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The MakeOptimal method sets the row header area's optimal width so that the cell contents in the row header area can be displayed without being clipped horizontally.

This method resizes the row header area to its optimal width so that each cell in the row header area can be completely displayed without being truncated or clipped. The RowHeaders.GetOptimalWidth method can be used to calculate the row header area's optimal width without resizing the row header area. The row header area width can be changed using the RowHeaders.Width property.

By changing tree control properties, the optimal row header area width may change. Adding items, setting new cell contents are a few of the actions that can affect the optimal row header area width. The row header area width may have to be set again to allow cells to be completely visible.

The tree control does not automatically adjust the row header area width.

Calculating the optimal row header area width can be a time consuming operation, particularly if many items have been added to the tree control. The MaxScan parameter can be used to limit the maximum number of items to consider for optimal row header area width calculation. MakeOptimal scans all items to determine the best row header area width, but can be limited to a specific number of items using the MaxScan parameter. This reduces the time spent to calculate the optimal width, but may still leave some items clipped.

If items are not visible because their parent items are collapsed, these can be excluded from the optimal width calculation by setting the VisibleOnly parameter to True.

Individual row headers can be excluded from the optimal width calculation by setting their RowHeaderClass.WidthIgnore property.