How to add buttons dynamically to my form?

Question

I want to create 10 buttons on my form when I click on button1. No error with this code below but it doesnt work either.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    List<Button> buttons = new List<Button>();
    for (int i = 0; i < buttons.Capacity; i++)
    {
        this.Controls.Add(buttons[i]);   
    }
}

Solution 1

It doesn't work because the list is empty. Try this:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    List<Button> buttons = new List<Button>();
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        Button newButton = new Button();
        buttons.Add(newButton);
        this.Controls.Add(newButton);   
    }
}

Solution 2

You aren't creating any buttons, you just have an empty list.

You can forget the list and just create the buttons in the loop.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{     
     int top = 50;
     int left = 100;

     for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)     
     {         
          Button button = new Button();   
          button.Left = left;
          button.Top = top;
          this.Controls.Add(button);      
          top += button.Height + 2;
     }
} 

Solution 3

You could do something like this:

Point newLoc = new Point(5,5); // Set whatever you want for initial location
for(int i=0; i < 10; ++i)
{
    Button b = new Button();
    b.Size = new Size(10, 50);
    b.Location = newLoc;
    newLoc.Offset(0, b.Height + 5);
    Controls.Add(b);
}

If you want them to layout in any sort of reasonable fashion it would be better to add them to one of the layout panels (i.e. FlowLayoutPanel) or to align them yourself.

Solution 4

I had the same doubt and came up with the following contribution:

 int height = this.Size.Height;
 int width = this.Size.Width;

 int widthOffset = 10;
 int heightOffset = 10;

 int btnWidth = 100;  // Button Widht
 int btnHeight = 40;  // Button Height

 for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i)
 {
     if ((widthOffset + btnWidth) >= width)
     {                    
         widthOffset = 10;
         heightOffset = heightOffset + btnHeight

         var button = new Button();
         button.Size = new Size(btnWidth, btnHeight);
         button.Name = "" + i + "";
         button.Text = "" + i + "";
         //button.Click += button_Click; // Button Click Event
         button.Location = new Point(widthOffset, heightOffset);

         Controls.Add(button);

         widthOffset = widthOffset + (btnWidth);
     }

     else
     {                        
         var button = new Button();
         button.Size = new Size(btnWidth, btnHeight);
         button.Name = "" + i + "";
         button.Text = "" + i + "";
         //button.Click += button_Click; // Button Click Event
         button.Location = new Point(widthOffset, heightOffset);

         Controls.Add(button);

         widthOffset = widthOffset + (btnWidth);
      }
  }

Expected Behaviour:
This will generate the buttons dinamically and using the current window size, "break a line" when the button exceeds the right margin of your window.

Solution 5

Two problems- List is empty. You need to add some buttons to the list first. Second problem: You can't add buttons to "this". "This" is not referencing what you think, I think. Change this to reference a Panel for instance.

//Assume you have on your .aspx page:
<asp:Panel ID="Panel_Controls" runat="server"></asp:Panel>


private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        List<Button> buttons = new List<Button>();


        for (int i = 0; i < buttons.Capacity; i++)
        {
            Panel_Controls.Controls.Add(buttons[i]);   
        }
    }

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Comments

[Adam]

In this case, this is a reference to his Form

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