System.Windows.Forms.Screen.GetWorkingArea Method

Retrieves the working area for the display that contains the largest region of the specified control. The working area is the desktop area of the display, excluding taskbars, docked windows, and docked tool bars.

Syntax

public static System.Drawing.Rectangle GetWorkingArea (Control ctl)

Parameters

ctl
The System.Windows.Forms.Control for which to retrieve the working area.

Returns

A System.Drawing.Rectangle that specifies the working area. In multiple display environments where no display contains the specified control, the display closest to the control is returned.

Remarks

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Requirements

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0