Scale WPF canvas relative to center, not top left

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Scale WPF canvas relative to center, not top left

I am writing a program to create shortcuts. In this program I have a canvas with a white rectangle in the center, with several objects that the user can resize, drag and drop, etc. Over it. I also have the option to zoom in on the canvas, which I do using ScaleTransform

via LayoutTransform

. I want to have it so that when the user zooms in, the canvas zooms in at the center and not in relation to the top right.

Here's a demo:

The canvas is currently scaled like this:

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I need it to be like this:

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How can I accomplish this task without rearranging the elements in the canvas as it zooms in?

Note . I am using LayoutTransform since I have to insert this into ScrollViewer

. RenderTransform

does this, but prevents the user from scrolling when canvas elements exceed the visible boundaries of the canvas.

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Josh S. 09 oct. '14 at 15:35

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Peter duniho · Answer 1 · 2014-10-15T02:45:56+0000

You should be able to accomplish the same as RenderTransformOrigin using a transform that combines the two translations around scaling. For example. using TransformGroup or combining matrices for MatrixTransform.

Specifically: translate the center point (X, Y) to (0,0) using the shift offsets -X and -Y, do a scale transformation, and then translate (0,0) back to the origin (X, Y) using X and Y shear displacement.

It's hard for me to know for sure without having a specific code example, but I have a vague feeling that a RenderTransform should be used, possibly applied differently than you would prefer (for example, adding a new container to the hierarchy and applying to it). But assuming the RenderTransform just doesn't work, the above should be.

Wiesław Šoltés · Answer 2 · 2014-10-17T18:13:40+0000

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="600" Width="600">
    <Grid>
        <ScrollViewer>
            <Border>
                <Border.LayoutTransform>
                    <TransformGroup>
                        <ScaleTransform ScaleX="2.0" ScaleY="2.0"/>
                    </TransformGroup>
                </Border.LayoutTransform>
                <Canvas Background="Red" Width="500" Height="500" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
                    <Canvas.RenderTransform>
                        <TransformGroup>
                            <TranslateTransform X="0" Y="-100"/>
                        </TransformGroup>
                    </Canvas.RenderTransform>
                    <Rectangle Canvas.Left="200" Canvas.Top="200" Width="100" Height="100" Fill="Yellow"/>
                </Canvas>
            </Border>
        </ScrollViewer>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Scale WPF canvas relative to center, not top left

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