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Tower
Tower

Reputation: 102855

How to render buttons and such on window title bar in WPF?

I am able to move a button onto the title bar using the margin and transform features of WPF. However, when I try it, the button is indeed on the titlebar, but it does not get clicks or mouse hovers because its out of the client area. If I double click on it, it just maximizes/restores the window, as if the window is the first one to get the events. Is there some way (without excessive tricks) to achieve what I tried to describe?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1620

Answers (2)

nadavy
nadavy

Reputation: 1805

Not exactly what you need but maybe it could be a possible direction: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/80255/Add-Your-Control-On-Top-Another-Application

Upvotes: 0

Tower
Tower

Reputation: 102855

Not long after I found out the way to do this:

I downloaded http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/WPFShell binaries, and added the dll as a reference.

I followed the sample source guides and realized that I needed to write e.g. <TabControl shell:WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True"> to get the clicks and actions get through to my components :)

Upvotes: 3

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