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How To Force A Form So It Cannot Be Dragged (C#)

I have an application that opens a second form which is a settings style dialog window. I like this because it forces the settings window to stay above everything else and must be closed before using the application again. I currently have it at a fixed size, and it opens in the center of the screen. I dont like the fact that it can currently be dragged around the screen. How can I force the form to be "undraggable" without doing anything strange like changing the border style, etc?

kaufmed

You could do something like the following--it may appear to drag, but once user lets go, it will return to original location.

    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        private Point startLocation;
 
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.startLocation = this.Location;
        }
 
        private void Form1_Move(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Location = this.startLocation;
        }
    }

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Pretzel_Jesus

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Is there a better way? This makes the form flash and behave strangely. It looks very clumsy in a professional application.

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Pretzel_Jesus

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This was very sexy and worked like a charm. Thanks man.

kaufmed

NP. Glad to help.