I'm trying to customize a window border by using the WindowChrome class. Without Windows Aero glass effects. As expected I end up with a black boarder. But i also end up without caption buttons
From Microsoft i learn that i can use the standard window by setting the window style to null to overcome these problem http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.windows.shell.windowchrome.aspx
But i do not succeed with that.
Do anyone have a working example of this? Or a link of some sort that can explain how to solve my problem?
I have tried to do a simple example code, and change the WindowStyle to none but it wont work. This is my example code:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Windows.Shell" Title="Window" Height="400" Width="500">
<Window.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Setter Property="shell:WindowChrome.WindowChrome">
<Setter.Value>
<shell:WindowChrome />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Grid>
<Border Background="White" Margin="{Binding Source={x:Static shell:SystemParameters2.Current}, Path=WindowNonClientFrameThickness}">
<ContentPresenter Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
</Border>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Title}"
VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="36,8,0,0"/>
<Image Source="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Icon}"
VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=(shell:WindowChrome.WindowChrome).ResizeBorderThickness}"
Width="{Binding Source={x:Static shell:SystemParameters2.Current}, Path=SmallIconSize.Width}"
shell:WindowChrome.IsHitTestVisibleInChrome="True"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Style>
<Grid/>
</Window>
I'm experimenting with WindowChrome too and my application works so far:
<Window ...>
<Window.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
<Setter Property="shell:WindowChrome.WindowChrome">
<Setter.Value>
<shell:WindowChrome CaptionHeight="15"
CornerRadius="0"
GlassFrameThickness="0,0,0,-1"
NonClientFrameEdges="None"
ResizeBorderThickness="5"
UseAeroCaptionButtons="true"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Style>
<!-- Add content to normal window content (not with template, at first) -->
<Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>
You should have an empty window with nothing more than the caption buttons and a glass window if you use my code above.