Resize Controls with Form Resize

Question

I have read several stack overflow questions without finding a good working solution to my problem. How can I resize my controls whenever the form is resized? I would like

Answer 1

What you are trying to do in your code is to change the sizes of the controls which isn't so good approach. Generally, the size of the Buttons and TextBoxes shouldn't be changed when you re-size your form, but they often need to move (change location). Some controls do need to change size according to the re-sized form and but in most cases only one dimension. The central controls that are used for working area (if you are developing the tool for drawing for instance) should change sizes of both dimensions. All this you can accomplish by properly setting Dock and/or Anchor properties of the controls.

textBox1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;
textBox1.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom & AnchorStyles.Left;

All these are also easily set in the Properties panel when using designer.

But if that isn't enough for you, in rare cases, you will most definitely want to only change the location of the control:

textBox1.Location = new Point(newX, newY);