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In Microsoft Windows, the system menu is a popup menu that contains common window operations such as "Minimize" and "Close".

In Microsoft Windows, the system menu is a popup menu that contains common window operations such as "Minimize" and "Close". It can be opened by clicking on the icon in the upper-left corner, by pressing alt+space, or by right-clicking on the title bar.

An application can modify this menu (e.g. add a custom entry) with GetSystemMenu and related WinAPI functions.

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WM_SYSCOMMAND oddities

An application recieves the WM_SYSCOMMAND message when the user selects a menu item command on the system menu, and so wParam can be SC_CLOSE, SC_CONTEXTHELP, SC_MAXIMIZE, SC_MINIMIZE, SC_RESTORE etc. That's logical. (Of course you can also send…
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WPF: Examples of using a Style on a Window

I have created a borderless window style wherein I draw the chrome (Borders, TitleBar, Min, Max, Close, SystemMenu, etc) and I would like to check it against an existing example. Specifically for the SystemMenu but also in case I missed something. …
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Is it possible to disable the Alt-Space key combination in a Java application

The Alt-space key combination in Windows brings up the "Window Menu" -i.e., the menu you get when right-clicking the title bar. It has items "Restore", "Maximize", "Minimize", "Close", etc. I'd like to disable it. Is there any way to do so in a…
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GetMenuItemInfo does not retrieve the menu item information

I have this mii variable which allocates a MenuItemInfo structure to set (or get) items of the system menu. Private mii As New…
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Borderless form cannot be minimize by clicking on the taskbar application icon

I have a Delphi VCL application with the following settings: BorderIcons = [] BorderStyle = bsNone I have then already implemented various functions such as minimizing, closing, etc. via buttons. Now I've noticed that when I minimize my application…
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How to display system menu on CDialog popup?

I have a CDialog based application. In the Visual Studio resource editor the properties for my dialog show the style is set to "Popup" and the System Menu value is "True". However when I run my application there is no system menu; how can I get a…
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Get system menu width in pixels using winapi

I need to obtain the total width in pixels of the window/system menu (minimize, maximize and close) in C using basic WINAPI. I came across the WM_GETTITLEBARINFOEX message which is good for me, but unfortunately it is supported starting with Vista…
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How can I edit the system menu in the Tkinter window Python?

I want to edit the system menu in the Tkinter window to show custom options. When I say system menu, I mean this, the menu that can be opened by right-clicking the title bar of a window, not this, the dropdown menu in a window. I want to be able to…
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How to customize the system menu of a Windows Form?

I want to add the "About" menu to context menu of title bar in my application. I made many searches over internet and found this great topic How can I customize the system menu of a Windows Form? but there is no solution for visual C++. I tried to…
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How can I close the system menu of a Windows Form?

I want to know Is the system menu (in the top-left corner of form) open? and if yes Close it. How can I do it in .NET?
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Styling the SystemMenu

We have fully styled WPF Menus and ContextMenus in our Product. They are all implicit styles. But, what I found was that the System Menu (Alt + Space) displays a Menu that is not according to our Styles but instead displays the Windows Default…
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How do i get menu events from a menu item in the system menu of a console window?

I have added a menu item to the SystemMenu of the console window of my application which i created using the AllocConsole() function. but I could not figure out how to process the events for the menu items I've added. How can i process those menu…
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WinAPI Copy System Menu to new Window

I am docking another application's window inside of my WPF window using HwndHost. To do this, I have to set the WS_CHILD style attribute of the window I am docking and I lose the system menu of that window which is not acceptable. Using HwndHost…
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How do you correctly add an 'About' button to the System Menu?

I am trying to add an 'About' button to the System menu of my app, but the code that I found is throwing an error - Unable to find an entry point named 'AppendMenu' in DLL 'user32'. I wonder if someone could please take a look at the code and…
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Size option disable from the system menu in c# application

I have a c# windows base application.Now I want that the in the system menu the size option should be disable. To add the option in system menu I am using user32.dll. I am using windows form.
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