I agree that normally, rather than scale up items like label fonts, one would identify the areas of the UI that can scale to show more information. List boxes, borders, maybe text boxes etc. If users want larger fonts they should adjust their font metrics in windows and the WPF app should respect those settings (rather than growing with the screen size).
A sensible layout hierarchy and judicious use of 'Auto' sizing will get you a long way. Bear in mind though that large blocks of text become difficult to read if they are too wide. (~10 words wide is considered 'optimal'). You may want to set a maxwidth on these, for example. (Unfortunately, maxwidth is specified in pixels, which doesn't allow you to factor in different font metrics.) Of course there are exceptions. Touch displays come immediately to mind. Shane Shane Morris | Automatic Studio | [email protected] | twitter.com/shanemo -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Winston Pang Sent: Monday, 28 February 2011 7:36 PM To: ozWPF Subject: Re: WPF application to allow for different screen resolutions Honestly, most of the time you don't have to do too much, it seems to function pretty well, whether it be resolutions and DPI (apart from manually positioning windows, you'll need to factor in DPI in the calculation). A rule of thumb that I have read before is, try to limit fix heights and widths unless that's the requirement or the design, otherwise, most say you should just let it all stretch out and take up all the room, and then depend on margins/padding to fix up layout and spacing. I think WPF does a pretty good job at handling most of it for you anyways. On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Peter Maddin <[email protected]> wrote: > When I developed WinForms applications I did so at a certain screen > resolution. > > Clients use any number of screen resolutions. > > When they chose to use a screen resolution that was significantly > different from what I was using there were problems with the way > controls were rendered. > > My understanding was that WPF could address this sort of issue. > > What should one do to ensure that one's WPF applications will look the > same (as much as it is possible) so that any controls resize > appropriately and textblocks, textboxes scale their font size appropriately. > > > > My current focus has been getting my application to play nicely with > thread that consumes a wcf web service and a loadable COM dll. This is > working ok and now I need to focus on the GUI side of things. > > > > I have seen a zoom control in WPFExtensions in CodePlex > (http://wpfextensions.codeplex.com/) > > > > Is this an approach I should use or is there a better way? I would > like the whole application to be resized not just a user control. > > > > Any feedback very much appreciated. > > > > Regards Peter Maddin > Applications Development Officer > PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA > Phone : +618 6396 4285 > Mobile: 0414 240 307 > E-Mail : [email protected]; [email protected] The > contents of this e-mail transmission outside of the WAGHS network are > intended solely for the named recipient's), may be confidential, and > may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure in the public > interest. > The use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the contents of > this e-mail transmission by any person other than the named > recipient(s) is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient please > notify the sender immediately. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ozwpf mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozwpf > > _______________________________________________ ozwpf mailing list [email protected] http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozwpf _______________________________________________ ozwpf mailing list [email protected] http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozwpf
