Spacing Your Controls

The Layout menu Spacing command accesses a submenu of commands that enable you to neatly and logically space your controls across or down the form or container control.

The Spacing submenu commands and the corresponding toolbar buttons are listed in the following table.

Command	Toolbar Button	Description
Space Evenly Down		Spaces the selected controls evenly down the container
Space Evenly Across		Spaces the selected controls evenly across the container
Spread Down Container		Spreads the selected controls evenly down the entire container
Spread Across Container		Spreads the selected controls evenly across the entire container
Vertically Adjacent		Makes the selected controls vertically adjacent
Horizontally Adjacent		Makes the selected controls horizontally adjacent
Vertical Standard Spacing		Automatically spaces controls vertically
Horizontal Standard Spacing		Automatically spaces controls horizontally
Top/Right Command Buttons		Positions command buttons at top right
Bottom/Right Command Buttons		Positions command buttons at bottom right

You cannot select the Space Evenly Across, Space Evenly Down, Horizontally Adjacent, and Vertically Adjacent commands if you have not yet selected a group of controls (that is, they are disabled). To enable the Space Evenly Across and Space Evenly Down commands, you must select at least three controls.

When using the Vertical Standard Spacing, Horizontal Standard Spacing, Vertically Adjacent, and Horizontally Adjacent commands or toolbar buttons, the position of the master control (that is, the control that is displayed with sizing handles) remains unchanged and not the control that is in the top or the farthest left position.