Viewbox, WPF. A Viewbox resizes the control nested within it. With its Stretch attribute, we resize the element to fill the entire Viewbox.
Getting started. Please drag a Viewbox to your Window—it will be nested within the default Grid. Now adjust its properties. Add a Stretch attribute.
Example. Here we adjust a Viewbox and its XAML. In the screenshot, the Stretch attribute is set to "Fill." So the text in the TextBox becomes distorted.
Often Using "Fill" will not look good: it may also lead to blurring or other pixel artifacts.
Fill This means that the internal element within the Viewbox should be expanded as far as possible in both directions. Ratios are ignored.
Uniform The element is expanded so that its ratios are preserved, as far as possible. The control is not cropped.
UniformToFill This expands the control until it fills the entire Viewbox. Cropping may occur.
RenderTransform. A Viewbox is not the only way to scale and transform a control. You can add a RenderTransform element inside your control to specify how it is rendered.
Tip RenderTransform element can apply skew, scale, rotate and translate transformations.
Note, images. A Viewbox makes it easier to replace the inner element in a dynamic way. If you nest an Image within a Viewbox, you can replace that image in C# code.
Summary. WPF has strong support for transforming how elements, including controls, pictures and text, are rendered. And Viewbox is another way we exploit these capabilities.
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