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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / June 2004Designing for a specific minimum resolution
I've tried to find this before and couldn't. When you're designing an application to fit nicely in the space provided by a screen resolution of 800x600 what should you set the actual dimensions of your form to? What is the accepted height of the typical Windows Taskbar across the bottom of the screen? TIA. -Chris > I've tried to find this before and couldn't. When you're designing an > application to fit nicely in the space provided by a screen resolution of > 800x600 what should you set the actual dimensions of your form to? > > What is the accepted height of the typical Windows Taskbar across the bottom > of the screen? Take a look at the Screen.WorkingArea property. Marc My question has more to do with what is accepted convention. In lieu of writing a test app that displays a message box showing its resolution when maximized and running that app on different versions of Windows I thought I'd just see if anyone knew these numbers or if someone had written a short writeup anywhere on the web. > > I've tried to find this before and couldn't. When you're designing an > > application to fit nicely in the space provided by a screen resolution of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Marc For better or worse, I use 90% of 800x600 for my form sizes. This gives me sufficient space so that the taskbar, etc are ok. Therefore, my "default" size is 720x540 ... I know that it's not a lot of real estate but XP supports a "minimum" resolution of 800x600 so I figure I'm going to have some clients running that resolution. I looked everywhere before settling on that size and could find no recommendations. I think that is more to what you were looking for ... no? Ron RonFlueggeatswbelldotnet > My question has more to do with what is accepted convention. In lieu of > writing a test app that displays a message box showing its resolution when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Marc Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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