visual studio align group box

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Hello Guys,

I am using visual studio 2008.

I have several buttons in my UI grouped with group-boxes

now it seems impossible to vertically align these group-boxes.

if I shift it to left or right, it always jumps with 2 pixels (grid snap is off)
even when I do manually in the resources, changing the position definition with 1 pixel, the result is a shift with 2 pixels...

I also tried a snap line, f.e. at 146 the border of the group box is on the snap line
when I place the snap line at 147 (this is the position I whish), the border of the group box is at 148. when the snap line is at 148 the border is also at 148.

how can I change this?
It is really annoying! I want my UI to look nice and aligned, no spaghetti layout

Thanks

PS It seems the problem is related to the font size I select in my dialog,
when I take an other font, all my group boxes get messed up!?

Posted 7-Nov-12 2:32am

Blob_Dlg

Updated 7-Nov-12 2:39am

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__John_ · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07T03:07:00

Solution 1

A dialog is layed out using dialog units, not pixels.
Dialog units are based on the font.

Here is a KB about calculating dialog units.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/145994/EN-US[^]

Posted 7-Nov-12 3:07am

__John_

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Blob_Dlg 7-Nov-12 9:11am

I see, the recourse editor is in DLUs

But still, at the position I want (147 DLU), I can not align my group box

__John_ 7-Nov-12 9:17am

Using the resource editor can be a bit tricky when trying to position controls exactly. You could try setting the position programaticaly when the dialog opens.

Blob_Dlg 9-Nov-12 5:03am

Did that.

Not really a "user friendly" resource editor...