I've only just noticed this.

If I place a control (a button say) in a scrollview container with it's .X value greater than scrollview.W then the horizontal scrollbar is initiated and the control can be brought into view.

However if the .X position of the control is less than scrollview.X then the scrollbar is not initiated.

In other words, a child object to the right of the scrollview can be viewed whereas a child object to the right cannot.

Is this to be expected?

bill-lancaster said

I've only just noticed this.

If I place a control (a button say) in a scrollview container with it's .X value greater than scrollview.W then the horizontal scrollbar is initiated and the control can be brought into view.

However if the .X position of the control is less than scrollview.X then the scrollbar is not initiated.

In other words, a child object to the right of the scrollview can be viewed whereas a child object to the right cannot.

Is this to be expected?

Probably the scrollview.Arrange setting
Arrange.None will give freedom to place objects where you expect them to be and make scrollbars work as expected i should think.

and i don't get this …

In other words, a child object to the right of the scrollview can be viewed whereas a child object to the right cannot.

Thanks Bruce
I thought I'd make it clearer with the last statement, unfortunately it should read:-

In other words, a child object to the right of the scrollview can be viewed whereas a child object to the LEFT cannot.

Tried changing the arrange settings - makes no difference.

Perhaps you might try this:-

Thanks
Bill

Aah i see.

You cannot use negative numbers.
the box has been placed -100 to the scrollview.X 0 position so it's right.

you should place the frame at 0 and scroll the view +100 to get the same effect.

like this is how i'd do it ..

 Thanks Bruce, so negative positions for child objects is not allowed, that explains it.
Thanks again,
Bill

 Yeah, the scrollviews left edge 0 is as it is, the left edge. Then the view is scrolled and it's position is negative to the visible window but still 0 to the scrollview object, anything placed negative of that will remain there.