WPF doesn't provide the ability to have a window that allows resize but doesn't have maximize or minimize buttons. I'd like to able to make such a window so I can have resizable dialog boxes.
I'm aware the solution will mean using pinvoke but I'm not sure what to call and how. A search of pinvoke.net didn't turn up any thing that jumped out at me as what I needed, mainly I'm sure because Windows Forms does provide the CanMinimize
and CanMaximize
properties on its windows.
Could someone point me towards or provide code (C# preferred) on how to do this?
I've stolen some code I found on the MSDN forums and made an extension method on the Window class, like this:
internal static class WindowExtensions
{
// from winuser.h
private const int GWL_STYLE = -16,
WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = 0x10000,
WS_MINIMIZEBOX = 0x20000;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
extern private static int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
extern private static int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hwnd, int index, int value);
internal static void HideMinimizeAndMaximizeButtons(this Window window)
{
IntPtr hwnd = new System.Windows.Interop.WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle;
var currentStyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, (currentStyle & ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX & ~WS_MINIMIZEBOX));
}
}
The only other thing to remember is that for some reason this doesn't work from a window's constructor. I got around that by chucking this into the constructor:
this.SourceInitialized += (x, y) =>
{
this.HideMinimizeAndMaximizeButtons();
};