full screen mode, but don't cover the taskbar

Question

I have a WinForms application, which is set to full screen mode when I login.

My problem is it\'s covering the Windows taskbar also. I don\'t want my application to

Answer 1

The way I do it is via this code:

this.MaximizedBounds = Screen.FromHandle(this.Handle).WorkingArea;
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;

Answer 2

If you have multiple screens, you have to reset location of MaximizedBounds :

Rectangle rect = Screen.FromHandle(this.Handle).WorkingArea;
rect.Location = new Point(0, 0);
this.MaximizedBounds = rect;
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;

Answer 3

private void frmGateEntry_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // set default start position to manual  
        this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.Manual;

        // set position and size to the Form.  
        this.Bounds = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea;
    }

Answer 4

I had answer it here:

One thing I left out of the description--I'd turned off the maximize button. When I tested turning that property back on, the task bar showed up again. Apparently it assumes if you don't want a maximize button you are creating a kiosk-style application where you don't want your users to see anything but the application screen. Not exactly what I'd expect, but works I guess.

I had this problem and solved it by Jeff's help. First, set the windowstate to Maximized. but Do not disable the MaximizeBox. Then if you want MaximizeBox to be disabled you should do it programmatically:

private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.MaximizeBox = false;
}

Answer 5

If you want to use WindowState = Maximized;, you should first indicate the size limits of the form maximized by the MaximizedBounds property...

Example:

MaximizedBounds = Screen.FromHandle(this.Handle).WorkingArea;
WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;

Where are you limiting the size of your form to the work area that is the desktop area of ​​the display

Answer 6

This is probably what you want. It creates a 'maximized' window without hiding the taskbar.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
    {
        FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
        Left = Top = 0;
        Width = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width;
        Height = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height;
    }
}