visual studio 2017 control align options disabled or grayed out under Layout

Question

_{Monday, December 11, 2017 5:35 PM}

Just started using VS 2017 community edition and my existing projects from years before i used in previous versions of VS when i went to load them and align controls, the align options where disabled ??  i then just started a new winform project fresh in VS 2017 community edition and even then the options are grayed out .. why is this not working and where do i enabled and why is it so difficult it seems to enable this :) ?

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_{Monday, December 11, 2017 7:29 PM}

I think that you should select two or more controls. (Select the button, then hold <Ctrl> and select other controls). Make sure that the form is not included into selection.

_{Monday, December 11, 2017 10:38 PM}

yes that was it :( that's kinda of well stupid LOL.. so what do i do if i have say a panel or a groupbox i want to center and that is all ? do i have to insert a button or something "anything" along with and always select 2 controls ? that is not how it was in say VS 2010 or older versions i could click on a single control and align it however i wanted..

_{Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:36 AM}

Hi Benton Crook,

>>so what do i do if i have say a panel or a groupbox i want to center and that is all ? do i have to insert a button or something "anything" along with and always select 2 controls ?

For only control, please click Format -> Center in Form -> Horizontally/Vertically.

Besides, you can also add it to Menu bar:

• click the layout toolbar options to add or remove buttons.
• Click Customize...
• Select the Commands tab
• Select the Toolbar radio button and select Layout from the dropdown
• Click Add Command... and select Format from the Categories section
• Select the Center Horizontally and Center Vertically commands

Best regards,

Joyce

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