Make polyline appear crisp and clear in small content control (wpf)

[moondaddy]

Hi, I have 3 tiny content controls and each has a Path in it to draw some lines.  These need to be very small and I'm having trouble making the lines clear.  the lines have a stroke thickness of "1", but when I run the app, they become pixilated and blur out.  Can someone please help me on this?

Thanks.

 

<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,0,0,0" Width="11" Height="33">

<Grid.RowDefinitions>

<RowDefinition Height="10" />

<RowDefinition Height="1" />

<RowDefinition Height="10" />

<RowDefinition Height="1" />

<RowDefinition Height="10" />

</Grid.RowDefinitions>

<!-- Single Line Connection-->

<ContentControl Grid.Row="0">

<Border BorderBrush="#FF016491" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" >

<Path Stroke="Blue" StrokeThickness="1">

<Path.Data>

<PathGeometry>

<PathFigure StartPoint="2,4">

<LineSegment Point="7,4"/>

</PathFigure>

</PathGeometry>

</Path.Data>

</Path>

</Border>

</ContentControl>

<!-- One to Many Connection-->

<ContentControl Grid.Row="2">

<Border BorderBrush="#FF016491" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" >

<Path Stroke="Blue" StrokeThickness="1">

<Path.Data>

<PathGeometry>

<PathFigure StartPoint="2,2">

<LineSegment Point="5,2"/>

<LineSegment Point="5,6"/>

<LineSegment Point="2,6"/>

</PathFigure>

<PathFigure StartPoint="5,4">

<LineSegment Point="8,4"/>

</PathFigure>

</PathGeometry>

</Path.Data>

</Path>

</Border>

</ContentControl>

<!-- Many to Many Connection-->

<ContentControl Grid.Row="4">

<Border BorderBrush="#FF016491" BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" >

<Path Stroke="Blue" StrokeThickness="1">

<Path.Data>

<PathGeometry>

<PathFigure StartPoint="0,2">

<LineSegment Point="3,2"/>

<LineSegment Point="3,6"/>

<LineSegment Point="0,6"/>

</PathFigure>

<PathFigure StartPoint="3,4">

<LineSegment Point="6,4"/>

</PathFigure>

<PathFigure StartPoint="9,2">

<LineSegment Point="6,2"/>

<LineSegment Point="6,6"/>

<LineSegment Point="9,6"/>

</PathFigure>

</PathGeometry>

</Path.Data>

</Path>

</Border>

</ContentControl>

</Grid>

 

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[Peter Morris]

Does <Path SnapsToDevicePixels="True" .........> make it any clearer?

[moondaddy]

It's hard to tell, but I dont think so.

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[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Hi Moondaddy,

> the lines have a stroke thickness of "1", but when I run the app, they
become pixilated and blur out.

I paste your sample code into my test project and run the application, but
I didn't see the lines blur out on my side. They are very clear.

If you change the StokeThickness property of the Path elements to 0.5, will
the lines become clear?

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Hi Moondaddy,

How about the problem now?

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[moondaddy]

Yes, I'm still having the problem. I'm putting the images in a canvas now
instead of in a grid which seemed to help a little bit. one thing I noticed
is that because the detail is so small, that as I resize or move the parent
container, the pixels in the image move just a very little from clear to
fuzzy and back again. I guess that the precision is just to small and the
slightest change in location effect how it can be visualized.

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[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Hi Moondaddy,

Thank you for your reply!

I did see the problem you described on my side.

Even though I add the SnapsToDevicePixels attribute in the Canvas element
in XAML file and set value of this attribute to true, the problem still
exists.

I will report this issue to our product team.

You can also submit a product feedback about this issue in the Microsoft
Connect web site:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Feedback

Thank you for your contribution to Microsoft Product!

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[moondaddy]

OK thanks.

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[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Hi George,

I have report this issue to our product team and the reply is that we could
add the RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased" to the top-level Grid element to
make polyline appear clear.

For example,

<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,0,0,0" Width="11" Height="33"

SnapsToDevicePixels="True" RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased">

Hope this helps.

[moondaddy]

Thanks that worked really good for straight lines. In one of my controls
where I used this, it had an ellipse which looked a bit goofy, but I may
replace that with an image to get around it.

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[Linda Liu[MSFT]]

Hi George,

Thank you for your feedback and sharing with us how you solved the problem
successfully!

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