As you don’t show the layout or anchors, we can not help. If you resize the screen do panels resize? Which controls are fixed, and which are resizable. My guess is you did not add any support for resize.
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JohnIFZ
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Hey all:
I am working on a .NET Windows forms app, and I want the app to be a set size of screen.width/2, screen.height/2, but I am having trouble designing the form, when I design the layout and then run the App, the UI looks different. Research suggested an issue with DPI, but my screen is set to 100% scaling. ScreenDesign1.pngCan anyone help?
Thanks
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JohnIFZ 0 Reputation points
2025-07-16T11:52:34.1733333+00:00 Thanks for the response. Here is the designer view. The screen is set to not allow resize and the anchors are all set to top left. Should I put the controls inside a panel? I tried a TableLayoutPanel, but that was a mess, and a FlowLayoutPanel just stacked all the controls up.
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