How Do I Add Button Side Of Close Button

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how do i add a button side of close button in C# form when form boder style is sizable...
like microsoft office word ... ( add undo ,...)

Posted 14-Mar-14 22:14pm

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BillWoodruff 15-Mar-14 5:36am

If you are speaking of adding a Button to the TitleBar area of a Windows Form (the non-client area), then you are going to have to get involved with Windows API code, and a custom WndProc. Are you ready to do that ? If you are fairly new to .NET, I'd suggest you forget that idea, and just make a custom Form with no TitleBar, and add your own custom buttons (or, a ToolStrip containing them) to it to close the Form, minimize/maximize the Form, and do your custom stuff.

ZurdoDev 15-Mar-14 8:56am

I think you should post as solution.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Mar-14 14:04pm

Agree, but there are at least two more approaches I explained in my answer, please see:
—SA

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Posted 16-Mar-14 9:23am

Ravi Bhavnani

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-16T08:03:00

Bill explained one way of solving such problems; this way can certainly work. However, it will require using raw Windows API, which in turn, will require the use of P/Invoke and badly compromise platform compatibility of your application. So, my first and and main advice would be: consider giving up this additional non-client feature and limiting your application by standard non-client behavior provided by .NET FCL.

There is one more, alternative approach. You can create the application form or window without any non-client areas. (Sorry, I don't know which UI library/framework you are using, so you have to look at documentation to find out how to do it; it depends on your application type and is easy to do.) And then you have to simulate all the non-client elements in the client area. It can include: title bar, system icon (system menu area), title bar icons, resize control areas and border, implement windows move (and optionally resize) behavior.

—SA