Window.RestoreBounds Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets the size and location of a window before being either minimized or maximized.

C#

public System.Windows.Rect RestoreBounds { get; }

Property Value

Rect

A Rect that specifies the size and location of a window before being either minimized or maximized.

Examples

The following example uses RestoreBounds and isolated storage to ensure the size and location of a window are the same as they were the previous time the window was shown.

XAML

<Window x:Class="WindowRestoreBoundsSnippets.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="WindowRestoreBoundsSnippets"
    Closing="MainWindow_Closing"
    >

XAML

</Window>

C#

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;
using System.Windows;

C#

public partial class MainWindow : Window {

  string filename = "settings.txt";

  public MainWindow() {
    InitializeComponent();

    // Refresh restore bounds from previous window opening
    IsolatedStorageFile storage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly();
    try {
      using (IsolatedStorageFileStream stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(this.filename, FileMode.Open, storage))
      using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream)) {

        // Read restore bounds value from file
        Rect restoreBounds = Rect.Parse(reader.ReadLine());
        this.Left = restoreBounds.Left;
        this.Top = restoreBounds.Top;
        this.Width = restoreBounds.Width;
        this.Height = restoreBounds.Height;
      }
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
      // Handle when file is not found in isolated storage, which is when:
      // * This is first application session
      // * The file has been deleted
    }
  }

  void MainWindow_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) {
    // Save restore bounds for the next time this window is opened
    IsolatedStorageFile storage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly();
    using (IsolatedStorageFileStream stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(this.filename, FileMode.Create, storage))
    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream)) {
      // Write restore bounds value to file
      writer.WriteLine(this.RestoreBounds.ToString());
    }
  }
}

Remarks

The restore rectangle is the region occupied by the window before it was minimized or maximized. You can use RestoreBounds to save the last size and location of a window before an application is closed, and retrieve those values the next time an application starts to restore a window to the way a user left it.

If you query RestoreBounds before the window has been shown or after it has been closed, Empty is returned.

Poznámka

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

Applies to