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Is there a way to bypass the fixed window resolution?

DaekenDaeken ✭
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I'm working on a VNC app for HoloLens and everything is running perfectly. The only problem is that I can't find any way around the window resolution being fixed at 1280x720 (853x480 according to the window bounds). This isn't so much an issue for my lower resolution hosts, but on HiDPI monitors this gets a bit messy, and the scaling isn't a great fix.

Is there any way to get around this resolution limit?

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    HoloSheepHoloSheep mod

    @Daeken I have found that I can use the Adjust feature on the window and make the window longer and that my xaml app then resizes an make use of that extra length. So in theory the 853 width is the limitation, but you can go longer if the user adjusts the window so that they do not have to scroll so much.

    But yes, I agree it is challenging designing dense form data to fit in a window of a 853 standardized pixel width. So you may just have to design for it and create more, less dense screens that require some navigation.

    I often find that densely populated screens are often not well designed from a UX perspective to start with and are typically dense because someone tried to jam as much as possible into one screen to avoid finding good solutions for interaction, navigation and data hierarchy.

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    DaekenDaeken ✭

    @HoloSheep Yeah, I found the same thing -- the height can be adjusted, but I can't see any way around the width. I also can't figure out how to change the height programatically; on the desktop I do this to make the viewable region match the aspect ratio of the computer you're connected to. I think that my best bet might just be investing some time into a better downscaling algorithm than Image uses by default.

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