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GabourX
GabourX

Reputation: 283

resizing pictureBox proportionally to Form resizing

I want everytime , the user resizes the Form , the Image in the pictureBox , also resizes with the same Values ( proportionally ) ,

I searched on the internet for some codes and found this answer in StackOverFlow https://stackoverflow.com/a/6501997/3264464

static public Bitmap ScaleImage(Image image, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
{
    var ratioX = (double)maxWidth / image.Width;
    var ratioY = (double)maxHeight / image.Height;
    var ratio = Math.Min(ratioX, ratioY);
    var newWidth = (int)(image.Width * ratio);
    var newHeight = (int)(image.Height * ratio);
    var newImage = new Bitmap(newWidth, newHeight);
    Graphics.FromImage(newImage).DrawImage(image, 0, 0, newWidth, newHeight);
    Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(newImage);
    return bmp;
}

I added the function for my code , and am not sure about the MaxHeight,MaxWidth thing , i mean why do i need to send it via parameters

and In the Form1_Resize event handler i wrote:

private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Bitmap NewImg = ScaleImage(pictureBox1.Image, 1000, 1000);
    pictureBox1.Image = NewImg;
}

but It won't work .. Nothing Happens when I resize the form

UPDATE: Tried everything with same results

Look at the pictures below , The black point is the Left of the PictureBox and it must not move , what you suggested is good , but i want , The left of the pictures stays on the same point at the beggining

Before Resize:

Before

After Resize

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Upvotes: 3

Views: 28383

Answers (3)

Adelaja Sobowale
Adelaja Sobowale

Reputation: 1

Set pictureBox properties as follows: SizeMode to StrecthImage Anchor to Top,Bottom,Left,Right

Upvotes: 0

Austin T French
Austin T French

Reputation: 5140

In Winforms you can use the Picturebox properties to do this, without code:

Add a picture box and go the control properties

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This gives you 5 choices. The effect of which are of the same image on a Winform below:

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  • Normal just shows the image and fits (I believe from pixel 0,0) at no scaling or moving.
  • StretchImage will scale and force a fit of the image, even if it means skewing the image
  • AutoSize in this case shows the full image, in this case the image is bigger than the form which is why there is just a huge blue chunk.
  • Center image leaves the control intact and shows the center region of the image
  • Zoom zooms in or out of the image so that it shows in its entirety in the picturebox control.

Use this in combination with anchor or dock of the control to keep the control where you want it, and also to scale the image.

It sounds like you might want Zoom.

Zoom in action, with Anchor points set to all sides (And a group box added to simulate a control box:

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I can then resize the form, in this case maximized and the PictureBox control takes care of itself with out additional code:

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Note, because I am using a very rectangular image I have set a gray background to show where the control is versus the image. You could set control color background to make this less obvious, or use stretchImage instead of zoom to force the image to always fill the control, although this creates plenty of ugly artifacts on non-square images.

example of stretched artifacts:

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Upvotes: 8

George Chondrompilas
George Chondrompilas

Reputation: 3247

I suggest you using 2 GroupBoxes controls, add the buttons in the left one and the image in the right one and use the Dock property of them. Here is an example which suits your needs:


Before resizing

Before resizing

After resizing After resizing

The Dock property of the groupBox1 is Left and the same property of the other groupBox2 is Fill. Also, the Dock property of the image (which is inside the second groupBox) is set to Fill.

Upvotes: 4

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