I am currently creating a sidebar-like WPF application in C#. When a user starts the application, I would like the window to automatically position it\'s self to the side of the
<body>
<script>
function myfunc()
{
w1=window.open('http://www.google.com','Google','left=0,top=0,width=250px,height=250px');
w2=window.open('http://www.yahoomail.com','Yahoo Mail','left=1166,top=0,width=250px,height=250px');
w3=window.open('http://www.people.com','People Magazine','left=1166,top=500,width=250px,height=250px');
w4=window.open('http://www.time.com','Time Magazines','left=0,top=500,width=250px,height=250px');
w5=window.open('http://www.ew.com','Entertainment Weekly','left=550,top=250,width=250px,height=250px');
}
function myclose()
{
w1.close(); w2.close(); w3.close(); w4.close(); w5.close();
w6=window.open('smartwindow.html',' mywindow',',');
}
</script>
<div id="cover">
<img src="images/abstract.jpeg" id="1" width="500px" height="400px" alt="color defined"onClick="myfunc()"/>
<input type="button" value="click to close all windows" onClick="myclose()"/>
</div>
</body>
use startPosition property or location property
in your xaml :
WindowStartupLocation="Manual"
in the constructor :
Left = System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenWidth - Width
Top=0
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.Manual;
Left = System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize.Width - Width;
}
You can use Screen
from System.Windows.Forms
.
So add reference to the System.Windows.Forms.dll
and System.Drawing.dll
. Then change the Left
and Height
property in the MainWindow_Loaded
method.
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(MainWindow_Loaded);
}
void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
this.Left = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Right - this.Width;
this.Top = 0;
this.Height = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height;
}
You can do this without referencing win forms assemblies by using SystemParameters
. In the code behind for your window XAML:
MainWindow() {
InitializeComponents();
this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(
delegate(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) {
Width = 300;
Left = SystemParameters.VirtualScreenLeft;
Height = SystemParameters.VirtualScreenHeight;
}
}
SystemParameters documentation