Remove the title bar in Windows Forms

Question

How can I remove the blue border that\'s on top of the Window Form? (I don\'t know the name of it exactly.)

Answer 1

You can set the Property FormBorderStyle to none in the designer, or in code:

this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;

Answer 2

if by Blue Border thats on top of the Window Form you mean titlebar, set Forms ControlBox property to false and Text property to empty string ("").

here's a snippet:

this.ControlBox = false;
this.Text = String.Empty;

Answer 3

Also add this bit of code to your form to allow it to be draggable still.

Just add it right before the constructor (the method that calls InitializeComponent()

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private const int WM_NCHITTEST = 0x84;
private const int HTCLIENT = 0x1;
private const int HTCAPTION = 0x2;

///
/// Handling the window messages
///
protected override void WndProc(ref Message message)
{
    base.WndProc(ref message);

    if (message.Msg == WM_NCHITTEST && (int)message.Result == HTCLIENT)
        message.Result = (IntPtr)HTCAPTION;
}

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That code is from: https://jachman.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/enhanced-drag-and-move-winforms-without-having-a-titlebar/

Now to get rid of the title bar but still have a border combine the code from the other response:

this.ControlBox = false;

this.Text = String.Empty;

with this line:

this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;

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Put those 3 lines of code into the form's OnLoad event and you should have a nice 'floating' form that is draggable with a thin border (use FormBorderStyle.None if you want no border).

Answer 4

Set FormsBorderStyle of the Form to None.

If you do, it's up to you how to implement the dragging and closing functionality of the window.

Answer 5

 Me.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None

Answer 6