Adding buttons over windows border

Question

How can I be able to place buttons over windows border.What I am trying to do is to place close and minimize buttons over the border in a WPF application in c#.Any one could please tell me how to do that.

Answer 1

The word 'Border' in the context of WPF may have two meanings. It may be the <Border> element, or it is possible you mean the area the defines the <Window> element. Which one is it?

If you just want to have a buttons on a <Border> element, just put it as the content of the element. If you have more than one buttons, you need to have a panel (e.g. <StackPanel>).

You cannot draw anything beyond the client area of a <Window> element. To have buttons outside the Window area, you should another Window (say 'toolwindow') with the buttons that you want. Most likely you want this toolwindow without caption and non resizable border: WindowStyle="None" ResizeMode="NoResize". Then, keep the tool window position in sync with your main window (best thing would be to bind the Left and Right properties of both Windows to Left and Right properties in a common data context. Don't forget to declare the Binding mode to BothWay).

EDIT (follow clarification from @Sarita):
So it is the first. By Content I meant the body of the XML element. Technically, it is the Child property of the Border element. The following two XAMLs are equivalent:

<Border Background="Green" Padding="5">
    <StackPanel>
        <Button>A</Button>
        <Button>B</Button>
    </StackPanel>
</Border>

<Border x:Name="Bord" Background="Green" Padding="5">
    <Border.Child>
        <StackPanel>
            <Button>A</Button>
            <Button>B</Button>
        </StackPanel>
    </Border.Child>
</Border>