Creating FlowLayoutPanel Control

Drag and drop FlowLayoutPanel from the toolbox on the window Form.

FlowLayoutPanel is a container of other control. When you drag and drop other control like button, textbox, and checkbox in FlowLayoutPanel then it will automatically arrange the control.

FlowLayoutPanel Properties 

FlowDirection:

You can also set Flow direction in which control will flow through Flow Direction property (left to right, Top-Down, RightToLeft, and Bottom-Up).

For Example:

Private Sub Form23_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
         'set the FlowDirection in which control will Flow
         FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.TopDown
 End Sub

Output:

 AutoScroll: When AutoScroll property is set to True then FlowLayoutPanel supports Scroll. FlowLayoutPanel will show a scroll bar when some control is not fit in the specified area of FlowLayoutPanel.

For example:

  Private Sub Form23_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
         'set autoscroll to true
         FlowLayoutPanel1.AutoScroll = True
End Sub

Output:

 BorderStyle:  Border of FlowLayoutPanel can be set through BorderStyle properties. For example:

Private Sub Form23_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
         'set Border Style
         FlowLayoutPanel1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle
 End Sub

Output: