If you want, that user can move your form by client area, then use WM_NCHITTEST handler to achieve this cool effect: In the Forms private declarations add this
procedure WMNCHitTest(var Msg: TWMNCHitTest); message WM_NCHITTEST; Create handler for this message with this code: procedure TForm1.WMNCHitTest(var Msg: TWMNCHitTest); begin DefaultHandler(Msg); if Msg.Result=HTCLIENT then Msg.Result:=HTCAPTION; end; Related chapters Graphics Related topics Draw transparent text on canvas For more Win32 programmer's referenc