WPF : How to move a maximized custom window?

Question

I'm working on a custom window to add more styling to my application.

I followed some tutorials to enable basic window behaviors :

Closing
Maximizing
Minimizing
Moving
Resizing

These are all okay.

I would like what is I believe a Windows 7 functionnality : When a window is maximized, I can still drag it to another screen, where it will kept its maximized state.

Do you have any Idea how I could do this?

PS : The tutorials I used :

Create a custom Window : http://www.kirupa.com/blend_wpf/custom_wpf_windows.htm
Resizing : http://blog.kirupa.com/?p=256
Other resizing :http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/ResizingCustomWPFWindow.aspx

Thanks a lot,

Regards

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:09

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If you have a Thumb in your title bar, you can subscribe to the DragDelta event and wait until WindowState == WindowState.Maximized && dragEventArgs.Y > 100 to restore the window.

answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:09

Daniel Moore

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Sorry, a year late, but that's a good idea! I also was trying to create a new Window (Inheriting of the window class, as a UserControl), but I could only create a new template for the window, as Decyclone said. – Antoine Jeanrichard May 01 '12 at 14:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:17

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Why would you want to implement something that Windows already does for you?

That feature is Windows 7 specific and even if you create a custom template for your window, windows will take care of it. Now, I guess all you would have to do is call DragMove() from a thumb by which you enable moving of window.

answered Jan 12 '11 at 16:17

decyclone

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Hello Decyclone, that's what I've done, but it doesn't gives you the Windows 7 maximizing behavior, nor the one that gives a window half the screen width (when dragging it to the left or right side of the screen). – Antoine Jeanrichard Feb 29 '12 at 14:49

WPF : How to move a maximized custom window?

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