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What is the ThemeInfo attribute for?

Whenever I create a new WPF application or WPF user control library, the AssemblyInfo.cs file includes the following attribute: [assembly: ThemeInfo( ResourceDictionaryLocation.None, //where theme specific resource dictionaries are located //(used if a resource is not found in the page, // or application resource dicti...

Custom Control and DependencyProperty

hi, I created a custom control that internally is using BindingList to keep track of Account objects that are displayed in some custom grid. I want to add a DependencyProperty to my control that will expose set/get for List that will allow me TwoWay binding between my control and data model. I want to be able to set that list to initial...

Z order and event handling wpf

Hi, This is a follow up to my question here. It seems that even though the InkPresenter is closest to the user, the MouseDown/MouseMove/MouseUp events are received by the Image element. Does anyone know why that is? Edit: Sorry if I didn't make the question clearer: I have attatched event handlers to the InkPresenter, which is a sibl...

Setting tabindex

Hi, In wpf Textbox has TabIndex property to set the tab order, this is working fine when the controls are in the same context, In my case i have a listbox whose itemstyle has a text box and the style is assigned dynamically based on trigger. now how can i do the tabindexing so that when i tab index moves from textbox in first listboxite...

WPF TreeView with Multiple Selection

Dear ladies and sirs. Does anyone know of a good implementation of a WPF TreeView with multiple selection? I am currently aware of one commercial implementation - http://www.telerik.com/products/wpf/treeview.aspx My employer has no problem spending money on a commercial product, so I would like to know more of good commercial implemen...

Adding UIElements to custom control (WPF)

How to create a custom control which takes a list of UIElements and renders them according to some logic? Because it will handle a list of UIElements, the best way of adding controls will be the same as for, i.e. ListBox or ComboBox. <local:SomeControl> <Button Content="First"/> <Label Content="Something other"/> </local:SomeCo...

Why would ItemsControl show a view but ContentControl show nothing?

I've got an application based on Prism. This is my shell: <Window x:Class="AvarioCRM3.ShellV2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:cal="http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF" > <DockPanel LastChildFill="True"> <Border ...

What does RowDefinition Height="10*" mean in a XAML Grid?

I use Height="*" a bit to mean that the height of the last row should fill to the bottom of the grid. But what does "10*" mean? <Grid Name="mainGrid"> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="100" /> <RowDefinition Height="40" /> <RowDefinition Height="10*" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <Grid.ColumnDefinition...

How do i add tooltip to a datagridtextcolumn

Hi all, I'm using WPFtoolkit Datagridd ,I have to wrap text in a datagridtextcolumn or I have to add a tool tip to the text column .I have searched the net but i coulddn't get a proper solution.Expecting your's valuable suggestions... ...

How can I get DockPanel to make the last item fill to the bottom and right?

How do I get the bottom textblock to fill up the remaining space horizontally and vertically? I've got a shell that has this region: <DockPanel Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" LastChildFill="True" Background="Orange"> <ItemsControl x:Name="MainNavigationPanel" Background="Yellow" DockPanel.Doc...

WPF - help converting XAML binding expression to codebehind

Can anyone tell me what is the c# equivalent of the following snippet of XAML ?? <my:DataGridTextColumn Visibility="{Binding Path=DataColumns[21].IsVisible, Source={StaticResource viewmodel}, Converter={StaticResource vc}}" Binding="{Binding SdDevDuration}" /> Its th...

WPF Load Control question

Hi. I'm doing some stuff in WPF. I have a ComboBox with many Types. After selecting a concrete type, I want to be able to Load a particular UserControl (with many TextBoxes etc.) respecting the type in a defined region on my WPF Window. How to do that? Is there anything like LoadControl() and load it into a PlaceHolder in ASP.NET? And ...

WPF/C#: ListView with colapsable items?

Hello, Does anyone have an idea, how to create a collapsable ListView? e.g. I've a ListView with the Columns: Name, Age, County and the following entries: + Max | 20 | Switzerland + Joe | 25 | Germany + Bob | 30 | Italy When I click on the +, I want the ListView to collapse like this: - Max | 20 | Switzerland Lastname: Eastw...

WPF RibbonControlLibrary

Hi Can anyone tell me how to download Wpf RibbonControlLibrray and how to use it? Thanks in advance ...

Showing a tooltip on a combobox from the itemtemplate (WPF)

I have a ComboBox with a DataTemplate. The DataTemplate has two controls, each of which has a ToolTip attached to it. The list of items of the ComboBox has the tooltips as expected when you hover over each control. But the selected item area on top of the ComboBox does not display the tooltips, though the controls are rendered as expecte...

WPF does not seem to find a custom attached property

I am trying to bind a property (Button.Background) to a property on my custom attached property. In a C# file I have public static class Square { public static readonly DependencyProperty PlayerProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Player", typeof(Player), typeof(UIElement), new FrameworkPropertyMetada...

wpf - display, update, insert modes

Hi, Is there a simple way in WPF to create a usercontrol with different modes for display, update or insert a new object? I'm thinking (coming from a web background) something like a listview control where you can create display templates for the different modes. You can then quickly change the mode, depending what you need to do. An...

Show menu programmatically in WPF

How can I open menu (System.Windows.Controls.Menu) programmatically in WPF? ...

CommandBinding Interfering with INotifyPropertyChanged

Using WPF, I am building a very simple document editor that will provide basic formatting capabilities such as the ability to modify the appearance of a user's text, i.e. underline, bold, change font size, etc. I have implemented several RichTextBox for the user's inputs and would like to display a button illustrating the toggle state o...

Animate WPF Text when binding updates, how?

Hello all! I want to be able to create a fade animation on a text element when the binding to that element updates. In other words, the effect is that as text gets added to a text box one sees a fading effect as the text updates and then fades out. I do'nt know how to achieve this. I have seen something similar using an EventTrigger on ...