Drag and drop the application to another monitor screen

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I have an application which fits to full screen mode in my monitor (1920 X 1080) resolution on loading of the form. Once it loads, I will drag the application to another monitor having (1600 X 900) resolution (2 monitors connected to same PC). All the controls will be loosing their location and will be like hidden. Please anybody provide solution for this?

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Is this on Windows Form? The question is rather general otherwise. – Ian
yes its a windows form application – Shivakumar
The form will have to resized or maximized on the second monitor. Then handle the on resize event of your form and reposition your controls. – TK-421
Ok. Thank you. I am trying on it – Shivakumar

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This problem may be more efficiently solved depends on how your format look like.

But generally, you need:

  1. Good way to format your Form, such that it is "robust" against changeable screen size.

    you can check the Container on Windows Form like Panel, FlowLayoutPanel, or TableLayoutPanel as well as SplitContainer and Splitter.

    All those tools help you to format how your app look.

  2. Flexible way to put and to size your control.

    You can learn more about WinForm Control property called Dock and Size to help you put and size your control. And lastly,

  3. Event handler for the Resize event of the Form (and in more complex case, Resize of the Container

    There is a limit on what the automatic formatting can do to you. This event handler is to handle whatever you think it cannot be properly handled by all the built-in properties.

You can also learn about BootStrapping. It may help you to format your app.