How to dock windows form to screen edges ?

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Dear all,
I am having a windows application in which I disabled the screen resizing (including maximizing).Now I am looking for a C# code that should dock my form to left side of my screen (please consider I am using double monitors, so form should be docked to respective monitor only)when user double clicks the title bar. Is there is any possibility to do this??. Can anyone help me on this ??.
Thanks in advance..

Posted 14-Nov-14 18:48pm

Manu Prasad

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Nov-14 1:29am

What's wrong with just reading original MSDN documentation?
—SA

Manu Prasad 15-Nov-14 2:24am

Sorry I am a beginner I don't know even the basics about system.windows.forms.screen...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Nov-14 2:45am

It's perfectly fine. Not everything worth knowing. Learn the fundamentals, read about everything else.
Will you use my answer? Accept it formally?
—SA

Manu Prasad 15-Nov-14 2:57am

Sure..

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Nov-14 2:58am

Good luck, call again.
—SA

BillWoodruff 15-Nov-14 5:10am

I think this is a good question, and I voted it #4.

Have you solved how you can detect a DoubleClick on the TitleBar ?

If you'd like more specific help with this (code) let me know.

Manu Prasad 18-Nov-14 0:17am

I think there is no event for DoubleClick on the TitleBar. So that I used ResizeEnd event.Is possible to detect DoubleClick on the TitleBar ??.
And one more think my doubt is not 100% soved, If you can help me please..
Thanks.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-14T19:29:00

First of all, you need to find the screen metrics. This is how:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.screen%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.screen.allscreens(v=vs.110).aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.screen.primaryscreen%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.screen.workingarea%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

Note that you can have several screens or one big virtual screen. In case of several monitors showing separate screens, you can choose one.

Now, you can calculate the location and desired size of the form. And move/resize it using its properties Size and Location:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/25w4thew(v=vs.110).aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159414(v=vs.110).aspx[^].

Simple, isn't it?

—SA