How to get the "client area" of a window?

02-24-2006

When a window is resized the SizeChangedEventArgs only give
me the new size of the whole window including title and borders.
How do I get the width and height of what was formerly known as
"client area" of a window? In GDI the answer was given by
GetClientRect(). What's it in WPF?

02-24-2006

fo wrote:

> When a window is resized the SizeChangedEventArgs only give me the new
> size of the whole window including title and borders. How do I get the
> width and height of what was formerly known as "client area" of a
> window? In GDI the answer was given by GetClientRect(). What's it in
> WPF?

You can get the ActualWidth/Height of the window's content (the root) element.

HTH,
Drew

___________________________________
Drew Marsh
Chief Software Architect
Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com
Microsoft C# / WPF MVP
Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/

03-01-2006

Well, it's just the other way around: I want to resize the
window's root element (a canvas) to its client area. So
I'd better ask how to do this.

Thanks,
fÃ¶

"Drew Marsh" wrote:

> fo wrote:
>
> > When a window is resized the SizeChangedEventArgs only give me the new
> > size of the whole window including title and borders. How do I get the
> > width and height of what was formerly known as "client area" of a
> > window? In GDI the answer was given by GetClientRect(). What's it in
> > WPF?
>
> You can get the ActualWidth/Height of the window's content (the root) element.
>
> HTH,
> Drew
>
> ___________________________________
> Drew Marsh
> Chief Software Architect
> Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com
> Microsoft C# / WPF MVP
> Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/
>
>
>

03-01-2006

fö wrote:

> Well, it's just the other way around: I want to resize the window's
> root element (a canvas) to its client area. So I'd better ask how to
> do this.

Perhaps I don't undersand, this should be automatic. The Window always stretches
its content to fit the client area. Do you have a screenshot of what you're
experiencing vs. what you're expecting?

Cheers,
Drew

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Drew Marsh Guest n/a posts	Re: How to get the "client area" of a window? fo wrote: > When a window is resized the SizeChangedEventArgs only give me the new > size of the whole window including title and borders. How do I get the > width and height of what was formerly known as "client area" of a > window? In GDI the answer was given by GetClientRect(). What's it in > WPF? You can get the ActualWidth/Height of the window's content (the root) element. HTH, Drew ___________________________________ Drew Marsh Chief Software Architect Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com Microsoft C# / WPF MVP Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/
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fÃ¶ Guest n/a posts	Re: How to get the "client area" of a window? Well, it's just the other way around: I want to resize the window's root element (a canvas) to its client area. So I'd better ask how to do this. Thanks, fÃ¶ "Drew Marsh" wrote: > fo wrote: > > > When a window is resized the SizeChangedEventArgs only give me the new > > size of the whole window including title and borders. How do I get the > > width and height of what was formerly known as "client area" of a > > window? In GDI the answer was given by GetClientRect(). What's it in > > WPF? > > You can get the ActualWidth/Height of the window's content (the root) element. > > HTH, > Drew > > ___________________________________ > Drew Marsh > Chief Software Architect > Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com > Microsoft C# / WPF MVP > Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/ > > >
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Drew Marsh Guest n/a posts	Re: How to get the "client area" of a window? fö wrote: > Well, it's just the other way around: I want to resize the window's > root element (a canvas) to its client area. So I'd better ask how to > do this. Perhaps I don't undersand, this should be automatic. The Window always stretches its content to fit the client area. Do you have a screenshot of what you're experiencing vs. what you're expecting? Cheers, Drew
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