How to auto resize and adjust Form controls with change in resolution

Question

I have noticed that some applications change their controls position to adjust them as much as possible in the resolution as possible  If window is maximized they set themselves in such a way that over all GUI looks balanced  My question is that is it possible to make or implement this functionality in Visual studio 2010 C

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Use combinations of these to get the desired result:

Set Anchor property to None, the controls will not be resized, they only shift their position.
Set Anchor property to Top+Bottom+Left+Right, the controls will be resized but they don't change their position.
Set the Minimum Size of the form to a proper value.
Set Dock property.
Use Form Resize event to change whatever you want

I don't know how font size (label, textbox, combobox, etc.) will be affected in (1) - (4), but it can be controlled in (5).

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sorry I saw the question late  Here is an easy programmatically solution that works well on me  Create those global variables   float firstWidth   float firstHeight   after on load  fill those variables   firstWidth   this Size Width   firstHeight   this Size Height   then select your form and put these code to your form s SizeChange event   private void AnaMenu SizeChanged object sender  EventArgs e                          float size1   this Size Width    firstWidth          float size2   this Size Height   firstHeight               SizeF scale   new SizeF size1  size2           firstWidth   this Size Width          firstHeight   this Size Height           foreach  Control control in this Controls                                         control Font   new Font control Font FontFamily  control Font Size    size1  size2  2                             control Scale scale                                        I hope this helps  it works perfect on my projects

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Use Dock and Anchor properties   Here is a good article   Note that these will handle changes when maximizing minimizing   That is a little different that if the screen resolution changes  but it will be along the same idea

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this WindowState   FormWindowState Maximized

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add this code at page load do for all control or add all control in containers  int x  Point pt   new Point    x   Screen PrimaryScreen WorkingArea Width - 1024  x   x   2  pt Y   groupBox1 Location Y   50  pt X   groupBox1 Location X   x  groupBox1 Location   pt

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Here I like to use https   www netresize net index php c 3a amp id 11 buyopt  But it is paid version   You also can get their source codes if you buy 1 Site License  Unlimited Developers     How ever I am finding the nuget package solution

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and to detect a change in resolution to handle it  once you re using Docking and Anchoring like SwDevMan81 suggested  use the SystemEvents DisplaySettingsChanged event in Microsoft Win32

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float widthRatio   Screen PrimaryScreen Bounds Width   1280  float heightRatio   Screen PrimaryScreen Bounds Height   800f  SizeF scale   new SizeF widthRatio  heightRatio   this Scale scale   foreach  Control control in this Controls    control Font   new Font  Verdana   control Font SizeInPoints   heightRatio   widthRatio

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in the form load event add this line  this WindowState   FormWindowState Maximized

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private void MainForm Load  object sender  EventArgs e                    this Size   Screen PrimaryScreen WorkingArea Size

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