topic Re: ProWindow Position on Screen in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

ProWindow Position on Screen

DaveLewis73 — Sat, 13 May 2023 19:28:45 GMT

I am having extreme difficulties getting a ProWindow to display where I want it to. It doesn't matter how I define the window (either in XAML or programmatically), the window always displays in the same location that it was last located when it last closed. I can set the WindowStartupLocation to "CenterOwner" with the Owner set to the Application.Current.MainWindow, which should open the window in the center of the Pro application. However, that doesn't work. I can also set the owner to be the center of another window and that doesn't work. Additionally, just for testing purposes, I can set the WindowStartupLocation to "Manual" and define a top and left for the window, but that doesn't work. It doesn't matter what I do, the result is always the same. The window just opens in the last location that it was closed. This is clearly a problem. As an fyi, I am developing with the C# SDK for ArcGIS Pro in 3.1.1. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this problem?

Re: ProWindow Position on Screen

CharlesMacleod — Mon, 15 May 2023 17:43:43 GMT

Hi Dave, can u try:

_proWindow.SaveWindowPosition = false;//override last position of the window

we will make sure this gets added to the Pro SDK documentation.

Re: ProWindow Position on Screen

DaveLewis73 — Mon, 15 May 2023 19:52:16 GMT

Charlie,

Thank you! That works perfectly and was just what I needed.

Re: ProWindow Position on Screen

Wolf — Thu, 18 May 2023 22:40:25 GMT

Just for others looking for the complete snippet that will allow to manually position the popup window (works for both Show() and ShowDialog()):

protected override void OnClick() { //already open? if (_prowindow != null) return; // set a fixed offset for the Window on the top/left double left = 250; //Window's left edge, in relation to the desktop double top = 150; //Window's top edge, in relation to the desktop _prowindow = new ProWindow(); _prowindow.WindowStartupLocation = System.Windows.WindowStartupLocation.Manual; _prowindow.Left = left; _prowindow.Top = top; _prowindow.SaveWindowPosition = false; _prowindow.Owner = FrameworkApplication.Current.MainWindow; _prowindow.Closed += (o, e) => { _prowindow = null; }; //_prowindow.Show(); //uncomment for modal _prowindow.ShowDialog(); }

Re: ProWindow Position on Screen

RejeanLabbe — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:34:06 GMT

I also came across this problem and I just want to add that it can be done in XAML.

<controls:ProWindow SaveWindowPosition="False" >