Getting pop-up form to center on monitor (1 Viewer)

[BlueSpruce]

It looks to me as if MS centered the bottom of the popup in the centre of the screen, as Richard was drawing those little rulers

So if MS centered the bottom, the popup would always appear higher up on the screen? I ask this because we only use A2010 and it didn't receive that auto center update.

 

[isladogs]

It looks to me as if MS centered the bottom of the popup in the centre of the screen, as Richard was drawing those little rulers.

I haven't watched Richard's video but that point isn't correct

If AutoCenter is set to Yes then
a) a standard form is centred horizontally in the database window
b) a popup form is centred horizontally on the monitor

BUT
c) for both types of form the form is placed with the top about 1/3 of the way down the application window / monitor. This is true no matter whether the form height is small / large

I'm using 365 version 2508 but AFAIAA, there has been no change to the position of an autocentred form in many years

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I haven't watched Richard's video but that point isn't correct

If AutoCenter is set to Yes then
a) a standard form is centred horizontally in the database window
b) a popup form is centred horizontally on the monitor

BUT
c) for both types of form the form is placed with the top about 1/3 of the way down the application window / monitor. This is true no matter whether the form height is small / large

I'm using 365 version 2508 but AFAIAA, there has been no change to the position of an autocentred form in many years

Richard mentioned this in his video. Just as he clicked off it in the video, I noted that looked like the bottom of the popup form was on the centre, but I can now see that isn't the case. There is clearly some formula to work out the top, but it's not easy to know how Access does it.

 

[isladogs]

It is precisely because Access doesn't centre forms vertically that I have code to do so more accurately.
Some of it is mine but I also have code by other developers. See my article:

Centre Form On Screen

This article compares the effectiveness of four code samples used to centre forms in both horizontal and vertical directions

www.isladogs.co.uk

Which works best? It depends!