Winforms: High-DPI scaling is now totally broken

[wjk]

Version

.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10
 Commit:    473d1b592e

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.20211
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14
  Commit:  38017c3935

.NET SDKs installed:
  3.0.100 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.7.20366.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20365.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20364.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20366.1 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20452.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

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Problem description

Immediately after updating to VS 16.8 beta 3 and .NET 5 RC 1, now suddenly all of my Windows Forms applications do not DPI scale correctly. This did not happen before I updated. Please see the below screenshot, and zipped repro project. The form displays perfectly OK in the Visual Studio designer, without relaunching VS at 100% DPI. I have called Application.SetHighDpiMode(HighDpiMode.PerMonitorV2) in my Main method. I have also tried HighDpiMode.SystemAware (the template default), to no avail. I am running Windows 10 build 20211 at (I believe) 200% DPI scaling, over a Remote Desktop connection.

Zipped minimal repro

[kirsan31]

It is not clear from your screenshot what you wanted and what you got in the end.
And in Form1.Designer.cs I see this line:

this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(13F, 32F);

With default sys. font and 100% dpi it's 7F, 17F. So, I think you are design this (in VS designer) with 200dpi...

[wjk]

@kirsan31 Apologies; the issue is that the text in the label, button, and menu bar is apparently sized in raw pixels, and as a result everything is too small to be usable on higher DPI screens.

Also, when I once tried the .NET Core WinForms designer with VS in bitmap scaling mode, everything in the designer was twice as big as it should have been, which made me think that I was supposed to use it at native DPI. I'll get back to you on the latter issue; I have a meeting I need to attend. Thanks!

[kirsan31]

Sorry got it. Can confirm that dpi scaling is broken even on 5.0 prev. 8 (5.0.100-preview.8.20417.9).
200Dpi
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;:

this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Dpi;:

[RussKie]

There was a high DPI related regression in Preview8 (see: #3832) which we fixed in RC2.

[RussKie]

The fix is available in the latest RC2 build: https://github.com/dotnet/installer

[kirsan31]

Work well on rc2.

[IrinaPykhova]

There was a high DPI related regression in Preview8 (see: #3832) which we fixed in RC2.

@RussKie I just checked it with RC2 and still see problems. Please get back to it, my comments are in #3832

[merriemcgaw]

This has been confirmed fixed.