extended window styles

Definition

extended window styles definitions.

Warning

Internal use only

Variables
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME
	Designates a window with a double border that may (optionally) be created with a title bar when you specify the WS_CAPTION style flag in the dwStyle parameter.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY
	Specifies that a child window created with this style will not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when the child window is created or destroyed.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_TOPMOST
	Specifies that a window created with this style should be placed above all non topmost windows and stay above them even when the window is deactivated. An application can use the SetWindowPos member function to add or remove this attribute.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
	Specifies that a window created with this style accepts drag-and-drop files.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
	Specifies that a window created with this style is to be transparent. That is, any windows that are beneath the window are not obscured by the window. A window created with this style receives WM_PAINT messages only after all sibling windows beneath it have been updated.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_MDICHILD
	Creates an MDI child window.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW
	Creates a tool window, which is a window intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the task bar or in the window that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE
	Specifies that a window has a border with a raised edge.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE
	Specifies that a window has a 3D look — that is, a border with a sunken edge.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
	Includes a question mark in the title bar of the window. When the user clicks the question mark, the cursor changes to a question mark with a pointer. If the user then clicks a child window, the child receives a WM_HELP message.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_RIGHT
	Gives a window generic right-aligned properties. This depends on the window class.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_LEFT
	Gives window generic left-aligned properties. This is the default.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_RTLREADING
	Displays the window text using right-to-left reading order properties.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_LTRREADING
	Displays the window text using left-to-right reading order properties. This is the default.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR
	Places a vertical scroll bar to the left of the client area.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR
	Places a vertical scroll bar (if present) to the right of the client area. This is the default.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT
	Allows the user to navigate among the child windows of the window by using the TAB key.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_STATICEDGE
	Creates a window with a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_APPWINDOW
	Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
	Combines the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE and WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE styles.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW
	Combines the WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE and WS_EX_TOPMOST styles.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_LAYERED
	The window is a layered window. This style cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC. However, Microsoft Windows 8 does support the WS_EX_LAYERED style for child windows, where previous Windows versions support it only for top-level windows.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT
	Specifies that a child window created with this style will not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when the child window is created or destroyed.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP
	The window does not render to a redirection surface. This is for windows that do not have visible content or that use mechanisms other than surfaces to provide their visual.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL
	If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the horizontal origin of the window is on the right edge. Increasing horizontal values advance to the left.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_COMPOSITED
	Paints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order using double-buffering. Bottom-to-top painting order allows a descendent window to have translucency (alpha) and transparency (color-key) effects, but only if the descendent window also has the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT bit set. Double-buffering allows the window and its descendents to be painted without flicker. This cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_NOACTIVATE
	A top-level window created with this style does not become the foreground window when the user clicks it. The system does not bring this window to the foreground when the user minimizes or closes the foreground window.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_AUTOSCROLL
	Activate automatic scroll based on virtual size.
constexpr size_t	WS_EX_MODALWINDOW
	Create a modal window.

Variable Documentation

WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME

constexpr size_t WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Designates a window with a double border that may (optionally) be created with a title bar when you specify the WS_CAPTION style flag in the dwStyle parameter.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY

constexpr size_t WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a child window created with this style will not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when the child window is created or destroyed.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_TOPMOST

constexpr size_t WS_EX_TOPMOST

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a window created with this style should be placed above all non topmost windows and stay above them even when the window is deactivated. An application can use the SetWindowPos member function to add or remove this attribute.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES

constexpr size_t WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a window created with this style accepts drag-and-drop files.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_TRANSPARENT

constexpr size_t WS_EX_TRANSPARENT

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a window created with this style is to be transparent. That is, any windows that are beneath the window are not obscured by the window. A window created with this style receives WM_PAINT messages only after all sibling windows beneath it have been updated.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_MDICHILD

constexpr size_t WS_EX_MDICHILD

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Creates an MDI child window.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

constexpr size_t WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Creates a tool window, which is a window intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the task bar or in the window that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE

constexpr size_t WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a window has a border with a raised edge.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE

constexpr size_t WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a window has a 3D look — that is, a border with a sunken edge.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP

constexpr size_t WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Includes a question mark in the title bar of the window. When the user clicks the question mark, the cursor changes to a question mark with a pointer. If the user then clicks a child window, the child receives a WM_HELP message.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_RIGHT

constexpr size_t WS_EX_RIGHT

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Gives a window generic right-aligned properties. This depends on the window class.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_LEFT

constexpr size_t WS_EX_LEFT

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Gives window generic left-aligned properties. This is the default.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_RTLREADING

constexpr size_t WS_EX_RTLREADING

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Displays the window text using right-to-left reading order properties.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_LTRREADING

constexpr size_t WS_EX_LTRREADING

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Displays the window text using left-to-right reading order properties. This is the default.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR

constexpr size_t WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Places a vertical scroll bar to the left of the client area.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR

constexpr size_t WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Places a vertical scroll bar (if present) to the right of the client area. This is the default.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT

constexpr size_t WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Allows the user to navigate among the child windows of the window by using the TAB key.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_STATICEDGE

constexpr size_t WS_EX_STATICEDGE

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Creates a window with a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_APPWINDOW

constexpr size_t WS_EX_APPWINDOW

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW

constexpr size_t WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Combines the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE and WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE styles.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW

constexpr size_t WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Combines the WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE and WS_EX_TOPMOST styles.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_LAYERED

constexpr size_t WS_EX_LAYERED

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

The window is a layered window. This style cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC. However, Microsoft Windows 8 does support the WS_EX_LAYERED style for child windows, where previous Windows versions support it only for top-level windows.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT

constexpr size_t WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Specifies that a child window created with this style will not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when the child window is created or destroyed.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP

constexpr size_t WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

The window does not render to a redirection surface. This is for windows that do not have visible content or that use mechanisms other than surfaces to provide their visual.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL

constexpr size_t WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the horizontal origin of the window is on the right edge. Increasing horizontal values advance to the left.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_COMPOSITED

constexpr size_t WS_EX_COMPOSITED

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Paints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order using double-buffering. Bottom-to-top painting order allows a descendent window to have translucency (alpha) and transparency (color-key) effects, but only if the descendent window also has the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT bit set. Double-buffering allows the window and its descendents to be painted without flicker. This cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_NOACTIVATE

constexpr size_t WS_EX_NOACTIVATE

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

A top-level window created with this style does not become the foreground window when the user clicks it. The system does not bring this window to the foreground when the user minimizes or closes the foreground window.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

For more info see https://docs.microsoft.com .

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_AUTOSCROLL

constexpr size_t WS_EX_AUTOSCROLL

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Activate automatic scroll based on virtual size.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Remarks

Added specifically for xtd.

Warning

Internal use only

WS_EX_MODALWINDOW

constexpr size_t WS_EX_MODALWINDOW

constexpr

#include <xtd.forms.native/include/xtd/forms/native/extended_window_styles.h>

Create a modal window.

Library

xtd.forms.native

Todo:

check if it's not redundant with WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME flags ?

Remarks

Added specifically for xtd.

Warning

Internal use only