WinForms Different DPI Layouts

Question

Somehow forms and controls created through Visual Studio and the designer have the great ability to scale themselves depending on the current DPI/font size of Windows. One p

Answer 1

I solved the same issue, with controls created at runtime as needed, by doing what designer.cs does:

void CreateRuntimePanel()
{
    //instantiate controls here...

    //suspend layouts
    //begin inits

    this.SuspendLayout();

    //set control properties here

    //before adding any control to form's Controls collection, do this
    this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
    this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;

    //add controls to form's Controls collection here

    //resume layouts
    //end inits

    this.ResumeLayout(false);  
}