Resize a control inside a Ribbon Panel

Question

I have a form with a ribbon bar and I want the controls that are on the RibbonPanel to resize with the rest of the form. The docked RibbonControl resizes fine and the RibbonPanel resizes with it but the controls that Docked/Anchored on the RibbonPanel do not resize.

How do you get controls on a ribbon panel to Dock or Anchor correctly?

Answer 1

For a work around I placed a normal Panel control inside of the RibbonPanel control, and docked all the controls I want to resize in that panel. Using a simple resize method and a couple event handlers to dynamically resize that panel, the controls now Anchor and Dock normally while on a RibbonPanel.

Private Sub Form1_Resize(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Resize
    Resize()
End Sub

Private Sub RibbonControl1_SelectedRibbonTabChanged(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles RibbonControl1.SelectedRibbonTabChanged
    Resize()
End Sub

Private Sub Resize()
    Select Case RibbonControl1.SelectedRibbonTabItem.Name
        Case "RibbonTabItem1"
            Panel1.Size = RibbonPanel1.Size
        Case "RibbonTabItem2"
            Panel2.Size = RibbonPanel2.Size
        Case ...
    End Select
End Sub