ProWindow Position on Screen

[DaveLewis73]

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?

[CharlesMacleod · Accepted solution]

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. 

[RejeanLabbe]

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

<controls:ProWindow
    SaveWindowPosition="False"
>

[DaveLewis73]

Charlie,

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

[Wolf]

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();
}