How can I control where XNA positions the game window at startup?

Question

I have the following annoyance: Whenever I start debugging an XNA game, the game window pops up in the center of my screen. Since I have a dual monitor system, I'd like to set the default startup position somewhere my second monitor. But, this should only happen in debug modus.

Answer 1

You need to add a reference to System.Windows.Forms and System.Drawing(as pointed out by Steve H) and then do the following somewhere outside the constructor, like in the Initialize override.

var form = (System.Windows.Forms.Form)System.Windows.Forms.Control.FromHandle(this.Window.Handle);
form.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);

The reason we have the whole namespace in the code is to avoid class name collisions(again, as pointed out by Steve H).

Answer 2

To update this question, for MonoGame 3.4 (maybe earlier) you can simply do

this.Window.Position = new Point(x, y);

No need to reflect into OpenTK stuff it seems

Answer 3

In MonoGame: Tutorial: Setting window position in Xna/Monogame