Question

When the following XAML used, the window size is not 5000×5000, but some small window where the button is cropped.

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" >
    <Button Width="5000" Height="5000">XXX</Button>
</Window>

From what I can tell, size I did not specify the SizeToContent attribute, the default is “Manual”, so it will use *size of a window is determined by other properties, including Width, Height, MaxWidth, MaxHeight, MinWidth, and MinHeight. * From the WPF Windows Overview, it seems those other properties are FrameworkElement::MinHeight/Width, and FrameworkElement::MaxHeight. But since the default for the Mins are 0, the Maxs are Infinity and the Width/Height is Nan….what’s going on? Where is WPF getting the window size?

Any pointers to the right direction would be appreciated.

Answer 1

If the width and height are not specified WPF uses 60% of the width of you primary screen (where the windows is actually displayed) and 60% of its height. This is done by the Application singleton where all Windows ultimately register themselfes.