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A Toy Tabbed File Explorer for Prototype and MVVM Exercise

by wim4you

This article describes a Tabbed File Explorer with minimal functionality using only basic MVVM techniques and some attached properties. In a first article I described a MVVM Tabbed Navigation Tree, in this article I add a Tabbed Folderplane.

"Avalon" Application Type (By Deployment)

by Its Piyush Gupta

In the Vista world, application type selection is based on security requirement and deployment method but not on user interface requirements. This article describes various application types supported by Avalon sub-system of the Vista operating system.

"smart" WPF text-box with Input Restriction and Validation

by Daniel Brousser

Custom TextBox control for UI input validation

(Hybrid Smart Client) RSS Media Player

by Paul_Wade

A WPF application for viewing RSS video feeds. Built using the MVVM pattern.

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A Toy Tabbed File Explorer for Prototype and MVVM Exercise

by wim4you

"Avalon" Application Type (By Deployment)

by Its Piyush Gupta

"smart" WPF text-box with Input Restriction and Validation

by Daniel Brousser

Custom TextBox control for UI input validation

(Hybrid Smart Client) RSS Media Player

by Paul_Wade

A WPF application for viewing RSS video feeds. Built using the MVVM pattern.

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"smart" WPF text-box with Input Restriction and Validation

by Daniel Brousser

Custom TextBox control for UI input validation

[How to] Listen to your DragEventArgs!

by Dave “DWC” Curry

How to wire up drag+drop events through multiple objects.

[WPF] Screen Cutter

by Louis_Liu

WPF application to capture screen.

7-Segment Time Display Widget in WPF

by Revanth Ramesh

Futuristic Talking 7-Segment Time Display Widget in WPF

A Custom WPF ScrollViewer

by Dirk Bahle

Making better use of the available UI space.

A Desktop App that Works Unchanged for WPF or WinForms

by Erik Nagel

Usable demo demonstrating some aspects of application architecture

A Find and Replace Tool for AvalonEdit

by Bruce Greene

A bare-bones Find and Replace tool for AvalonEdit

A First Impression of a clockwork using Simple Gears

by wim4you

We wanted a first impression of a clockwork using simple gear for visual evaluation. A provisory prototype is made.

A Generic Implementation for ICommand

by Senthilvel Samatharman

This tip provides a simple implementation for the ICommand interface and enables to write quick code leaving the nuances of fetching the return types and asynchrony

A High-Quality IconBitmapEncoder for WPF

by Herbert Lausmann

An IconBitmapEncoder that produces high-quality icons, written in VB.NET and C#, WPF

A Very Simple Example of Data Binding in WPF

by Erol Esen

This is a very simple example of data binding between two controls in WPF.

A WPF CheckBox ListBox

by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a way to display checkboxes for selection of ListBox Items instead of the default highlighting

A WPF StackPanel-Surrogate with Shared-sizing Scope Ability

by Mario Vernari

Here is a simple trick for simulating the shared-sizing feature of the WPF Grid even in a StackPanel fashion.

Accessing image from Resource File in XAML markup

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Accessing image from Resource File in XAML markup

Accessing SSRS Reports from SharePoint Site using C#

by Subodh Raikar

Accessing SSRS Reports from SharePoint Site using C#

Add "Zooming" to a WPF Window or User Control

by MarkLTX

Allow users to "magnify" your WPF application!

Advanced WPF TreeView with Multi-Level Binding (Code Behind - No XAML!)

by Peter Sun (247)

Demonstrate how to create WPF TrewView with multiple levels of HierarchicalDataTemplate from C# code-behind without XAML using MVVM for data binding

Airspace Solution

by Saurabh Singh _

A simple approach to handle Airspace problem

All purpose Boolean to Visibility Converter

by Wayne Gaylard

All purpose Boolean to Visibility Converter

by rhuiden

I would first like to say that I have been through the same situation, but never took the time to develop a more dynamic converter. I like your idea, but don't like the implementation. If I know what I want to happen (when the value is true then make the control hidden), I have to do some mental...

All-Purpose Message Box in WPF

by Joezer BH

Avoiding a cumbersome message box or input box that locks the application in WPF.

