How to center the title of a form ?

[Polaris]

Hi:

I'm programming Windows forms with C#. By default, all windows title is
left-aligned, just wonder if there is a way to make the title center-aligned
on the Windows title bar?

Thanks in advance!
Polaris

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I'm programming Windows forms with C#. By default, all windows title is
left-aligned, just wonder if there is a way to make the title center-aligned
on the Windows title bar?

I don't believe this is possible - it's just the way Windows is. Apart
from anything else, if you did this it would make your app look
different to every other application I've ever seen. Consistency is a
good thing.

Jon

 

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Hi Jon,

in regular ways this wont work, but when you hook into
the forms message queue, then you can trap e.g. WM_NC*
Messages and Draw the Text into the caption for the
form with gdi functions and modify it with the form resizing
events or any appropriate functions/messages...but NOT
recommended!

But this is something very uncommon and i would
consider it as a strange thing,...

Much better solution would be a user defined control
or window placed on a form without the caption bar
that emulates the system caption bars functionallity,...

Thats what i would recommend,...

Regards

Kerem

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

in regular ways this wont work, but when you hook into
the forms message queue, then you can trap e.g. WM_NC*
Messages and Draw the Text into the caption for the
form with gdi functions and modify it with the form resizing
events or any appropriate functions/messages...but NOT
recommended!

Ick! An alternative and slightly simpler idea would be to measure the
size of the text (knowing the font size) and insert an appropriate
number of spaces at the start of the title to get "rough" centering

But this is something very uncommon and i would
consider it as a strange thing,...

Much better solution would be a user defined control
or window placed on a form without the caption bar
that emulates the system caption bars functionallity,...

Thats what i would recommend,...

What I'd recommend is sticking with the look and feel that users are
already used to. Why make things different? I *could* decide to make
my app save with Ctrl+N and create a new document with Ctrl+S, but
it's a bad idea

Jon

 

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello Polaris,

Just to support Jon. I've never understand why peoply trying to change the
standard windows? like title bar and etc? It never brings more functionality
or makes your app more pleasant.

Just try to contcentrate on your app functionality rather than on this glare
stuff


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P> Hi:
P>
P> I'm programming Windows forms with C#. By default, all windows title
P> is left-aligned, just wonder if there is a way to make the title
P> center-aligned on the Windows title bar?
P>
P> Thanks in advance!
P> Polaris

 

[Kerem Gumrukcu]

Hi Michael,

Just to support Jon. I've never understand why peoply trying to change the
standard windows? like title bar and etc? It never brings more
functionality or makes your app more pleasant.

Just try to contcentrate on your app functionality rather than on this
glare stuff

Damn right!

Regards

Kerem

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-----------------------
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[Mattias Sjögren]

Jon,

Apart
from anything else, if you did this it would make your app look
different to every other application I've ever seen.

FWIW, Microsoft Office 2007 does exactly this.

Of course, when Office does it, people don't see it as inconsistency
but as innovation. And it becomes the OS standard a few years later.

Consistency is a good thing.

Agreed!


Mattias

 

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello Mattias,

I wonder how much $ MS spent on usability engineers to introduce this Ribbon
stuff
I suppose it's not just the idea of single developer "lets put this button
there"

MS> Jon,
MS>MS> FWIW, Microsoft Office 2007 does exactly this.


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miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo