How to fit Windows Form to any screen resolution or Monitor?

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I work on VS 2013 with C# winform application. This below code does not work for me. My form was designed in 1024 x 768 resolution.

Our clients laptop is in 1366 x 768 resolution. To solve this problem, I set below code in Form Load event:

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this.Location = new Point(0, 0);
this.Size = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Size;

but the form does not resize as per screen resolution and bottom of my form gets hidden or cut or I miss the scroll bar.

Is there any way to solve this problem? Please show me the syntax. Thanks in advance

Posted 24-Sep-15 10:51am

dinesh_redhawk

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Abdul Samad KP 24-Sep-15 17:29pm

Set the windowState property of the form to maximized
remove your code and add below code in form load

this.WindowState=FormWindowState.Maximized;

PIEBALDconsult 24-Sep-15 19:58pm

No, that's user-hostile; let the user decide how to view your app or he won't use it at all.

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Krunal Rohit · Answer 1 · 2015-09-24T20:24:00

Solution 3

Can't you set the WindowState Property to Maximized ?

-KR

Posted 24-Sep-15 20:24pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2015-09-24T16:33:00

What you call "resolution" is not resolution. This is the size of the monitor in pixels. Resolution is the maximum number of lines per mm/inch which can be resolved. To address your problem, please see my past answers:
http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/150899/Zom-Out-malfunctions-when-Screen-resolution-change#answer1[^],
http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/207268/how-to-dock-button-so-that-it-can-adjust-with-the#answer1[^] (find a rudimentary code sample here),
http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/587582/CountingplusListViewplusitems-2cplusSelectedItemsp#answer3[^].

See also:
http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/151247/GUI-Apperance-C-Net#answer1[^],
http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/835149/Cant-properly-redesign-GUI-to-get-better-user-expe#answer1[^].

—SA

BillWoodruff · Answer 3 · 2015-09-24T17:18:00

There was a known issue with PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea a few years ago: [^] the result of invoking it would be cached, and would not reflect any UI change by the user, like hiding the TaskBar.

The fix was to use: SystemInformation.WorkingArea which is reset on any UI change.

I am not sure if this problem still exists, or if this is relevant to what you are doing, but you might try using SystemInformation.

Almost too obvious to ask checklist: have you hard-coded the Form's Minimum/Maximum Size parameters ? or done anything with 'AutoSize ?

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