Forms don't apply StartPosition property

[Jana]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a little problem with the property StartPosition of a radForm.

When I create a radForm which will be opened with ShowDialog as a modal window at runtime, the start position CenterScreen is not applied. Depending on the size I choose, the modal is sometimes not even fully visible on the screen. How can I resolve this?

I've uploaded a test project which shows the problem:

https://easyupload.io/n58n8v

Thank you in advance and have a nice week!

[Stoyan]

Hi Jana,

Based on the test project that you have sent us, I assume that you are experiencing the issue, when running the project on HDPI setting. Can you confirm that, please? You can see the scaling of your system in Settings -> Display -> Scale section. 

If it is different than 100% then you are running on a scaled environment and I would recommend you to develop UI always using 100% DPI. Here is a nice article about that topic.

As it comes to your problem, I will ask you to try to reproduce it, without any scaling (at 100%) and see if it still appears to be broken.

I could not reproduce the issue at 100% on my machine, but I have managed to reproduce it at any kind of DPI scaling.

I have logged the issue on our ticket portal, where you can vote and subscribe for the issue, so you can track its status changes. Here is a link to the item.

I have also updated your Telerik Points.

In the mean time, I can offer you the following workaround of the problem:

    public partial class Popup : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm
    {
        public Popup()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Load += Popup_Load;
        }

        private void Popup_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            isLoaded = true;
        }

        private bool isLoaded = false;
        private bool isCentered = false;

        protected override void ScaleControl(SizeF factor, BoundsSpecified specified)
        {
            base.ScaleControl(factor, specified);
            if (StartPosition == System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen && isLoaded && !isCentered)
            {
                CenterToScreen();
                isCentered = true;
            }
        }
    }

The main idea is to call CenterToScreen() method, after we scaled the form. the two variables IsLoaded and isCentered are used to guarantee that we call the CenterToScreen() method at the most appropriate time only once - after the form has loaded.

I hope this will solve your problem and if there is anything else that we can help with, do not hesitate to write back.

Regards,
Stoyan
Progress Telerik

[Jana]

Hi Stoyan,

Thank you for your fast reply. I tried to launch Visual Studio with 100 % scaling, but unfortunately, it didn't change the problem.

But I'm not sure if I did it correctly. When I open a winforms project, I see this yellow information and then I simply clicked on "Restart Visual Studio with 100 % scaling". Was that correct?

[Stoyan]

Hi Jana,

Even if you start Visual Studio with 100% scaling, you'd still be running your project at 125% DPI. 

In order to change the scaling of the entire system, assuming you are using Windows 10, you need to go to Windows Settings -> Display:

There scroll down to Scale:

And here you can set it to 100%.

I assume that the wrong placement will disappear at 100% scaling. If this is the case, you can try the workaround at 125% and see if it works for you.

Kind regards,
Stoyan
Progress Telerik

[Jana]

Hi Stoyan,

 

Thank you very much again for your provided information. The popup indeed shows up in the center of the screen when the system display is at 100%.

I've also tried your workaround and it resolves the problem. Thank you very much for your professional and fast support :-)

 

Kind Regards,
Jana