I added this class :
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Tests
{
class WindowUtility
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
const uint SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
const uint SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
private static Size GetScreenSize() => new Size(GetSystemMetrics(0), GetSystemMetrics(1));
private struct Size
{
public int Width { get; set; }
public int Height { get; set; }
public Size(int width, int height)
{
Width = width;
Height = height;
}
}
[DllImport("User32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int GetSystemMetrics(int nIndex);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool GetWindowRect(HandleRef hWnd, out Rect lpRect);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct Rect
{
public int Left; // x position of upper-left corner
public int Top; // y position of upper-left corner
public int Right; // x position of lower-right corner
public int Bottom; // y position of lower-right corner
}
private static Size GetWindowSize(IntPtr window)
{
if (!GetWindowRect(new HandleRef(null, window), out Rect rect))
throw new Exception("Unable to get window rect!");
int width = rect.Right - rect.Left;
int height = rect.Bottom - rect.Top;
return new Size(width, height);
}
public static void MoveWindowToCenter()
{
IntPtr window = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
if (window == IntPtr.Zero)
throw new Exception("Couldn't find a window to center!");
Size screenSize = GetScreenSize();
Size windowSize = GetWindowSize(window);
int x = (screenSize.Width - windowSize.Width) / 2;
int y = (screenSize.Height - windowSize.Height) / 2;
SetWindowPos(window, IntPtr.Zero, x, y, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER);
}
}
}
Using it in Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Tests
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
WindowUtility.MoveWindowToCenter();
The problem is that it's showing for a second the window in some random position when running the application and then move it to the screen center.
Is there a way to make that when starting the application the window already will be in the center of the screen ?
I tried to use the accepted answer in this question in the link :
Show/Hide the console window of a C# console application
but then when i'm hiding the window then try to center it then to show it again when it's trying to center it can't find the window because it's hidden so it's throwing this message in the WindowUtility class :
"Couldn't find a window to center!"
