I have a WPF Mdi Window with border-less design and I want it to be movable. I tried everything I found on Google, But nothing goes right to my case. Is that possible in a WPF border-less window? Thanks =)
This is how I make my window border-less.
<pbwpf:Window x:Class="w_main" x:ClassModifier="internal" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:pbwpf="clr-namespace:Sybase.PowerBuilder.WPF.Controls;assembly=Sybase.PowerBuilder.WPF.Controls" Uid="30" WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True" Background="Transparent" MenuName="m_menu" WindowType="Mdi" xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/ribbon" VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Recycling" xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib" Center="True" ResizeMode="CanResize" Height="740" Width="1024" WindowState="Maximized" Resizable="True" ControlMenu="True">
<Grid SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Height="700" Width="1009">
<Grid.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect Color="Black" BlurRadius="15" Direction="721" ShadowDepth="1" RenderingBias="Quality" />
</Grid.Effect>
<Border Background="White" />
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="90" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="680" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="69" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="170" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0">
<Image Source="Images/sample_bms.png" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"></Image>
</Border>
<Border UseLayoutRounding="True" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Background="#2cb6d9" BorderBrush="#25a6c7" BorderThickness="1,0,1,1">
<Grid>
<Button Name="button_lgout" IsCancel="True">
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<ContentPresenter TextElement.Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#2000" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Image Source="Images/logout.png" Height="21" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,5,0,0" />
<Label Name="lbl_lgout" Content="LOGOUT" FontSize="12" Foreground="White" FontFamily="Calibri" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="27" />
</StackPanel>
</Button>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="3" Background="#2cb6d9" BorderBrush="#25a6c7" BorderThickness="0,0,0,1">
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Image Source="Images/user_male2-32.png" UseLayoutRounding="True" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,0,18,0" Height="25" />
<pbwpf:SingleLineEdit Name="txt_user" FontFamily="Calibri" FontSize="22" Foreground="White" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,0,52,0" Width="98" Height="30" PBHeight="120" DisplayOnly="True" />
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Background="#2cb6d9" BorderBrush="#25a6c7" BorderThickness="0,0,0,1" />
<Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="#dedede" BorderBrush="#d9dcdf" BorderThickness="0,0,1,0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Height="750" Background="#111111">
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Style TargetType="my:RibbonButton">
<Style.Resources>
<sys:Double x:Key="buttonSize">60</sys:Double>
<CornerRadius x:Key="buttonRadius">30</CornerRadius>
<sys:Double x:Key="scaleOffset">30</sys:Double>
</Style.Resources>
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,10,0,0" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="SemiBold" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="my:RibbonButton">
<Border Background="Transparent" Width="{StaticResource buttonSize}" Height="{StaticResource buttonSize}" CornerRadius="{StaticResource buttonRadius}">
<Grid>
<Border Background="#22ffffff" CornerRadius="{StaticResource buttonRadius}" x:Name="content">
<Image Height="27" x:Name="image" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5" Source="{Binding Content, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"></Image>
</Border>
<Ellipse x:Name="ring" StrokeThickness="15" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False">
<Ellipse.Stroke>
<RadialGradientBrush>
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.83" />
<GradientStop Color="LightGray" Offset="0.84" />
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.85" />
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset=".93" />
<GradientStop Color="#55ffffff" Offset=".97" />
<GradientStop Color="#55ffffff" Offset="1" />
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Ellipse.Stroke>
<Ellipse.RenderTransform>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="{StaticResource scaleOffset}" CenterY="{StaticResource scaleOffset}" x:Name="ringScale" />
</Ellipse.RenderTransform>
</Ellipse>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.2" />
<Setter TargetName="content" Property="RenderTransform">
<Setter.Value>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="{StaticResource scaleOffset}" CenterY="{StaticResource scaleOffset}" ScaleX=".9" ScaleY=".9" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="1" />
<Trigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard Duration="0:0:2">
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="ring" To="1" Duration="0:0:0" />
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" Storyboard.TargetName="ring" From="1" To="0" />
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" Storyboard.TargetName="ringScale" From="1" To="1.5" />
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" Storyboard.TargetName="ringScale" From="1" To="1.5" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.EnterActions>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_new" Margin="0,50,0,0" Content="Images/new_light.png" KeyTip="N" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_new" Text="_New" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-20,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_edit" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/edit_light.png" KeyTip="E" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_edit" Text="_Edit" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-20,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" PBWidth="402" Width="88" PBHeight="84" Height="21" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_save" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/save_light.png" KeyTip="S" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_save" Text="_Save" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-20,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" PBWidth="402" Width="88" PBHeight="84" Height="21" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_abort" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/cancel_light.png" KeyTip="A" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_abort" Text="_Abort" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-21,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" PBWidth="402" Width="88" PBHeight="84" Height="21" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_trash" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/delete_light.png" KeyTip="D" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_trash" Text="_Trash" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-21,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" PBHeight="84" PBWidth="402" Width="88" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_print" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/print_light.png" KeyTip="P" />
<pbwpf:StaticText Name="st_print" Text="_Print" Foreground="#eeeeee" Margin="33,-21,0,0" FontFamily="Calibri" PBHeight="84" PBWidth="0" Width="Auto" />
<my:RibbonButton Name="rb_search" Margin="0,10,0,0" Content="Images/search_light.png" Visibility="Hidden" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<pbwpf:MDIClient Visibility="Visible" Name="mdi_1" Margin="0" Background="#ffffff" Width="920" />
</Border>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</pbwpf:Window>
As my case I'm using a PowerBuilder 12.5 . So here's a quick tip if you want to make your WPF Borderless window be movable.
Just put this code in the Mousedown Event : Send(handle(this), 274, 61458, 0)
If the control doesn't have a mousedown event then define the event as: ue_mousedown pbm_lbuttondown
This answer is token from http://eric.aling.tripod.com/PB/pbfaq.htm .
Happy Coding =)))