Best Way to make a Windows Forms scalable?

Question

What would be the best way to make a WinForms application fully scalable, for example when the Form resizes?

In WPF i would use something like a Viewbox and/or a UniformGrid, but something like this doesn't exists in WinForms.

Is there an easier (and maybe faster) way to rescale controls on a from after resizing it, instead of resizing them all by calculating their new Size/Location etc.?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

In Windows Forms, you use the Anchor and Dock properties for each control.

Here's an article about using them: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/manage-winform-controls-using-the-anchor-and-dock-properties/

You should also look at FlowLayoutPanel and TableLayoutPanel

Answer 2

you can use anchor and dock, depending on your need:

• Anchor - the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent.
• Dock - which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

for further read: Dock and Anchor