Method Auto

Namespace: Terminal.Gui.ViewBase

Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll

Auto(DimAutoStyle, Dim?, Dim?)

Creates a Dim object that automatically sizes the view to fit all the view's Content, SubViews, and/or Text.

public static Dim Auto(DimAutoStyle style = DimAutoStyle.Auto, Dim? minimumContentDim = null, Dim? maximumContentDim = null)

Parameters

style DimAutoStyle: Specifies how Auto(DimAutoStyle, Dim?, Dim?) will compute the dimension. The default is Auto.
minimumContentDim Dim: The minimum dimension the View's ContentSize will be constrained to.
maximumContentDim Dim: The maximum dimension the View's ContentSize will be fit to.

Returns

Dim: The Dim object.

Examples

This initializes a View with two SubViews. The view will be automatically sized to fit the two SubViews.

var button = new Button () { Text = "Click Me!", X = 1, Y = 1, Width = 10, Height = 1 };
var textField = new TextField { Text = "Type here", X = 1, Y = 2, Width = 20, Height = 1 };
var view = new Window () { Title = "MyWindow", X = 0, Y = 0, Width = Dim.Auto (), Height = Dim.Auto () };
view.Add (button, textField);

Remarks

See DimAutoStyle.

See the Dim.Auto Deep Dive for comprehensive documentation including non-trivial usage patterns.