Developing full screen WPF applications

Question

How would I create borderless full screen applications with WPF? Is that possible with Navigation Applications as well?

Thanks,

Neno

Answer 1

the way i had to do it is to use win32 interop to create a layered window which takes up the whole screen, then make that window topmost.

the downside to this is that because there is currently no per-pixel alpha, unless you are drawing the entire screen for your app, you'll get jagged edges.

 

Answer 2

i should also note that i have not tried this with navigation applications, just plain old windowed apps.

Answer 3

Try this in your Window1.xaml in your Window statement:

 

WindowStyle = "None" to get a window without border

WindowState = "Maximized" to make the window full screen

 

Answer 4

I found this to work rather well:

<Application.Resources>

  <Style x:Key="{x:Type NavigationWindow}" TargetType="{x:Type NavigationWindow}">

    <Setter Property="WindowStyle" Value="None" />

    <Setter Property="ShowsNavigationUI" Value="False" />

    <Setter Property="WindowState" Value="Maximized" />

    <Setter Property="Topmost" Value="True" />

    <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="None" />

  </Style>

</Application.Resources>

 

You can of course include or exclude the cursor and the navigation as appropriate. I think those settings above should work great for a kiosk with a touch screen.

Answer 5

Is there a way to set the NavigationWindow.ShowsNavigationUI programitically from C# code instead of from Xaml? I have tried but cant figure it out. This is for an Expression project. Basically I just want to get rid of the chrome.

Answer 6

Sure in the CS of the file that will contain your NavigationWindow use

this.ShowsNavigationUI = false;

HTH

Andy

Answer 7

Hey Neno..
you can refer 3d-full-screen-windows also.

- Ankit