Device panel (XAML)
The Device panel includes settings to help you simulate the various views for your app at run time.
The Device panel
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Display Preview different display sizes and resolutions for the app. |
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Orientation Preview different orientations for the app: Landscape or Portrait. |
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Edge Preview different edge alignments for your app: Both, Left, Right, or None. |
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High Contrast Preview the app based on the selected contrast setting. This setting, when set to a value other than Default, will override the RequestedTheme property set in App.xaml. |
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Override scaling Preview the app based on an increased display scale. If the display scale is 100%, selecting Override scaling will simulate a display scale of 140%. If the display scale is 140%, the simulated scale is 180%. |
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Theme Preview the app based on the selected theme. |
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Minimum width Previews your app based on the minimum width setting. The minimum width can be changed in App.xaml. |
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Show chrome Select or clear the Show chrome check box to turn the simulated tablet frame around your app in the Design view on or off. |
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Clip to display Select or clear the Clip to display check box to either clip the entire document or show the document display. |
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Deploy target Select the target device where your app will be deployed when it builds. |