Always Trim Hard-Coded Control Name String Before Assignment To Avoid Misleading Compile Error Message

by Ozimandius

aCanvas.Name = "aCanvas ".Trim();

An alternate implementation to Paste data into the WPF DataGrid

by Reto Ravasio

Howto Paste and not make a mess

An Empirical Approach to Data Binding in Universal Windows Applications

by brain2cpu

The way x:Bind is (not) working in universal Windows applications

An Observable Generic Tree Collection

by Yuriy Magurdumov

Simple generic data structure to maintain hierarchical objects

Analyzing HTML Documents with Ease: An Introduction to NSoup and ExCSS

by Farzan Hajian

Analyzing HTML documents using NSoup and ExCSS libraries

Animations made easy in WPF.

by Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore

Animate Controls with ease using the MAnimation class developed by myself and can be used by anyone.

Apply Animation Concurrently on Multiple Controls

by billxie

Advanced technique to apply animation concurrently on multiple controls.

Applying Reusable Read Only Styles for WPF Controls at Application/User Control Level

by Ponkarthikeyan Thangavel

This tip describes about applying reusable read-only styles for WPF controls at Application/User Control level

Asynchronous Programming

by John Pravin

Asynchronous Programming with Task Parallel Library.

Asynchronous SQL Database Wrapper

by Amir Dashti

A simple but powerful class to simplify executing T-SQL commands asynchronously

Attributed RelayCommand

by arpanmukherjee1

RelayCommand.CanExecute in MVVM with attributes not WPF Requery

Auto Sizing WPF GridView Class

by Jeff East

Implements automatic column width sizing based on item contents for ListViews using GridView

Auto Updating the exe from a network location when application starts

by SREENATH GANGA

Auto updating the exe if the latest exe is available in the network share

Automatic Undo/Redo

by Emiliano El Mariachi

Here is a small library to help you have an automatic undo/redo feature without explicit dependency on Undo/Redo system.

AvalonEdit and Spell check

by Chandramouleswaran

Quick hack for spell check with AvalonEdit.

AverageMeter in WPF

by Amin Esmaeily

In this tip, I will explain how to create a simple user control (AverageMeter) using WPF.

Basic MVVM and ICommand Usage Example

by Nomesh G

Setting up basic MVVM in WPF and ICommand usage to allow operations on ViewModel from view.

Behavior and Trigger in WPF/Silverlight

by syncsivakumar

Behaviors and Triggers explained with samples.

Behaviors + MVVM = MVBVM = Make A Clearly Business Logic

by comiscience

Behaviors complete MVVM

Binding a Text to Multiple Sources

by Clifford Nelson

This article presents a way to display a message in a single control with several sources in a priority order

Binding Radio Buttons to a Single Property

by Volodymyr Trubachov

Describes the approach to bind a group of radio buttons to a single property, regardless of the property type (enum, bool, int, string).

Binding to a singleton the elegant way using a custom DataSourceProvider

by Kubajzz

How to turn a static property of any type into a StaticResource

Binding with Properties defined in Code Behind

by Amit_Mittal

An easy way to bind XAML with properties defined in code behind

Binding with Respect to CurrentCulture

by jindrich.babica

Binding with respect to CurrentCulture

Binding WPF TreeView TreeViewNode to Parent ViewModel

by Clifford Nelson

Fairly straight forward way of binding in a HierarchicalDataTemplate or DataTemplate to the parent ViewModel when using the TreeView control.

Blur Effect on Control

by RumataEstorish

Simple code for applying and disabling blur effect on any UIElement

Bool To Content Converter

by Francisco T. Chavez

Bool to content converter

Broadcasting Data using .NET TPL Dataflow

by Thrivikram Hathwar

How to broadcast data using .NET TPL dataflow

Building a C# WPF Twitter Reader with REST API (Now .NET Core 3 Version!)

by Peter Sun (247)

Create a C# WPF app to read Twitter tweets and retweets via REST API with grouping related users / friends by categories. As a bonus, tweets can be saved in Azure / Cloud, and viewed in an Azure website.

Built-in Automatic Sorting for WPF ListView Items

by Dan Maroff

A custom ListView class that uses reflection to sort columns based on the DisplayMemberBinding's bound data type

BusyIndicator with a Cancel-Button

by Aaginor

Add a Cancel-Button to the BusyIndicator (WPF Toolkit)

Button Inside passwordbox like Windows 8 in WPF Usercontrol

by Jagadeeswaran Natarajan

WPF passwordbox usercontrol

Button Tip - IsDefault / IsCancel (and other usability tips)

by _Noctis_

Quick tip for forms/windows/views where save/insert/cancel buttons are used

C# Code Execution Time Compiler - WPF Application

by Rakesh Vemula

A Windows application which processes your code and shows how much time it takes to execute your code.

