Properly maximizing WPF window with WindowStyle=None

Question

There are two problems with WPF windows when the WindowStyle=None option is used.

The window covers the Taskbar when maximized.
Once maximized, the window cannot be dragged down to unmaximize.

How can these problems be corrected? Preferably without using Windows.Forms.

leebickmtu leebickmtu · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06T01:14:02

There are other answers to these problems online. However none of them take into acount how the solution will perform on setups with multiple monitors. Especially if the primary monitor is not the left-most in the setup.

I designed this code taking into account single and multiple monitors setups.

This solution also does not bring in Windows.Forms as a reference, it uses unmanagaged calls.

XAML

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Background="AliceBlue" WindowStyle="None" Height="350" Width="525" SourceInitialized="Window_SourceInitialized">
    <Grid>
        <Rectangle Name="rctHeader" Height="40" VerticalAlignment="Top" Fill="CadetBlue" PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown="rctHeader_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown" PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp="rctHeader_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp" PreviewMouseMove="rctHeader_PreviewMouseMove"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Code Behind

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Interop;

private bool mRestoreIfMove = false;


public MainWindow()
{
    InitializeComponent();
}


void Window_SourceInitialized(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    IntPtr mWindowHandle = (new WindowInteropHelper(this)).Handle;
    HwndSource.FromHwnd(mWindowHandle).AddHook(new HwndSourceHook(WindowProc));
}


private static System.IntPtr WindowProc(IntPtr hwnd, int msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, ref bool handled)
{
   switch (msg)
     {
        case 0x0024:
        WmGetMinMaxInfo(hwnd, lParam);
        break;
     }

        return IntPtr.Zero;
 }


private static void WmGetMinMaxInfo(System.IntPtr hwnd, System.IntPtr lParam)
{
     POINT lMousePosition;
     GetCursorPos(out lMousePosition);

     IntPtr lPrimaryScreen = MonitorFromPoint(new POINT(0, 0), MonitorOptions.MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY);
     MONITORINFO lPrimaryScreenInfo = new MONITORINFO();
     if (GetMonitorInfo(lPrimaryScreen, lPrimaryScreenInfo) == false)
     {
        return;
     }

     IntPtr lCurrentScreen = MonitorFromPoint(lMousePosition, MonitorOptions.MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST);

     MINMAXINFO lMmi = (MINMAXINFO)Marshal.PtrToStructure(lParam, typeof(MINMAXINFO));

     if (lPrimaryScreen.Equals(lCurrentScreen) == true)
     {
            lMmi.ptMaxPosition.X = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Left;
            lMmi.ptMaxPosition.Y = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Top;
            lMmi.ptMaxSize.X = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Right - lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Left;
            lMmi.ptMaxSize.Y = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Bottom - lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcWork.Top;
     }
     else
     {
            lMmi.ptMaxPosition.X = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Left;
            lMmi.ptMaxPosition.Y = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Top;
            lMmi.ptMaxSize.X = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Right - lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Left;
            lMmi.ptMaxSize.Y = lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Bottom - lPrimaryScreenInfo.rcMonitor.Top;
     }

     Marshal.StructureToPtr(lMmi, lParam, true);
}


private void SwitchWindowState()
{
   switch (WindowState)
   {
      case WindowState.Normal:
           {
              WindowState = WindowState.Maximized;
              break;
           }
      case WindowState.Maximized:
           {
              WindowState = WindowState.Normal;
              break;
           }
    }
}


private void rctHeader_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ClickCount == 2)
    {
       if ((ResizeMode == ResizeMode.CanResize) || (ResizeMode == ResizeMode.CanResizeWithGrip))
        {
           SwitchWindowState();
        }

         return;
     }

     else if (WindowState == WindowState.Maximized)
     {
        mRestoreIfMove = true;
        return;
     }

     DragMove();
}


private void rctHeader_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    mRestoreIfMove = false;
}


private void rctHeader_PreviewMouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
   if (mRestoreIfMove)
   {
            mRestoreIfMove = false;

            double percentHorizontal = e.GetPosition(this).X / ActualWidth;
            double targetHorizontal = RestoreBounds.Width * percentHorizontal;

            double percentVertical = e.GetPosition(this).Y / ActualHeight;
            double targetVertical = RestoreBounds.Height * percentVertical;

            WindowState = WindowState.Normal;

            POINT lMousePosition;
            GetCursorPos(out lMousePosition);

            Left = lMousePosition.X - targetHorizontal;
            Top = lMousePosition.Y - targetVertical;

            DragMove();
    }
}

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool GetCursorPos(out POINT lpPoint);


[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr MonitorFromPoint(POINT pt, MonitorOptions dwFlags);

enum MonitorOptions : uint
{
        MONITOR_DEFAULTTONULL = 0x00000000,
        MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY = 0x00000001,
        MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST = 0x00000002
}


[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool GetMonitorInfo(IntPtr hMonitor, MONITORINFO lpmi);


[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct POINT
{
        public int X;
        public int Y;

        public POINT(int x, int y)
        {
            this.X = x;
            this.Y = y;
        }
}


[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct MINMAXINFO
{
        public POINT ptReserved;
        public POINT ptMaxSize;
        public POINT ptMaxPosition;
        public POINT ptMinTrackSize;
        public POINT ptMaxTrackSize;
};


[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public class MONITORINFO
{
        public int cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(MONITORINFO));
        public RECT rcMonitor = new RECT();
        public RECT rcWork = new RECT();
        public int dwFlags = 0;
}


[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct RECT
{
        public int Left, Top, Right, Bottom;

        public RECT(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
        {
            this.Left = left;
            this.Top = top;
            this.Right = right;
            this.Bottom = bottom;
        }
}

Properly maximizing WPF window with WindowStyle=None

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