Forms design doesn't display correctly

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I have recently started learning C# in school and am now working on a little C#-Forms game. The problem is that labels and pictureboxes show up not at the spot where I put them in the designer. This is not a very awful thing but it is annoying when designing the form.

Also my computer (Windows 10) doesn't use the same layout as the designer which is also a bit annoying when designing buttons, checkboxes, etc.

Does anybody know how to fix this?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/13228495/17034 – Hans Passant Oct 30 '15 at 15:30 — Hans Passant, Oct 30 '15 at 15:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '15 at 15:28

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Probably your Windows 10 is doing some scaling to make the controls fit on the screen. It can be very annoying to get this working.

The most important thing you have to do is not relying on positions. Use grids as much as possible to form your layout, like TableLayoutPanel and FlowLayoutPanel. Use AutoSize as much as possible and let the control build itself.

Another option would be to use WPF, which is built to work with different screen resolutions.

answered Oct 30 '15 at 15:28

Patrick Hofman

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But can I tell the designer to use a higher resolution? Because my computer uses a 1920x1080 resolution the compiled and run program looks a bit blurred. – Ian H. Oct 30 '15 at 15:40
It has nothing to do with your designer. Just an OS that thinks it is smart :) – Patrick Hofman Oct 30 '15 at 15:43
That means? Can I tell the OS to use a smaller resolution that doesnt stretch? Or that it stretches but not blurres? – Ian H. Oct 30 '15 at 16:27
No. You have to prevent that it will happen. – Patrick Hofman Oct 30 '15 at 16:46
Do you know how to do that? Because I don't have a clue :/ – Ian H. Oct 30 '15 at 17:31
I told you in my answer. Rely on auto formatting as much as possible. – Patrick Hofman Oct 30 '15 at 20:06

Forms design doesn't display correctly

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