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user1559618
user1559618

Reputation: 469

Position winform in the bottom left corner of the screen

I am trying to position a form in the bottom left hand corner of the screen (on the start button) I have the following code that attempts to do this, but only takes into account the work area of the screen - so the form is positioned just above the start button:

int x = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Left + this.Width;
int y = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Bottom - this.Height;
this.Location = new Point(x, y);

A demo / screen is below to further demonstrate what I am trying to do:

[Demo Screen](https://i.sstatic.net/9mTjj.png)

Upvotes: 12

Views: 19555

Answers (4)

Hamed
Hamed

Reputation: 2168

The Ria 's answer is correct but it didn't add the taskbar height.
If you want exactly what in the image shown , you should use this code :

int nTaskBarHeight = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Bottom - 
                                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Bottom;
Rectangle workingArea = Screen.GetWorkingArea(this);
this.Location = new Point(0, workingArea.Bottom - Size.Height + nTaskBarHeight);
this.TopMost = true;

Upvotes: 0

Manoj
Manoj

Reputation: 5097

The Working area usually excludes any task bar, docked windows and docked tool bars. Using the Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds gives you the complete height and width of your screen.

A sample code is as follows :

public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Rectangle r = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea;
            this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
            this.Location = new Point(0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height - this.Height);
            this.TopMost = true;
        }

This most likely will show below the task bar as usually task bar is set to be on top by default. I remember there was an option to turn that option off in Windows XP, not sure though.

EDIT:

In windows XP you can make the taskbar go behind windows. Follow the link : Always on top task bar

As pointed by Ria, setting the this.TopMost to true works and is a better option.

Upvotes: 4

Ria
Ria

Reputation: 10357

Use Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds properties and set this.TopMost = true. this works:

int y = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Bottom - this.Height;
this.Location = new Point(0, y);
this.TopMost = true;

Upvotes: 11

Aghilas Yakoub
Aghilas Yakoub

Reputation: 29000

You can try with this code

Rectangle workingArea = Screen.GetWorkingArea(this);
this.Location = new Point(0, 
                          workingArea.Bottom - Size.Height);

Upvotes: 0

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