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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

'Declaration
Public Property WindowState As WindowState
<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).

Identifier field

WindowStateProperty

Metadata properties set to true

BindsTwoWayByDefault

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.

NoteNote

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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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