wpf-controls

Why don't custom events show up in Blend for a UserControl?

I have created a UserControl, and added a couple of custom routed events. The problem is these events only show up in Properties->Events when I am manipulating an instance on the art board. If I am editing the UserControl itself, the my custom events do not show up in the Events panel. Is this a limitation of Blend, or a side effect o...

New to WPF - What Control to Use / Getting Started?

I'm a WPF n0ob and I'm struggling with selecting the appropriate control to get the layout I want. What I'm trying to do is draw a bunch of squares (virtual post-it notes) onto the screen. Each note is going to be a decent size (~150 pixels or so) and there could be hundreds of these notes. I want the whole thing to be scrollable so t...

XNA and GUI controls (eg. xaml and xna)

Hello. Is there a way to get textboxes, labels and other wpf controls in xna that supports margins, etc that flexes for window size? ...

Aduna Clustermap Control in WPF

Hi, I am looking for a WPF user control which works in the same way as the Aduna Clustermap. http://www.aduna-software.com/ Does anyone know if there is as similar control for WPF? Sam ...

WPF Scale Transform and ScrollViewer - When Zoomed can't scroll beyond original size...

I have a StackPanel inside of a ScrollViewer. I have a slider that does a scale transform on the stackpanel to allow zoom-in and zoom-out functionality. The problem is that when I zoom in, the scrollviewer doesn't treat the content as being 'bigger'. So, if I scroll in a little and scroll as far right as I can go - it stops me before ...

WPF SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey IsFrozen=True; How to change Foreground of Selected Item on ListBox Control

I have this Xaml <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Value="#123456"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}" Value="White"/> THe first one works, the second one does not. On MSDN, SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey says that it "IsFrozen" and cannot be ch...

Where can I find information about creating 3D controls in WPF?

I am about to start to make the interface for a game in WPF / Silverlight. I'd like it to have a nice look all in 3 dimensions. Can you point me to some good resources, tutorials, books... on how to develop real 3D controls, like Buttons and such? ...

Basing On a style defined inside a custom control library.

Hi, I'm extending the available WPF's TreeView control. I wish to add to it CheckBox behavior like Josh Smith has suggested. My goal is to encapsulate all checkbox behavior concerns from the end user (which is a different approach of what josh Smith has done). I would like to use a style for the TreeViewItem in order to add some prope...

how to do a rendertransform on control but not content/children?

The title says it all.. Im trying to make a specific control smaller, without making its content smaller.. If I use Control.Rendertransform, child content will be transformed as well.. Any ideas? ...

Problem with text input in textbox control

I'm working in a WPF project, which basically is a class library project that implements the MVVM pattern. For clarity purposes I'm gonna say that I just have a single window with a single textbox control on it. Now, I'm adding this dll to another project, which is a Windows Forms project, and I'm calling the window with the textbox co...

WPF ComboBox SelectedItem not Updating

I am facing a problem while working with a WPF ComboBox. My situation is that I have a ComboBox that is displaying some values. I am adding ContentControls to ComboBox' Items property. I have bound the Content of these ContentControl to some datasource so that I can change the Content dynamically. The problem is if the Content of item wh...

WPF TextBox.SelectAll () doesn't work

Hi! I have used the following template in my project: <DataTemplate x:Key="textBoxDataTemplate"> <TextBox Name="textBox" ToolTip="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent}" Tag="{Binding}" PreviewKeyDown="cellValueTextBoxKeyDown"> <TextBox....

"Ok" button command binding issue

In my app, users can click a "New Account" button. The button opens a view where the user can enter information about the new account. I used binding to tie the "Ok" button command to a command in my view model. that all works fine but I can't figure out how to close the "New Account" window since there is no code behind in the view for ...

WrapPanel not wrapping when in a StackPanel with Horizontal orientation.

The labels in the example below (WPF/XAML) just parade off the screen, no wrapping occurs. Removing the orientation works, but doesn't provided the needed functionality/look & feel. Any ideas how to make the wrap panel wrap to the current size of the StackPanel? <Window Height="300" Width="600"> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal...

WPF Redering performance

I have a WPF User control that binds to a data table and generates checkbox and a masked edit box for each row in a data table. I have several instances of this control on my form. The total number of checkboxes to be generated is over 200. I am seeing some rendering performance issues. The form loads with all of the static controls ( Te...

Only able to sort a list box once, don't know why (WPF)

Question: What changes need to be made to my code to allow me to sort more than once? Information: I have a list box that contains 1000 sample shipments in it in the program I'm currently writing, I've found the easiest way to sort these shipments at the click of a button is like so: Private Sub Date_Ascending_Selected(ByVal sender ...

WPF Report Designer

Does anybody know of a tutorial or sample code on how to create a simple designer control in WPF? I am trying to write a simple designer in WPF where users can drag and drop data items (charts & lists) on specific points on a page (e.g. Line 3, Coloumn 24). ...

How to play mp3 stream using MeidaElement class from WPF?

I wonder that MediaElement (from WPF) components are capable of playing and buffering mp3 streams. I need play mp3 memory stream(not mp3 file) using MediaElement of WPF ,would you please tell me how to do it . thank a lot ...

How to create control at runtime using app.config?

I would like to create simple objects at runtime (textbox, label, etc) and add them to a Grid in my WPF application. My problem is that I need to define these in the app.config file. I am reading in the config data by using the “ConfigurationManager.GetSection” method. Shown below is an example of the XML that defines two textboxes. The ...

Strikethrough a record in xamdatagrid

I want to strike through a record in xamdatagrid at xaml.I am trying with TextBlock.TextDecoration="Strikethrough".It is working In a saperate textblock but the text decoration property doesnt come in the xamdatagrid. This is what I was trying.The fontStyle is working but TextD...