Console.Title Property

Definition

Gets or sets the title to display in the console title bar.

public static string Title { [System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")] get; [System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("browser")] set; }
public static string Title { [System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")] get; [System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("browser")] [System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("android")] [System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("ios")] [System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("tvos")] set; }
public static string Title { get; set; }

Property Value

The string to be displayed in the title bar of the console. The maximum length of the title string is 24500 characters.

Attributes

Exceptions

In a get operation, the retrieved title is longer than 24500 characters.

In a set operation, the specified title is longer than 24500 characters.

In a set operation, the specified title is null.

An I/O error occurred.

The get operation is invoked on an operating system other than Windows.

Examples

This example demonstrates the Title property. The example displays the current title of the operating system window, waits for a key press, then displays a new title.

// This example demonstrates the Console.Title property.
using System;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    Console.WriteLine("The current console title is: \"{0}\"",
                      Console.Title);
    Console.WriteLine("  (Press any key to change the console title.)");
    Console.ReadKey(true);
    Console.Title = "The title has changed!";
    Console.WriteLine("Note that the new console title is \"{0}\"\n" +
                      "  (Press any key to quit.)", Console.Title);
    Console.ReadKey(true);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

>myTitle
The current console title is: "Command Prompt - myTitle"
  (Press any key to change the console title.)
Note that the new console title is "The title has changed!"
  (Press any key to quit.)

*/

Applies to

Produto Versões
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1