Blend – Creating a border-less Window

It is easy to create a borderless window using the WPF application by simply selecting relevant properties for the Window object. Blend provides a rich user interface to alter the selected object’s properties.

This article explains the steps to create a simple borderless Window using Blend.

This article applies to:

• Blend (Version 5.0) for Visual Studio 2012.

Step (1). Open Blend for Visual Studio application.

Step (2). Create a new WPF Application project. The Blend will display the application canvas window.

Step (3). Select the Window object from the “Objects and Timelines” pane. The Blend will display the properties of the Window object in the “Properties” pane.

Step (4). From the “Properties” pane, under the Appearance section; click on the WindowStyle combo box, and from the drop-down list, select None value.

Step (5). Save the project from the File menu.

Step (6). Run Project from the Project menu. The Blend will display the borderless Window as a result.

Add controls to the Window and add events to it to develop a rich user interface application.

See also “Blend – Creating a New Project“.