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BhupinderTube
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Reputation: 51

windowState and SizeToContent do not work simultaneously

I am trying to have the SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" and WindowState = "Maximized" at the same time. I tried to change the state of my window during loading, as well as in the Constructor of the MainWindow, but no luck.

<Window x:Name="MainWindowMy" x:Class="ManyTabControls.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
    xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
    Title="Pressure Vessel Design"  WindowState="Maximized" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" Loaded="MainWindowMy_Loaded"  >
<Window.Resources>

I have got a TabControl with a lot of tabs, in the design viewer, tabs are flowing down into different rows. And when I change the width of the TabControl so that the tabs be in the same line, then they go outside the boundary of the MainWindow. And if I set the width of the Mainwindow, then the MainWindow would have a constant width. That means if the size of monitor gets smaller, then part of the MainWindow that is bigger than the screen will not be displayed. I hope I made myself clear.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1006

Answers (1)

BhupinderTube
BhupinderTube

Reputation: 51

Thanks Eugene, I got the idea. I already tried to change the state of my MainWindow at run time, but it didn't work out (MainWindow didn't occupy the full screen).

The reason, as Eugene mentioned, is that these properties conflict with each other (SizeToContent gets the priority) so I have to turn one off in order to be able to turn the other on. Hence, to solve the problem:

private void MainWindowMy_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    this.SizeToContent = System.Windows.SizeToContent.Manual;
    this.WindowState = System.Windows.WindowState.Maximized;
}

It's not the most elegant way of doing it, but it serves the purpose for now. However, if anybody could come up with a more elegant solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

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