How To Stop BringToFront() Moving User Control To Top Left of Window?

Question

I'm currently working on a small project, using user controls to bring up different windows part of my windows. When a sidebar is clicked, one of the user controls is brought to the front by BringToFront(). This uses an instance of the User Control via code, to which the function is called.

SelectionPanel.Height = btnSideHome.Height;
this.Controls.Add(HomePage.Instance);
HomePage.Instance.BringToFront();

However, upon build, when HomePage.Instance.BringToFront() is called after the window is initialised, in the public Form1() class, the HomePage user control instantiates at the top left of the window, rather than at 200,61, where it is placed in the form designer.

What is the issue here, and how can I remedy it?

Answer 1

Sometimes there is a Startlocation that is you can set to manual before the form is opened

Answer 2

You can simply ensure that the control renders in the correct location before calling BringToFront with the following.

    HomePage.Instance.Location = new Point(x, y); 

Answer 3

I found out how it's done.

I created a new Point entity with the co-ordinates via the statement

Point refpoint = new Point(200,61);

Then by calling this reference point when I wanted to set the location of something to this point via

HomePage.Instance.Location = refpoint;

And this has worked.