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title: MxWindow
order: 200
seealso: []
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# MxWindow

If you are using Eremex Avalonia Controls, consider utilizing the `MxWindow` component for both main and additional windows in your application. This enables you to maintain a consistent UI across your Avalonia project.

`MxWindow` is a window that paints its elements (background, border and title bar) according to an [Eremex visual theme](../themes/index.md). 

![mxwindow-big](/docs/images/mxwindow-big.png)

## Add Theme Package and Register a Paint Theme

To use `MxWindow` and other Eremex Avalonia Controls, include a [package](/docs/whats-included/assemblies.md) that contains an Eremex paint theme. The following topic shows how you can register the paint theme in your application: 

- [Register an Eremex Paint Theme](../themes/register-an-eremex-paint-theme.md).


## Create MxWindow

`MxWindow` is a descendant of the standard Avalonia `Window` component.  You can seamlessly replace `Window` components in your existing applications with `MxWindow` to leverage the Eremex paint themes. The following XAML code demonstrates a sample `MxWindow` object declaration:

``` xml
<mx:MxWindow 
    xmlns:mx="https://schemas.eremexcontrols.net/avalonia"
    Title="MxWindow"
    ...
>

</mx:MxWindow>
```

[Eremex Project Templates](/docs/whats-included/project-templates.md) allow you to create new Avalonia applications with Eremex Controls. These templates create new projects in which the main window is encapsulated by the `MxWindow` component.

![mxwindow](/docs/images/mxwindow.png)

## MxWindow Settings

`MxWindow` extends settings exposed by the standard `Window` component with the following options that specify the visibility and glyphs of the standard buttons in the title bar:

- `ShowCloseButton` — Specifies the visibility of the Close button.
- `ShowMaximizeButton` — Specifies the visibility of the Maximize button.
- `ShowMinimizeButton` — Specifies the visibility of the Minimize button.

- `CloseButtonGlyph` — The Close button's glyph.
- `MaximizeButtonGlyph` — The Maximize button's glyph.
- `MinimizeButtonGlyph` — The Minimize button's glyph.
- `RestoreButtonGlyph` — The Restore button's glyph.