'Is it possible to change size of minimized window in MDI C# Winforms
Users complain that when they have several minimized windows in MDI container it's impossible to distinguish them unless they resore each. I wonder if it's possible to make minimized window a little bit wider so the text in the caption can contain 6 characters?
Thanks in advance!
Solution 1:[1]
[Although this post is 11 years old, i'm trying...: I'm facing an issue with in-app minimized windows, which are broken on my Windows11 (certainly by a software, but I don't know which one...). Those in-app minimized windows are much more narrower that it should be. Instead of having the minimized title bar containing title and 3 buttons, I can only see the close button. You said here it wasn't possible to change this size for a unique software, but I assume you know(knew) where to change it for the whole system? Here is a capture of the issue in ultraedit 1 and here in 3dsMax for example 2
Solution 2:[2]
To those who have the same problem as me, I found the solution:
(win+r) regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics add the string value "MinWidth".
Change the string value named "MinWidth". Set its value using the following formula: -15*width in pixels
For me, acceptable one was -3300
Little drawback: It also changes size of the minimized windows in the taskbar (make them much wider when there is a few of them in taskbar)
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Gregory Pavin |
| Solution 2 | Gregory Pavin |