Given an instance of the class ThisClassShouldBeTheDataContext as the Datacontext for the view class ThisClassShouldBeTheDataContext { public Contacts Contacts {get;set;} } class Contacts { public IEnumerable<Person> Persons {get;set;} public Person this[string Name] { get { var p = from i in Persons where i.Name...
<!-- Base color --> <Ellipse Width="24" Height="24" Margin="10"> <Ellipse.Fill> <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin=".5,.8" RadiusX="0.6"> <GradientStop Color="#002255" Offset="1" /> <GradientStop Color="#00eeff" Offset="0" /> </RadialGradientBrush> </Ellipse.Fil...
I create popup menu like this. <DockPanel.ContextMenu> <ContextMenu Background="#CD252220" Opacity="0.95" Foreground="LightGray" BorderBrush="DarkGray"> <MenuItem Header="_Save Image..." x:Name="btSave" IsEnabled="False" Click="btSave_Click" Style="{StaticResource MyStyle}"> <MenuItem.Icon> <Image...
I know that TextBlock can present FlowDocument, for example: <TextBlock Name="txtFont"> <Run Foreground="Maroon" FontFamily="Courier New" FontSize="24">Courier New 24</Run> </TextBlock> I would like to know how to set FlowDocument that is stored in a variable to a TextBlock. I am looking for something like: string text = "<Run F...
Is it possible to convert Xaml into a .Net Compact Framework UI (dll, exe, etc...)? In fact any XML based representation would be nice (QT, GTK, etc...). ...
I have an assembly that defines a UserControl X. Within that assembly, X is composed of subcontrols Y and Z. I would like Y and Z to be marked internal, so that only X is available to users of my assembly. I tried to accomplish this by changing the default public accessibility in the XAML and codebehind classes, writing: <UserControl...
If I zoom large enough in xamlpadx (500%) I see while lines around the inside of the border. In my app this even happens at normal zoom level in some controls. Why is that and more important, what can I do about it? This is my XAML code: <Border Background="#000000" BorderBrush="#000000" BorderThickness="4" CornerRadius="4"> <...
NOTE I have asked the related question: How to combine DataTrigger and Trigger? I think I need to combine an EventTrigger and a DataTrigger to achieve what I'm after: when an item appears in my ListBox, it should flash for a few moments if the item is 'Critical' then it should remain highlighted Currently I have a DataTemplate t...
For an application I'm developing, I have a few nested ItemsControls that are used in the following layout some irrelevant items left out for brevity: ItemsControl (GroupItemsControl) - ItemPanel: StackPanel with vertical orientation - ItemTemplate: ScrollViewer with an ItemsControl (SliceItemsControl) inside - ItemPanel: Canvas* ...
I'm trying real hard to make this short and easy to read. I am creating a custom control that has a DP defined (RandomNumber) in the code-behind. The value of this DP is set from a click event fired by a button in my control. Here is the relevant code for this: public partial class Tester { public int RandomNumber { ge...
How feasible is it(and some guidance) to build a WPF(Silverlight) app in such a way that it can be flipped back and forth from Web to Desktop? Maybe some context is in order. I am a lone developer at a non-profit. I only develop in house apps that have very long life cycles with constant modifications and changes to business rules...
Hi, I have a ListBox containing a set of images in a C# WPF application. When the image enters the image area, that is, on the MouseEnter event, I want the image to grow approx 10 %. This is to notify the user that the mouse pointer is now on a new "clickable" image. Do anyone know how I can accomplish this? Thanx in advance! ...
<UserControl x:Class="FlowItem" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Width="300" Height="300"> <UserControl.Resources> <Style TargetType="Label"> <Style.Setters> <Setter Property="Background" Value="AliceBlue" ></Setter> </...
I have a window with two listboxes both bound to an XMLDataProvider. The SelectedItem property of Listbox1 is two-way-bound to the SelectedItem property of ListBox2. So far so good. ListBox2 contains a Styletrigger which sets IsSelected to true when the mouse hovers over an item. The corresponding item in ListBox1 is selected too becaus...
Hi, I am new to WPF concepts. I want to just display a string in a textbox. I tried the following C# code and XAML to bind a string to a TextBox.Text property. C# code: public partial class Window1 : Window { public int TmpVal; public string TmpStr; public Window1() { TmpVal = 50; TmpStr = "Windows Cr...
In code, I can set a UI element's background property to its default value by setting it to nothing/null, i.e. myControl.Background = Nothing But how do I do this in XAML? In particular, I'm doing this in a Storyboard: <Storyboard> <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" ...
From this earlier question, I learned that I can set a background to its default color in a ColorAnimation with the following: <Storyboard> <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Duration="00:00:02.00" To="{x:Null}" /> </Storyboard> But how do I do this in a key ...
I need to place a ComboBox in a place where I have very limited space. Is there any way to show content for the selected item in the ComboBox that is different than the content that is displayed for the item in the ComboBox's Popup? As an example, Firefox does this with it's Site Search box in the top right of the browser. When you open...
I tried to create my own Border class and then insert it in my controls but then it seems I cannot assign names to everything inside the borders: .. <my:ElementBorder> <StackPanel Name="ifBlock" Background="#E0E8FF" /> </my:ElementBorder> .. How can I get around this? Can I use templating somehow for that? EDIT: Sorry that I...
Hello everyone, I'm starting to study Silverlight 3 and Visual Studio 2008. I've been trying to create Windows sidebar gadget with button controls that look like circles (I have couple of "roundish" png images). The behavior, I want, is the following: when the mouse hovers over the image it gets larger a bit. When we click on it, then i...