C# WPF getting into the window

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there are examples of prgrams that have done this, autodesk put a button in the dragging part of the window, goold chome put TABS in it!, I want to know how i can do stuff like that, I want to know how to add buttons tabs and more on to the draggable window stuff, can some one help?

Posted 25-Aug-11 17:13pm

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Simon Bang Terkildsen · Answer 1 · 2011-08-25T17:36:00

Your question is not very clear, but as far as I understand you want to be able to drag "stuff" around in a wpf window.

You'll need to
1) handle the MouseLeftButtonDown event; store the current mouse position and capture the mouse
2) handle the MouseMove event; calculate the horizontal and vertical change and move the item accordingly this is more easily done if the items is in a Canvas, so you can use Canvas.SetLeft and Canvas.SetTop. And finally store the current position of the mouse.
3) handle the MouseLeftButtonUp event; Release the mouse capture.

WPF Draggable Label[^] the article doesn't explain this very well but you might be able to use the code, also it doesn't seem like he uses the approach I just suggested which I beleave to be the best.

Dragging Elements in a Canvas[^] This one is probably better, haven't read it myself but I have the utmost respect for Josh, he knows what he's talking about.