Save and Restore WPF Window Size, Position, and/or State

Jeremy Hutchinson

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A quick example of how you can save the window size, position, and/or state, and restore your form to that size, position, and state the next time the app is launched.

savewindowposition.zip
- app.config
- App.xaml
- App.xaml.cs
- Properties
- SaveWindowPosition.csproj
- UserPreferences.cs
- Window1.xaml
- Window1.xaml.cs

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
            <section name="SaveWindowPosition.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
        </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
    <userSettings>
        <SaveWindowPosition.Properties.Settings>
            <setting name="WindowTop" serializeAs="String">
                <value>100</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="WindowLeft" serializeAs="String">
                <value>100</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="WindowHeight" serializeAs="String">
                <value>300</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="WindowWidth" serializeAs="String">
                <value>300</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="WindowState" serializeAs="String">
                <value>Normal</value>
            </setting>
        </SaveWindowPosition.Properties.Settings>
    </userSettings>
</configuration>

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Jeremy Hutchinson

Software Developer

United States

I’m a Software Engineer at Microsoft working on the Azure Portal. Before that I spent about 20 years developed various business applications at a number of different companies. I have a passion for writing clean, scalable code and sharing what I’ve learned with others.

I also help run the Casco Bay .Net User Group

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