I know this would work If I wasn't using a web browser filling up my form.
Dim drag As Boolean
Dim mousex As Integer
Dim mousey As Integer
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
MyBase.WndProc(m)
'--- Alter the return value of WM_NCHITTEST when the ALT key is down
If m.Msg = &H84 AndAlso (Control.ModifierKeys And Keys.Alt) <> 0 Then
'--- Turn HTCLIENT into HTCAPTION
If m.Result = 1 Then m.Result = 2
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseDown
If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left Then
drag = True
mousex = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.X - Me.Left
mousey = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.Y - Me.Top
End If
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer1.Interval = 2500
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseMove
If drag Then
Me.Top = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.Y - mousey
Me.Left = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position.X - mousex
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseUp
Timer1.Enabled = False
drag = False
End Sub
However I found a program for Windows that has that Linux Alt+Drag window functionality called AltWindowDrag I know I can use Process.Start to run the program as I did below...
Process.Start(Application.StartupPath & "\AltWindowDrag\AltWindowDrag.exe")
However the problem with this is when I close my app, AltWindowDrag is still running. Anyway I can have AltWindowDrag close when my form closes?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT!
A dude on another forum helped me out with this, so for others that are experiencing the same problem. Here's the code.
Dim proc As Process
Private Sub btnStart_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStart.Click
proc = Process.Start(Application.StartupPath & "\AltWindowDrag\AltWindowDrag.exe")
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing
If Not proc Is Nothing Then
If Not proc.HasExited Then
proc.Kill()
End If
End If
End Sub
It is a pretty simple trick, Windows asks your app what was clicked when the mouse goes down. You can simply lie and tell it that the caption bar was clicked instead of the client area. Which makes Windows automatically move the window when you move the mouse. Paste this code into your form class:
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
MyBase.WndProc(m)
'--- Alter the return value of WM_NCHITTEST when the ALT key is down
If m.Msg = &H84 AndAlso (Control.ModifierKeys And Keys.Alt) <> 0 Then
'--- Turn HTCLIENT into HTCAPTION
If m.Result = 1 Then m.Result = 2
End If
End Sub