How to zoom in a Picturebox with scrollwheel in vb.net

Question

I\'m using a set of graphics overlays to draw an image inside a picturebox control using the graphics object. I have placed the Picturebox inside a Panel and set the Panel t

Answer 1

I noticed that there's an undesirable effect with the StretchImage SizeMode that ignores the image ratio. I just added a width and height ratio variable to include in the "zoom" algorithm. See _ratWidth and _ratHeight in code below.

Public Class Form1

Private _originalSize As Size = Nothing
Private _scale As Single = 1
Private _scaleDelta As Single = 0.0005
Private _ratWidth, _ratHeight As Double

Private Sub Form_MouseWheel(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseWheel

    'if very sensitive mouse, change 0.00005 to something even smaller   
    _scaleDelta = Math.Sqrt(PictureBox1.Width * PictureBox1.Height) * 0.00005

    If e.Delta < 0 Then
        _scale -= _scaleDelta
    ElseIf e.Delta > 0 Then
        _scale += _scaleDelta
    End If

    If e.Delta <> 0 Then _
    PictureBox1.Size = New Size(CInt(Math.Round((_originalSize.Width * _ratWidth) * _scale)), _
                                CInt(Math.Round((_originalSize.Height * _ratHeight) * _scale)))

End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    PictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage

    'init this from here or a method depending on your needs
    If PictureBox1.Image IsNot Nothing Then
        _ratWidth = PictureBox1.Image.Width / PictureBox1.Image.Height
        _ratHeight = PirctureBox1.Image.Height / PictureBox1.Image.Width
        PictureBox1.Size = Panel1.Size
        _originalSize = Panel1.Size
    End If
End Sub
End Class