Whidbey Layout

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Whidbey Layout
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Why

• Enable AutoLayout
• Cost of per form relayout high
• Any code touch with loc is
• TableLayoutPanel w/AutoSize contents is the
  hotness
• Smooth Environment Support
• Gracefully adapt to font changes
• Gracefully adapt to dpi changes
• Enable accurate zooming scenarios
• AutoScaleMode/AutoScaleDimensions

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What are the big parts

• TableLayoutPanel
• HTML Table like top level control
• FlowLayoutPanel
• control for lists and menus
• AutoSize
• Greatly enhanced autosize support
• AutoScale
• More accurate and flexible

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TableLayoutPanel

• Enables no code localization and data driven
  content scenarios.
• Defines relationships between columns and rows
• Three Column/Row Styles
• Percentage (weighted)
• Absolute (pixels)
• AutoSize (size to content)
• Supports spanning rows and columns
• No physical cells
• Extender provider model

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FlowLayoutPanel

• Used in menus
• Used in portal flow scenarios
• Used for text wrapping control
• Four Flow Directions
• LeftToRight
• RightToLeft
• TopDown
• BottomUp
• Supports wrapping flow

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AutoSize

• Per control specialization of sizing that matches
  usage
• Critical part of Autolayout support
• Internally calls GetPreferredSize() which can be
  overriden
• Two different AutoSizeModes
• GrowOnly
• GrowAndShrink

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AutoScale

• Replaces Everett model
• AutoScale -gt AutoScaleMode
• AutoScaleBaseSize -gt AutoScaleDimensions
• AutoScaleMode (now an enum)
• Font (Font DPI really)
• DPI (screen density)
• Inherit (user control usage typical)
• None
• AutoScaleDimensions
• Now an SizeF() for increased accuracy