Simplest way to Create a Non-Movable Silverlight Child Window

Are you looking for a Silverlight Child Window, which can’t move from it’s actual position? Then this article will help you to understand & create a non-movable child window in Silverlight.

Child Window is available inside the System.Windows.Controls.dll assembly. By default, it is movable. You can drag the Title Bar of the Window and position it anywhere in the screen. But, you may face some situation when you need to fix the position of the Window by restricting the user to drag it. So, how will you do this?

In this article, I will show you the simplest mechanism to make your child window not movable.

Creating the Basic UI with ChildWindow

Open your Expression Blend and create a Silverlight project. I am not demonstrating you on creating a project now, as I think you are familiar with that. If you are not familiar to that, read any of my earlier articles to know about it.

Once your Silverlight project is with you, go to the “Assets” tab as shown below and start searching for the “ChildWindow”. Add the Child Window to your Grid Layout. Now resize it properly and set a comfortable position of it as per your choice.

Read more: Kunal's Blog

Posted via email from .NET Info