Implementing Chromeless Window

This skill explains how to implement and customize the Syncfusion WPF ChromelessWindow.

When to Use This Skill

• Use when the user needs a frameless/chromeless WPF window with a customizable title bar.
• Use when customizing titlebar background, height, font, icon, or alignment.
• Use when adding controls or custom buttons to the title bar (left/right).
• Use when changing borders, corner radius, resize behavior, or theme integration.
• Use when the user needs UseNativeChrome behavior for window docking.

Navigation Guide

Follow the links below to open focused reference pages for each task.

Getting started

📄 Read: references/getting-started.md

• Add ChromelessWindow to a project, basic properties and quick examples.

Overview

📄 Read: references/overview.md

• High-level features and supported scenarios.

Title bar customization

📄 Read: references/titlebar-customization.md

• Background, height, font, visibility, maximize/minimize buttons.

Title bar custom buttons & controls

📄 Read: references/titlebar-custom-buttons.md 📄 Read: references/adding-controls.md

• Add custom buttons or adaptive controls (Left/Right header items).

Styling & Templates

📄 Read: references/styling.md

• Templates for TitleBar, TitleButton, overriding default styles.

Border & Corner Radius

📄 Read: references/border-customization.md 📄 Read: references/corner-radius.md

• Resize border color, thickness, corner radius examples.

Visual structure & themes

📄 Read: references/visual-structure.md 📄 Read: references/set-visual-styles.md

• Visual element layout and theme application guidance.

Native chrome / docking

📄 Read: references/use-native-chrome.md

• UseNativeChrome behavior and notes for docking.

End-user capabilities

📄 Read: references/end-user-capabilities.md

• What end users can do (maximize, minimize, restore, resize).

Quick Start

Minimal ChromelessWindow example (XAML):

<syncfusion:ChromelessWindow x:Class="Chromelesswindow.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Windows.Shared;assembly=Syncfusion.Shared.WPF"
    Title="ChromelessWindow Sample" Height="350" Width="525"
    TitleBarBackground="#FF2D2D2D" TitleFontSize="14" TitleBarHeight="36">
    <Grid>
        <!-- App content here -->
    </Grid>
</syncfusion:ChromelessWindow>

Common Patterns

• Add custom left/right titlebar items with LeftHeaderItemsSource / RightHeaderItemsSource.
• Use TitleBarTemplate / TitleButtonTemplate to fully customize visuals.
• Override default style in App.xaml when modifying many template parts.

Troubleshooting

• If maximize/minimize buttons don't appear, check ResizeMode and ShowMaximizeButton/ShowMinimizeButton.
• For drag-to-move to work, ensure a TitleBar named PART_TitleBar is present in the template.
• If resizing is hard, increase ResizeBorderThickness.
• When custom templates are not applied, verify resources are included in App.xaml and keys match.