#Visual studio winforms expand all windows#

#Visual studio winforms expand all windows#

In addition, Windows Forms supports automatic scaling either according to the default system font or the display resolution. When a user changes the theme used by Windows, all dialog boxes are automatically adjusted accordingly. A dialog unit is based on the system font and its relationship to pixels can be determined though the Win32 SDK function GetDialogBaseUnits.

The Windows operating system supports automatic scaling of dialog boxes using a relative unit of measurement called dialog units. Without adjustment, an application, especially a graphics-based one, designed for one resolution will appear either too large or too small when run at another resolution.ДЄutomatic scaling seeks to address these problems by automatically resizing the form and its child controls according to the relative font size or display resolution. The most common display resolution is 96 dots per inch (DPI), which equals 100% display scaling, but higher resolution displays supporting 125%, 150%, 200% (which respectively equal 120, 144 and 192 DPI) and above are becoming more common. In this example, these elements will also appear relatively smaller.ДЄn analogous situation occurs when an application is designed for a certain display resolution. Furthermore, the size of user interface (UI) elements that contain text, such as the title bar, menus, and many controls are dependent on the font used.

Text elements, such as titles, menus, text box contents, and so on will render smaller than other applications. For example, if the application is designed using Tahoma 9 point as a baseline, without adjustment it will appear too small if run on a machine where the system font is Tahoma 12 point.

Without automatic scaling, an application designed for one display resolution or font will either appear too small or too large when that resolution or font is changed.