This tag refers to the process of increasing the size of a UI window to its fullest, so that it takes up the entire screen.
Questions tagged [maximize-window]
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How to catch the maximize signal in Tk?
You can bind a command with the X button of the window by this:
wm protocol $windowPath WM_DELETE_WINDOW $command
How can I do the same for the maximize button of the window?

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Maximize Emacs Windows Horizonatally or Vertically
I'm aware of C-x 1, which will maxamize the current window both horizontally and vertically.
However, my quesiton is, is it possible to expand the current window to the edge of the frame on one direction only?
So in the below I want to expand window…

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WPF : How to move a maximized custom window?
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…

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Maximized Window Restores to Full Screen
Using CWnd::ShowWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED) maximizes my app window as expected.
However, when clicking the restore button on the app (or double clicking the title-bar), the restored size is the same size as the maximized window, which is confusing for…

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VB.net Borderless Form Maximize over Taskbar
When I maximize my borderless form, the form covers the entire screen including the taskbar, which I don't want it to do. I'm finding it very difficult to find a solution to my problem on the net, all I've come up with is the below code, which…

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How to maximize a window using GLUT
Do you know how can I create a maximized Window in GLUT ? (maximized, not full-screen)
I have searched in Google for the solution but I couldn't find it, so I started trying to do it with the Windows API, even tough I later will need to solve it for…

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Maximize C# Application from System Tray using Keyboard Shortcut
Can I know if there is anyway that I can maximise my windows form application from the system tray using say a Keyboard Shortcut rather than clicking on it?
I am currently minimizing using this piece of code
//Minimize to Tray with over-ride for…

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Non Maximized matlab GUI figure
Is there a way to create a GUI which starts as a maximized windows?
I've tried to add set(gcf,'Units','normalized','Position',[0,0,1,1]); at the end of my gui's mygui_OpeningFcn() function but the GUI is not maximized properly (see…

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What determines when a window will maximise onto an additional monitor?
I've been working on using P/Invoke (post to follow) for multi-monitor support with Silverlight 5. Whilst playing, I noticed that window size and position would determine which of my two monitors an additional Window was maximised onto. I…

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How to maximize image on button click in jetpack compose?
I have a GlideImage that is inside a Box. Inside that Box, there is also a button with an icon. I want that, when I click on the button, the image is maximized and occupies the whole screen with a button in the lower right corner where it is…

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printf "\033[8;(width);(height)t" works for a specific height and width but is there something more universal
I have a script which is for running as a first run script on different machines and I don't know ahead of time what the width/height of the monitors will be. What I hoping to find is a command like printf "\033[8;(width);(height)t" which is more…

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Android studio no longer opens project in maimized window
Since a recent Android Studio (or Windows 10?) update, when I open an existing project in Android Studio, the main window is no longer maximized, as it use to be. I cannot find a setting to specify opening a project in a maximized window. A slight…

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Is there a function that allows PyQt5 to open two windows that fill the entire screen?
I'm working with PyQt5 and I'd like to have my ui open on the left half of the screen with a PDF viewer (like foxit or adobe reader) on the right side of the screen. I know that maximize() will cause one window to fill the entire screen. Also, I…

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Electron Application changes height permanently when minimizing/maximizing
This bug occurs when minimizing and maximizing the window of my application.
After every min-/maximizing the window becomes a few pixels shorter.
Here are images from before and after I repeated this process a few times.
Before &
After
Here is my…

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Win form vanishes on maximizing
I am working on the UI for an application using Windows Form. I made a resizable borderless form after consulting this question and this one as well.
I have a multi screen computer. When i maximize on primary screen the form maximizes normally. If i…

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