WindowsFormsHost doesn't display on DragablzWindow about dragablz HOT 7 CLOSED

Oh man. WinForms. :)

The DragablzWindow is basically a normal WPF borderless windows...not quite sure what's going on without trying, I have never tried hosting WinForms controls. I will try and have a look.

Incidentally, have you tried this on a MahApps MetroWindow?

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On MA window it works, because WindowsFormsHost is legal WPF control and should always display its content :)

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You can make this work by setting AllowsTransparency=false on the containing window, but expect that the UX will look worse with the window border.

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Thanks @svantreeck

@cnelson711 ...in which case you are probably better off using a normal Window or MahApps.MetroWindow

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The custom user control shows up on MetroWindow and Window, but doesn't on DragablzWindow.

I'm also having headaches with the custom control's size while resizing the window. I just want the custom control to be the content of my tabs.

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Yeah...there's tradeoffs with each Window.

The DragablzWindow (which is basically a borderless Window) will give you the cut out shape, but you can't get any shadow behind it. And as we now know you can'y host a WinForms control in it. A normal Window or MetroWindow will give you a nice shadow but you can't get the cut-out shape.

So basically, you have to choose your poison 💀 ...unfortunately there isn't a Window type which achieves everything.

Having said that I need to have a look at what can be achieved with https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/system.windows.interop.hwndsourceparameters.usesperpixeltransparency.aspx which is in .Net 4.6

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I'm closing this issue as svantreeck's AllowTransparency = false; and having the window border show back up is acceptable to me.

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