1-Is it possible to move the listbox items instead of the "selector bar". In that way, the selector bar has a static position but the items will move. what Im trying to achieve is something like the scrollbar at the bottom of this image: http://i.afterdawn.com/storage/pictures/plex_netflix_addon_3.png 2-is Listbox with horizontal or...
Hi I have listbox in which I am dynamically showing the pre selected checkboxes from the database. Now I want to loop through it to get the selected items/values. I am using mvvm light wpf. kindly Suggest? Thanks ...
I want to open a new xaml file while keeping the original root running. At the same time as I want to play a video and when use click something else I don't want to exit I want to keep running the video in the background, any ideas or solutions? ...
I've seen some really varying uses of AttachedProperties so far in my adventures in WPF, and am wondering, what are some of the various uses? I've seen fairly mundane uses, such as those found in Grid and Canvas, as well as some really cool hacks allowing binding to collections without setters. What other applications have you found fo...
I'll start out by saying that I'm trying to follow MVVM as strictly as I can, so I'd like to do the following using Binding only. I have multiple DataGrids showing different ObservableCollections of the same data type. How can I define once which columns, and their Binding paths, will show on all of the DataGrids? It doesn't appear tha...
I'm building a Silverlight 4 UserControl in Blend which has three VisualStates. I would like to have the states change from the first to the second state after a delay of a few seconds, second to third after a few more seconds, third to first after another delay, and continue rotating like that. Essentially, this is a very primitive ...
I can see how to apply a text decoration to a GridViewColumn. <GridViewColumn Header="Tool" > <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Entity.ToolId}" TextDecorations="{Binding Path=TextDecoration}" /> </DataTemplate> </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate> </GridViewColumn> But if ...
I have a situation where I want UIElement to have a top margin of ((this.height / 2) - 70) Currently, the XAML property is Margin="0, 40, 0, 0" How can I combine the equation above into my XAML? I know this is probably simple, but I can't figure out what terms to search for. ...
I'd like to remove all the unused styls in order to shirnk the xap file, is there a tool for doing .xap size optimization? ...
I have just started with WPF so am probably missing something simple here. I have a window that I am editing in VS 2010. When I change the XAML by hand and then run the application (F5) the window remains as before my edit, however if I do a rebuild and then run the application my changes show up. Is there any way to get VS to recognise...
Can someone explain this WPF behaviour? <Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"> <Grid> <!-- Rounded mask --> <Border Name="mask" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="Black" CornerRadius="48" Height="400" Width="400" /> <S...
This is a bit of a difficult problem to explain, but I'm hoping it has a reasonably simple resolution. I am writing a Listbox control in XAML and most of the layout for the ListBox.ItemTemplate laid out in a grid is the same throughout the list. However the listbox is a "Problem Resolver" that picks out anomalies in a list of customer o...
Hello! I'm using DataGrid control and I need to hide it. I've tried to use dtgAllAccounts.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed. But this doesn't work. Column headers still visible. Are there any ways to hide entire DataGrid with all column headers? <sdk:DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" HorizontalAlignment="Cente...
In WPF-XAML, determining DataContext at designtime vs runtime. Why do we have to add "d:DataContext" while we already have set the "DataContext" ? Why Microsoft introduced DesignTime attributes (code that we have to add, a little bit complex) when it could already be determined automatically by itself using "DataContext" attribute. The ...
I am trying to control the visibility of a column using a checkbox (this is in WPF 4.0). Here is a snippet of my XAML: <Window.Resources> <BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BoolToVisConverter" /> </Window.Resources> <CheckBox x:Name="GeneralDetailsVisible" Content="General Details" Margin="5"/> <DataGridTextColumn Header="Crew...
I have multiple text boxes on a silverlight page. How can I make one of them active so that I will not have to click it to be able to type into it. ...
How to improve control template for custom numericupdown? <Style TargetType="{x:Type Controls:FloatTextBoxPicker}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBox}}"> <Setter Property="Template"> <Setter.Value> <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Controls:FloatTextBoxPicker}"> <DockPanel LastChildFill="True"> ...
I am writing a "problem resolver" for a despatch app. The despatch app prints labels using a piece of software supplied by the UKs Royal Mail postal service. The software ensures that the addresses on the labels are "correct" as per the Royal mail's database of valid addresses, it renders a trackable code in alphanumeric and barcoded fo...
What's the rationale (if any) of using XamlWriter.Save() to serialize a domain object? Please describe realistic scenarios. Thanks. ...
My scenario: I have in my form a tabControl. I've extended the TabItem control to some other classes that I want to add the TabControl. I need that each one of the ExtendedTabItem have a specific header and data template. Something in the line of: <DataTemplate DataType="ExtendedTabItem"> <StackPanel Height="100" Width="90"> ...