Winforms – Click/drag anywhere in the form to move it as if clicked in the form caption [duplicate]

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Microsoft KB Article 320687 has a detailed answer to this question.

Basically, you override the WndProc method to return HTCAPTION to the WM_NCHITTEST message when the point being tested is in the client area of the form — which is, in effect, telling Windows to treat the click exactly the same as if it had occured on the caption of the form.

private const int WM_NCHITTEST = 0x84;
private const int HTCLIENT     = 0x1;
private const int HTCAPTION    = 0x2;

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
    switch(m.Msg)
    {
        case WM_NCHITTEST:
        base.WndProc(ref m);

        if ((int)m.Result == HTCLIENT)
            m.Result = (IntPtr)HTCAPTION;
        return;
    }

    base.WndProc(ref m);
}

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