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Creating draggable windows - SDI and dialogs

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12 Jul 2002Ms-PL7 min read 183.4K   3.2K   56  
Shows how you can create windows that can be dragged around, not just through the title bar, but anywhere within the window body
// DragDialogDlg.cpp : implementation file
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "DragDialog.h"
#include "DragDialogDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif


// CDragDialogDlg dialog



CDragDialogDlg::CDragDialogDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CDragDialogDlg::IDD, pParent)
	, m_mousedown(false)
{
	m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}

void CDragDialogDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CDragDialogDlg, CDialog)
	ON_WM_PAINT()
	ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
	ON_WM_NCHITTEST()
	ON_WM_LBUTTONDOWN()
	ON_WM_LBUTTONUP()	
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CDragDialogDlg message handlers

BOOL CDragDialogDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();

	// Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
	//  when the application's main window is not a dialog
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);			// Set big icon
	SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);		// Set small icon

	// TODO: Add extra initialization here

	m_mousedown = true;
	
	return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}

// If you add a minimize button to your dialog, you will need the code below
//  to draw the icon.  For MFC applications using the document/view model,
//  this is automatically done for you by the framework.

void CDragDialogDlg::OnPaint() 
{
	if (IsIconic())
	{
		CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting

		SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, reinterpret_cast<WPARAM>(dc.GetSafeHdc()), 0);

		// Center icon in client rectangle
		int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
		int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
		CRect rect;
		GetClientRect(&rect);
		int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
		int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;

		// Draw the icon
		dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
	}
	else
	{
		CDialog::OnPaint();
	}
}

// The system calls this function to obtain the cursor to display while the user drags
//  the minimized window.
HCURSOR CDragDialogDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
	return static_cast<HCURSOR>(m_hIcon);
}

UINT CDragDialogDlg::OnNcHitTest(CPoint point)
{
	CRect r;
	GetClientRect(&r);
	ClientToScreen(&r);
	
	if(r.PtInRect(point))
	{		
		if(m_mousedown)
		{		
			return HTCAPTION;
		}
	}
	
	return CDialog::OnNcHitTest(point);
	
}

void CDragDialogDlg::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{	
	m_mousedown = true;		

	CDialog::OnLButtonDown(nFlags, point);
}

void CDragDialogDlg::OnLButtonUp(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
	m_mousedown = false;
	
	CDialog::OnLButtonUp(nFlags, point);
}

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

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