How to move and resize a form without a border?
Does anyone know how I can resize a winform when it has no border. I don't want the default border that Windows has, so I changed the property "FormBorderStyle" to "None". This removed the border, although now it can't be resized. I've figured out how to move the form around, I just need to know how to resize it.
Some sample code that allow moving and resizing the form:
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
this.DoubleBuffered = true;
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw, true);
}
private const int cGrip = 16; // Grip size
private const int cCaption = 32; // Caption bar height;
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) {
Rectangle rc = new Rectangle(this.ClientSize.Width - cGrip, this.ClientSize.Height - cGrip, cGrip, cGrip);
ControlPaint.DrawSizeGrip(e.Graphics, this.BackColor, rc);
rc = new Rectangle(0, 0, this.ClientSize.Width, cCaption);
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.DarkBlue, rc);
}
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m) {
if (m.Msg == 0x84) { // Trap WM_NCHITTEST
Point pos = new Point(m.LParam.ToInt32());
pos = this.PointToClient(pos);
if (pos.Y < cCaption) {
m.Result = (IntPtr)2; // HTCAPTION
return;
}
if (pos.X >= this.ClientSize.Width - cGrip && pos.Y >= this.ClientSize.Height - cGrip) {
m.Result = (IntPtr)17; // HTBOTTOMRIGHT
return;
}
}
base.WndProc(ref m);
}
}
Here's a complete example of a customized form with all 8 points of resizing:
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None; // no borders
this.DoubleBuffered = true;
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw, true); // this is to avoid visual artifacts
}
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) // you can safely omit this method if you want
{
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, Top);
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, Left);
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, Right);
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, Bottom);
}
private const int
HTLEFT = 10,
HTRIGHT = 11,
HTTOP = 12,
HTTOPLEFT = 13,
HTTOPRIGHT = 14,
HTBOTTOM = 15,
HTBOTTOMLEFT = 16,
HTBOTTOMRIGHT = 17;
const int _ = 10; // you can rename this variable if you like
Rectangle Top { get { return new Rectangle(0, 0, this.ClientSize.Width, _); } }
Rectangle Left { get { return new Rectangle(0, 0, _, this.ClientSize.Height); } }
Rectangle Bottom { get { return new Rectangle(0, this.ClientSize.Height - _, this.ClientSize.Width, _); } }
Rectangle Right { get { return new Rectangle(this.ClientSize.Width - _, 0, _, this.ClientSize.Height); } }
Rectangle TopLeft { get { return new Rectangle(0, 0, _, _); } }
Rectangle TopRight { get { return new Rectangle(this.ClientSize.Width - _, 0, _, _); } }
Rectangle BottomLeft { get { return new Rectangle(0, this.ClientSize.Height - _, _, _); } }
Rectangle BottomRight { get { return new Rectangle(this.ClientSize.Width - _, this.ClientSize.Height - _, _, _); } }
protected override void WndProc(ref Message message)
{
base.WndProc(ref message);
if (message.Msg == 0x84) // WM_NCHITTEST
{
var cursor = this.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
if (TopLeft.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTTOPLEFT;
else if (TopRight.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTTOPRIGHT;
else if (BottomLeft.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTBOTTOMLEFT;
else if (BottomRight.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTBOTTOMRIGHT;
else if (Top.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTTOP;
else if (Left.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTLEFT;
else if (Right.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTRIGHT;
else if (Bottom.Contains(cursor)) message.Result = (IntPtr)HTBOTTOM;
}
}}