WindowExtendedStyles Enumeration
Extended window styles as defined in the Windows API.

C# Syntax

[Flags()]
public enum WindowExtendedStyles : System.Enum 
Members
MemberDescription
WS_EX_ACCEPTFILESThe window accepts drag and drop files.
WS_EX_APPWINDOWForces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.
WS_EX_CLIENTEDGEThe window has a border with a sunken edge.
WS_EX_COMPOSITEDPaints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order using double-buffering.
WS_EX_CONTEXTHELPThe 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.
WS_EX_CONTROLPARENTThe window contains child windows that take part in dialog box navigation.
WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAMEThe window has a double border.
WS_EX_LAYEREDThe window is a layered window.
WS_EX_LAYOUTRTLIf 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. For other languages, the style is ignored.
WS_EX_LEFTThe window has generic left-aligned properties. This is the default.
WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBARIf 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_LTRREADINGThe window text is displayed using left-to-right reading-order properties. This is the default.
WS_EX_MDICHILDThe window is an MDI child window.
WS_EX_NOACTIVATEA top-level window created with this style does not become the foreground window when the user clicks it.
WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUTThe window does not pass its window layout to its child windows.
WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFYA 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_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAPThe 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_OVERLAPPEDWINDOWThe window is an overlapped window.
WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOWThe window is a palette window, which is a modeless dialog box that presents an array of commands.
WS_EX_RIGHTThe window has generic right-aligned properties.
WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBARThe vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the right of the client area. This is the default.
WS_EX_RTLREADINGIf 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_STATICEDGEThe window has a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.
WS_EX_TOOLWINDOWThe window is intended to be used as a floating toolbar.
WS_EX_TOPMOSTThe window is placed above all non-topmost windows and stays above them, even when the window is deactivated.
WS_EX_TRANSPARENTThe window is not painted until siblings beneath the window (that were created by the same thread) have been painted.
WS_EX_WINDOWEDGEThe window has a border with a raised edge.
Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         HP.LFT.SDK.WindowExtendedStyles