Setting dynamic label position

Question

I'm trying to dynamically set Label B location depending on another Label A location and width then data binding is done:
This is how I do it:

this.LabelB.Location = new Point(LabelA.Location.X + LabelA.Width + 10, this.LabelB.Location.Y);

The problem is, that both of labels has bigger font applied to them - Tahoma 15px and when I set location like that, it probably ignores the font and it's size, because Label B is still behind Label A.

Answer 1

What you need is to use the TextRenderer class, which gives you the ability to calculate the width that the label a is going to 'take':

 

System.Windows.Forms.Label l1;

System.Windows.Forms.Label l2;

System.Drawing.Size size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(l1.Text, l1.Font);

l2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(l1.Location.X + size.Width + 10,

l2.Location.Y);

 

Answer 2

Thank you