I am developing a c# application using windows forms and I wonder if it is possible to make the application responsive somehow, I've searched a lot and found that the anchor could be used but it doesn't resize things so it doesn't look responsive, is there a way that I can make c# responsive desktop applications?
For Example:
Here when I maximize the pannels they fit the window but the text will just look bad.
Before Maximization
After Maximization
If you want to simply distribute the components in the maximized window, without scale the components up, I suggest you use the TableLayoutPanel, instead of the Panel.
Using a TableLayoutPanel, you can divide the screen, for instance in 4 parts, 2 columns and 2 rows with 25% in each. And then distribute the components. Don't forget to set the Dock property of TableLayoutPanel to fill, or set the anchor property appropriately.
You can Stil put a FlowLayoutPanel inside the TableLayoutPanle row, doing that will provide a dynamic layout for the child controls that can be arranged horizontally or vertically.
Search for TableLayoutPanel to get some samples.
Some articles about it:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8845/FlowLayoutPanel-TableLayoutPanel-controls-Visual-S
https://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_3671986_3/Changing-Layout-Dynamically-in-Windows-Forms.htm
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I m developing a window optimization application in C#. In that Project I have tablelayout panel. And i added pictureboxes to all cells. In application the user can add columns and rows at run-time.
But when the user dynamically add column or row, the application begins to slow down.
My question is with using panel instead of pictureboxes will speed up? (Panel backround image property do same job) Or it doesn't change anything?
I have already set double buffered proterty to true.
I have tablelayout panel. And i added pictureboxes to all cells.
If I understand you correctly, this won't work in WinForms. Here all controls are actual Windows windows, with OS-level handles and all the message pumping logic that entails. Plus the table layout triggers resizing in every single window under it, putting more pressure on it all.
Either go the less lazy route of drawing it all yourself in a memory bitmap and put it in a PictureBox to display, or use a more modern framework like WPF which doesn't have any of the afore-mentioned limitations. In fact, this is trivial in XAML.
I am attempting to create a Windows Forms Application that will have components that scale when the window is being resized. I am running into issues with the Form when attempting to resize it when the application is running. First of all, this is what it looks like in the editor at its Minimum Size:
Then I stretch it out at run time and it is even on both sides (after tinkering with the Fixed-Splitter position:
I run into more problems when attempting to put List Boxes in the blue and red panels. In design:
Stretched:
I want the list boxes to nicely fill most of the width of each side, but when I attempt to use the Anchor tags it gets messed up.
So to sum up: Why is the designer all asymmetrical compared to the finished product and how do I make the List Boxes fit and scale in width when the window is resized?
I am using VS17 if that helps! Thanks!
The anchors was always (I don't know why) littlebit broken. Use the composition of nested Panels and use the Dock and Padding properties instead of anchros.
I'm currently trying to create a responsive winforms application.
What I try to archive:
I want to create a winforms layout which will have a responsive UI.
What is my problem:
I've added three pictureboxes(Close button / minimize application button / maximize application button) to the first row of the TableLayoutPanel.
Those three pictureboxes are positioned in the top right corner of the form. But the location of those pictureboxes won't change once I click the maximize button. Theyre staying at the exact position which makes them literally centered on the maximized screen.
Screenshot showing it:
What could I do to fix this issue? I appreciate any kind of suggestions and help.
What I have done so far:
Added a TableLayoutPanel which contains 2 Rows.
Added a Panel to the first row containing a pictureBox.
Added 3 more pictureBoxes to the pictureBox which are the buttons shown in the screenshot to close / minimize / maximize the application.
First, a TableLayoutPanel is quite a terrible control. It's hard to work with an has a noticeable performance issue once you get too many columns or rows. I suggest using two regular panels, one with Dock = Top and the other with Dock = Fill instead.
As for your buttons, I would position them inside the top panel, and set their anchor properties to Top and Right.
Further reading:
Control.Dock property.
Control.Anchor property.
You should anchor them to the right of their container. You should probably have a look at this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.anchor(v=vs.110).aspx
Kinda new in Microsoft visual C#. I have made a simple program. Everything is working perfectly fine, unfortunately the tricky part for me is i do not know how to layout my objects properly. I would like to copy the layout of the Microsoft visual C# interface, wherein the panels adjust to their predefined ratio and proportion whenever the main form is re-sized and the user may adjust the width and height of each panel. Any readings or code would be a lot of Help. THANKS A LOT!
You could do a number of things:
Allow automatic layout using something like a FlowLayoutPanel
Allow resizing of controls using a Splitter
Look at custom implementations to provide more advanced functionality Collapsible Splitter
Well follow these tutorial links to know about resizing in windows
using Dock and Anchor property. Along this the layout control will
help you to manage the layout - FlowLayoutPanel and
TableLayoutPanel, Panel, GroupBox etc.
Designing Resizable Windows Forms in Visual Studio .NET
Manage WinForm controls using the Anchor and Dock properties
This one is much better to understand.
For a simple start the anchor property is what you want. so for instance if you set all four anchors for that left hand control, and the parent window changes size it will will resize proportionally.
After that it starts getting complicated. Adding panels and then putting your controls inside them. Setting Dock to left, or top or fill. Grow and shink on scrollable controls. Splitter bars.
And last ditch handling resize events and calculating positions and sizes.
Sit down and have a think about what you want to happen, play around with minimum and maximum height and widths, ie no point in working out waht your form is going to look like when it's postage stamp sized...
PS Don't forget VS allows floating panels, and persists (well some times sort of) user choices in the layout, that's a bigger job.
Place a TableLayoutPanel as the base control, anchor it to all sides, define as many columns and rows as you like with "percentage" sizes.
Then place different sections of your form in different table cells. Properly dock your controls in each cell.
Can also use a split container above table if needed.
The ideal order should be like below
SplitContainer
TableLayoutPanel
Panel
Controls
I have a panel that has lots of labels and checkboxes. I want to grab all these controls and resize them?
How would I do this? Would this be like going through the panel for all the controls then resizing them?
Or do you think it would be better to re render the whole form again with the new sizes. However this would require me to do another request to the webservice to get the information.
I need to resize the controls because I want allow user to switch from portrait mode to landscape.
Use Dock, or for more precise control use the Anchor property. By setting Anchor to Left, Right, Top, Bottom the control will scale with the window. By setting Anchor to Right the control will move with the right border. By setting Anchor to Top and Bottom the control will scale vertically, but have a fixed width.
you can also use tablelayoutpanel and flowlayoutpanel controls.
For mobile, I think these controls are not available.
First of all, you should not just store the values from the web service in controls. They should be safely tucked away in one or more objects somewhere, to be easily accessed from your form.
I'm afraid you ahve to resize and/or change location of your controls depending on which mode you are in.
For developing resolution aware applications for .NET CF, see here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838174.aspx