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TTGroup

Reputation: 3713

How to obtain screen size from xaml?

I'm using wpf on C# to design GUI, and I want to get screen size (The value of Width and Height) from xaml code.

I knew how to get them from C# code as

   Width = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width;
   Height = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height;

But I don't know how to get them from XAML code.

Upvotes: 14

Views: 23562

Answers (3)

Arushi Agrawal
Arushi Agrawal

Reputation: 629

Say your parent container in the XAML is grid, name it as grdForm

In the code behind can get the dimensions as

double width=grdForm.ActualWidth

double height=grdForm.ActualHeight

Upvotes: 2

Vlad Bezden
Vlad Bezden

Reputation: 89745

This will work. You can read more here about SystemParameters

<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" Height="350" Width="525">
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenHeight}}" />
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenWidth}}" />
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenHeight}}" />
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenWidth}}" />
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Upvotes: 24

Dominik Weber
Dominik Weber

Reputation: 427

Check out the SystemParameters class: http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.windows.systemparameters.fullprimaryscreenheight.aspx

You can use it like this:

<Object Attribute="{x:Static SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenHeight}"/>

(You could also use the x:Static notation to query the Windows Forms properties, however if you're developing a WPF application the SystemParameters class might be the way to go)

Upvotes: 10

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