{"id":405,"date":"2021-09-13T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonghin.com.my\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2021-09-13T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T05:57:41","slug":"wpf-layout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonghin.com.my\/blog\/2021\/09\/13\/wpf-layout\/","title":{"rendered":"WPF Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The past week , I have been working on Tong Hin&#8217;s inventory module layout .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why is layout important ?<\/strong><br>Setting a layout is so important to an application usability . Arranging controls based on explicit coordination may work for one environment , but as soon as we change its screen resolution or with different font sizes it will fail .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore , I realized the best practices when creating any layout is to :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Avoid fixated sizes of height\/width . Use the <strong>HorizontalAlignment\/VerticalAlignment <\/strong>properties together with Margin to position elements in the layout<\/li><li>Practice using a <strong>StackPanel <\/strong>to layout buttons of a dialog<\/li><li>Practice using <strong>Grid <\/strong>to layout static data entry form . Create Auto sized columns and Star(Asterisk) sized columns for the elements<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally , if the layout is too big to fit the resolution size , we can add a scroll bar by using the <strong>ScrollViewer <\/strong>property. The visibility of the <strong>ScrollViewer <\/strong>can be set using the <strong>ScrollbarVisibility <\/strong>properties .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any beginners should practice these useful tips before starting a UI layout development in WPF . That is all for this week .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past week , I have been working on Tong Hin&#8217;s inventory module layout . 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