2  -  label1 Height   2           int x    this Width   2  -  label1 Width   2           return new Point x  y           And set the label s Location property to this return value  This ensured that the label was always in the center of the form when the text changed and the repaints for a full-screen form weren t obvious

User · Answer

You will achive it with setting property Anchor  None

User · Answer

If you don t want to dock label in whole available area  just set SizeChanged event instead of TextChanged  Changing each letter will change the width property of label as well as its text when autosize property set to True  So  by the way you can use any formula to keep label centered in form   private void lblReport SizeChanged object sender  EventArgs e        lblReport Left    this ClientSize Width - lblReport Size Width    2

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