Window.WindowState Property (System.Windows)

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Window.WindowState Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a window is restored, minimized, or maximized.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property WindowState As WindowState
	Get
	Set
C#
public WindowState WindowState { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property WindowState WindowState {
	WindowState get ();
	void set (WindowState value);
}
F#
member WindowState : WindowState with get, set

XAML Attribute Usage
<object WindowState="WindowState" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.WindowState
A WindowState that determines whether a window is restored, minimized, or maximized. The default is Normal (restored).
Dependency Property Information

Identifier field

WindowStateProperty

Metadata properties set to true

BindsTwoWayByDefault

Remarks

Before a window is minimized or maximized, its size and location are stored in RestoreBounds. When a window is subsequently restored, its size and location values are restored with the values from RestoreBounds.

When the WindowState property is changed, StateChanged is raised.

Note Note

You cannot set or get this property when a window is hosted in a browser.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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