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WS_EX Enumeration

Defines a window extended styles.

Namespace:  ShellBoost.Core.Utilities
Assembly:  ShellBoost.Core (in ShellBoost.Core.dll) Version: 1.8.3.0
Syntax
C#
[FlagsAttribute]
public enum WS_EX
Members
  Member nameValueDescription
WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME1 The window has a double border; the window can, optionally, be created with a title bar by specifying the WS_CAPTION style in the dwStyle parameter.
WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY4 The child window created with this style does not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when it is created or destroyed.
WS_EX_TOPMOST8 The window should be placed above all non-topmost windows and should stay above them, even when the window is deactivated. To add or remove this style, use the SetWindowPos function.
WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES16 The window accepts drag-drop files.
WS_EX_TRANSPARENT32 The window should not be painted until siblings beneath the window (that were created by the same thread) have been painted. The window appears transparent because the bits of underlying sibling windows have already been painted.
WS_EX_MDICHILD64 The window is a MDI child window.
WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW128 The window is intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the title bar. However, you can display the system menu by right-clicking or by typing ALT+SPACE.
WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE256 The window has a border with a raised edge.
WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE512 The window has a border with a sunken edge.
WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP1024 The title bar of the window includes a question mark. When the user clicks the question mark, the cursor changes to a question mark with a pointer. If the user then clicks a child window, the child receives a WM_HELP message.
WS_EX_RIGHT4096 The window has generic "right-aligned" properties. This depends on the window class. This style has an effect only if the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment; otherwise, the style is ignored.
WS_EX_LEFT0 The window has generic left-aligned properties. This is the default.
WS_EX_RTLREADING8192 If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment, the window text is displayed using right-to-left reading-order properties. For other languages, the style is ignored.
WS_EX_LTRREADING0 The window text is displayed using left-to-right reading-order properties. This is the default.
WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR16384 If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the left of the client area. For other languages, the style is ignored.
WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR0 The vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the right of the client area. This is the default.
WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT65536 The window itself contains child windows that should take part in dialog box navigation. If this style is specified, the dialog manager recurses into children of this window when performing navigation operations such as handling the TAB key, an arrow key, or a keyboard mnemonic.
WS_EX_STATICEDGE131072 The window has a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.
WS_EX_APPWINDOW262144 Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.
WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW768 The window is an overlapped window.
WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW392 The window is palette window, which is a modeless dialog box that presents an array of commands.
WS_EX_LAYERED524288 The window is a layered window. This style cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC. Windows 8: The WS_EX_LAYERED style is supported for top-level windows and child windows. Previous Windows versions support WS_EX_LAYERED only for top-level windows.
WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT1048576 The window does not pass its window layout to its child windows.
WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP2097152 The window does not render to a redirection surface. This is for windows that do not have visible content or that use mechanisms other than surfaces to provide their visual.
WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL4194304 If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the horizontal origin of the window is on the right edge. Increasing horizontal values advance to the left.
WS_EX_COMPOSITED33554432 Paints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order using double-buffering. Bottom-to-top painting order allows a descendent window to have translucency (alpha) and transparency (color-key) effects, but only if the descendent window also has the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT bit set. Double-buffering allows the window and its descendents to be painted without flicker.
WS_EX_NOACTIVATE134217728 A top-level window created with this style does not become the foreground window when the user clicks it. The system does not bring this window to the foreground when the user minimizes or closes the foreground window. The window should not be activated through programmatic access or via keyboard navigation by accessible technology, such as Narrator.
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