Maximize Button and Automatic scaling ?

[Rob]

If you allow the user to Maximize a form, is there a way to automatically
enlarge each control on the form in the same proportion ?

[kimiraikkonen]

On May 30, 1:59 pm, "Rob" <[e-mail] mwrote:

If you allow the user to Maximize a form, is there a way to automatically
enlarge each control on the form in the same proportion ?

That's done by setting control's "Dock" property to a position which
you want, and also set "Anchor" property to fit your controls when the
form is resized or maximized.

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

[rowe_newsgroups]

On May 30, 6:59 am, "Rob" <[e-mail] mwrote:

If you allow the user to Maximize a form, is there a way to automatically
enlarge each control on the form in the same proportion ?

You can play around with Anchor to set how the controls resize with
the form. It usually doesn't end up looking right from a UI
perspective as you just give bigger icons and don't really make good
use of the new screen space (imo).

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Rob" <ro***@yahoo.co mschrieb:

If you allow the user to Maximize a form, is there a way to automatically
enlarge each control on the form in the same proportion ?

Are you using Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)?

If you are using the latter, take a look at the 'LayoutTransfor m' and
'RenderTransfor m' properties.

In Windows Forms, you can use docking and anchoring, but you cannot scale
the controls smoothly.

However, note that resizing the controls in the way you describe often
reduces usability because controls can get too large.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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[Rob]

Thanks... actually it is a touch screen app... so bigger is better here...
but I am using Windows forms...
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"Rob" <ro***@yahoo.co mschrieb:

>If you allow the user to Maximize a form, is there a way to automatically
enlarge each control on the form in the same proportion ?

Are you using Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)?

If you are using the latter, take a look at the 'LayoutTransfor m' and
'RenderTransfor m' properties.

In Windows Forms, you can use docking and anchoring, but you cannot scale
the controls smoothly.

However, note that resizing the controls in the way you describe often
reduces usability because controls can get too large.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>