---
title: "How to: Automatically Size a Window to Fit Its Content"
description: Learn how to set the property that specifies how a window resizes to fit its content in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "resizing windows to fit content [WPF]"
  - "windows [WPF], resizing to fit content"
  - "sizing windows to fit content [WPF]"
ms.assetid: 333ca72a-c2f3-4414-9303-3fdabaaa1b32
---
# How to: Automatically Size a Window to Fit Its Content
This example shows how to set the <xref:System.Windows.Window.SizeToContent%2A> property to specify how a window resizes to fit its content.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-csharp[HOWTOWindowManagementSnippets#SetWindowSizeToContentPropertyCODE](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/HOWTOWindowManagementSnippets/CSharp/MainWindow.xaml.cs#setwindowsizetocontentpropertycode)]
 [!code-vb[HOWTOWindowManagementSnippets#SetWindowSizeToContentPropertyCODE](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/HOWTOWindowManagementSnippets/visualbasic/mainwindow.xaml.vb#setwindowsizetocontentpropertycode)]