Disable Snaplines in Windows Froms Designer

Question

How can I disable the snaplines, when I move controls using the mouse in windows forms designer, which is shown in the image:

Biocatalyst

bluemediaboutique.wordpress.com/tag/eric-burke – Grandiloquent

Answer 1

Temporarily disable Snaplines while moving a control

Press and hold Alt key during moving the control.

Permanently disable Snaplines

You can switch to snap to grid mode and then disable snap to grid.

• Open Options from Tool -> Options menu
• Select Windows Forms Designer -> General from the left-side tree view
• Set LayoutMode to SnapToGrid
• Set SnapToGrid to False

Then press OK, and close the designer and reopen it to apply changes.

Also you can set ShowGrid to False to disable showing the grid.

More information:

• Walkthrough: Arranging Controls on Windows Forms Using Snaplines

Catercorner

This is a designer setting. – Catercorner

i am using above setting in my visual studio but it is not working – Biocatalyst

Close all designers and then reopen them. It is tested and works properly :) – Catercorner

I have applied but it is not working. When we hold the alt key It works but in designer window setting it not works. – Biocatalyst

How can i set it using the C# code Please suggest me – Biocatalyst

I think if you want to have a Custom control with custom snaplines or without snaplines, you should ask a new question. Also if you are looking for the way of creating an extension for visual studio that performs this job (While I think it's useless) you should ask a new question. – Catercorner

This post answers Disable Snaplines in Windows Froms Designer – Catercorner

Yes, Reza Aghaei , I have Custom Form with Custom Controls using infagistic dlls – Biocatalyst

So you don't need to do anything else than what the answer says :) – Catercorner