How do I align the DateTimePicker date ?

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Not a problem that is going to affect the way my application works, but it's annoying !!!

Regardless of the size of my DateTimePicker field, the front part of the number 2 is obscured & it seems to be governed by the size of the DropDown box for the date selection (See attached picture, boxes 1 to 3). If I have the DropDown box on the Right, I lose the front part of the number 2 at the start of the field (see attached picture, box 4).

http://i62.tinypic.com/mm65qa.jpg[^]

How can I adjust this ?

Posted 26-Jun-14 1:44am

Gary Heath

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CHill60 26-Jun-14 8:24am

What platform/control is that? or which IDE? I can't reproduce the problem at the moment. Can you post the relevent code from the Form.Desigigner.vb file?

Philippe Mori 26-Jun-14 8:32am

It might be related to the font you use to display the date... which has wide /. Probably wider than a number in that case. I would guess that the control estimate the required width from either average width or the width of a number and for that font, it give a size a bit smaller. Similar problem can sometime occurs with italic fonts.

Gary Heath 26-Jun-14 9:11am

CHill60 - I am using Visual Studio 2010 & it's a basic Windows Form. How do I get at that code ?

Philippe Mori - I will try a different Font and see if that helps.

Gary Heath 26-Jun-14 9:18am

Philippe Mori - Changing the font does indeed resolve the problem, thank you ... strange though when there is so much free space reserved around the button that opens the Calendar !!!

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Gary Heath · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-28T01:08:00

Solution 1

As per the comment above, it was a Font problem, as Phillipe Mori suggested it might be ...

Posted 28-Jun-14 1:08am

Gary Heath