I've got a Label with a user-selected directory path. Of course some paths are longer than others. I'm using a Resizer on the control the Label lives in, and would love it if I could have variable eliding of the path. c:\very\long\path\to\a\filename.txt collapsing to c:...\filename.txt or c:\very...\filename.txt. You get the picture ...
I have a WPF application and I want to be able to save the output of the application to a PDF document, the item I want to save can be a Visual a Drawing or a FixedDocument (I can create it as any of those options, and it's easy to convert between them). Is there any library that can convert directly from WPF to PDF (without writing cod...
What free or open source WPF diagramming libraries have you used before? I'm working on my thesis and have no money to pay for the commercial alternatives. Valid answers should support undo/redo, exporting to XML and hopefully good documentation. I'm building an open source UML / database diagramming tool. Thanks. ...
I want to add a constant value onto an incoming bound integer. In fact I have several places where I want to bind to the same source value but add different constants. So the ideal solution would be something like this... <TextBox Canvas.Top="{Binding ElementName=mySource, Path=myInt, Constant=5}"/> <TextBox Canvas.Top="{Binding Element...
At run time I want to dynamically build grid columns (or another display layout) in a WPF ListView. I do not know the number and names of the columns before hand. I want to be able to do: MyListView.ItemSource = MyDataset; MyListView.CreateColumns(); ...
UI Virtualization is an awkward terminology that describes WPF UI controls that load and and dispose child elements on demand (based on their visibility) to reduce memory footprint. ListBox and ListView use a class called VirtualizingStackPanel by default to achieve higher performance. I found this control, which is really helpful, a v...
I would like to support keyboard shortcuts in my WPF XBAP application, such as Ctrl-O for 'Open' etc. How do I disable the browsers built-in keyboard shortcuts and replace them with my own? ...
In WPF you can setup validation based on errors thrown in your Data Layer during Data Binding using the ExceptionValidationRule or DataErrorValidationRule. Suppose you had a bunch of controls set up this way and you had a Save button. When the user clicks the Save button, you need to make sure there are no validation errors before proc...
I have a listbox where the items contain checkboxes: <ListBox Style="{StaticResource CheckBoxListStyle}" Name="EditListBox"> <ListBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <CheckBox Click="Checkbox_Click" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsChecked, Mode=TwoWay}" Content="{Binding Path=DisplayText}" /> </DataTemplate> ...
hi there, i wonder if there is a simple solution to change language of a wpf application during runtime. i used locbaml to globalize all the resources. Setting the Current Thread's UICulture in the App-constructor works fine, but when i try to chang it a little bit later, i doesn't reflect the changes anymore. This was actually quite ea...
I've tried Xceed, WPFToolkit, Infragistics... with WPF you could also roll your own. Please include descriptions of why you favor one over the other. ...
I have seen a lot of discussions going on and people asking about DataGrid for WPF and complaining about Microsoft for not having one with their WPF framework till date. We know that WPF is a great UI technology and have the Concept of ItemsControl,DataTemplate, etc,etc to make great UX. Even WPF has got a more closely matching control- ...
I've been using Winforms since .NET 1.1 and I want to start learning WPF. I'm looking for good resources for a beginner in WPF. What should I read, what Tools I need and what are the best practices I need to follow. ...
Does anyone know of any way to convert a simple gif to xaml? E.G. A tool that would look at an image and create elipses, rectangles and paths based upon a gif / jpg / bitmap? ...
I'd really like to get into some D3D coding, but I don't have the time lately to learn C++ for what will amount to a hobby project. ...
I have two different ways of displaying items within a WPF application. The first uses a I have two different ways of displaying items in a WPF application. The first uses a WrapPanel and the second a vertical StackPanel. I can switch between the two ways of displaying my items by switching the host panel between the two types. This does...
I'm trying to achieve the equivalent of a WinForms ListView with its View property set to View.List. Visually, the following works fine. The file names in my Listbox go from top to bottom, and then wrap to a new column. Here's the basic XAML I'm working with: <ListBox Name="thelist" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" ItemsSou...
I have a Canvas where I'm drawing a bunch of shapes and other UI elements. This canvas can be very large so I want to put this in a panel which allows me to zoom in/out using the mouse and scroll by dragging the mouse, just like Google Maps. The closest thing I could find was the ScrollViewer but obviously this isn't close enough. Has...
Basically my problem stems from a desire to have the textbox portion be white, and the drop down to be black. When I set the text to white, the drop down appears as I want it, but the text in the textbox itself is hardly readable. Setting the Foreground to black makes the drop down unreadable. Is there a good way to handle this? I am st...
I have a master-detail scenario where I have 1 ComboBox listing companies from an ObjectDataSourceProvider. Under that I have 2 ComboBoxes binding to the Contacts property from the current Company object. I need to be able to select a different contact in each ComboBox; however, as soon as I change selection in one list the other list ...