C# TCP/IP Networking Client/Server Library

by Amir Dashti

A simple but powerful class to simplify packet based networking and client/server programming asynchronously

C# WPF Master-Detail View Navigation: A Data-Driven Approach

by Peter Sun (247)

Master-detail view navigation using manageable data-driven and code-behind techniques

C# WPF WYSIWYG HTML Editor

by Yannick Turbang

HTML WPF editor WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

Calcium SDK: Replace IShell Implementation

by Daniel Vaughan

When using the Calcium SDK[^]to replace the shell implementation entirely with your own implementation, use:void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e){ var container = new UnityContainer(); ServiceLocatorSingleton.Instance.InitializeServiceLocator(container); ...

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

Caller Info Attributes in C# 5.0

by Sagar Sumant

Caller Info attributes in C# 5.0 and their usage

Caret for WPF User Controls

by Kashif_Imran

A simple Caret for WPF User Controls

Change Tracking an ObservableCollection

by Daniel Ziegelmiller

How to track changes in the ObservableCollection displayed in a WPF DataGrid

Change WPF DataGrid Styles in Code Behind

by ferragus

Change WPF DataGrid Styles in code behind

ChatGPT API in C# WPF / XAML / MVVM

by Peter Sun (247)

Implement ChatGPT API in C# WPF with GPT3.5-turbo

CheckBoxList in Wpf With C#

by Amit Sanandiya From Morbi

Display Selected Column Dynamically Using checkBoxList in Wpf With C#

Circular Indeterminate Progressbar

by Mitesh k Prajapati

This is a WPf circular indeterminate progressbar and you can use this in your application for loading processes which are in an indeterminate state.

Closing View from ViewModel

by Fun@learn

Lightweight approach to close view from viewmodel command.

ComboBox ObservableCollection Overkill

by dietmar paul schoder

RibbonComboBox in MVVM/WPF: the easiest way

Compact Audio Player for Language Learning

by Clifford Nelson

A media player application specifically designed to support listening to language learning tracks

Concise PropertyChanged Implementation

by Simon Bridge

Save wear and tear on your keyboard: INotifyPropertyChanged with the fewest key-strokes.

Connect WPF with Wamp Server MySql

by Anis Derbel

The easy way to connect to Mysql using Wamp server on WPF

Control Not Found in Namespace but App Compiles Fine

by #realJSOP

How to fix this ANNOYING problem

Conversion between File, Byte , Stream,BitmapImage and WriteableBitmap

by Anis Derbel

This tip resume the majority types of conversion that we need while developing

Correcting the WPF Spider control thingy

by Fredrik Bornander

This tip corrects my horrible attempt of a Spider Control

Create Animation using Separated Images

by Ruzli999

How to create Animation using separated Images

Create Collection from a DataSet

by Gold$Coin

This tip will help you to create a collection from a DataSet

Creating a Multi-header Column, XamDataPresenter

by Mohit Johri

This tip will help you to display data using XamDataPresenter (or any DataGrid) which will have multi-header column.

Creating an IconBlock in Xaml

by Lance Contreras

Create an easily resusable IconBlock (TextBlock that display's an icon)

Creating Custom WPF Derived Control with Attached XAML File

by Clifford Nelson

A way to create a custom derived control with the XAML file attached like a UserControl

Creating Custom WPF Icon Button

by Omnia Hussain

A walk-through for creating a custom WPF button that contains both icon and text

Creating Metro (Windows 8) Loading Animation Using XAML

by AesopTurtle

Mimic a loading animation as seen in Windows 8 using pure XAML.

CSS in WPF

by Ilija Poznić

Adding class selector to WPF

Custom Calendar Style WPF

by Shailendra Singh Deol

Customize default style of calendar in WPF

Custom Datepicker Style WPF

by Shailendra Singh Deol

Customize datepicker style in WPF

Custom Expander Control for WPF

by shahidul.haq

A WPF custom control for grouping data similar to build-in expander

Custom ShowDialog() method for WPF

by Renat Khabibulin

Custom ShowDialog() method for WPF

Custom Text Wrapping in WPF TextBlocks

by Opata Chibueze

This tip demonstrates how to wrap text in WPF - similar to using &shy or <wbr. in html

Custom ToggleButton with Popup

by David Fine

Using Attached DependencyProperty to prevent closing of Popup embedded in ToggleButton

Custom WPF ListBox with Banding and Coloring in Code

by RickZeeland

Creating a custom ListBox by overriding the PrepareContainerForItemOverride() method of the ListBox with a custom routine.

Custom WPF TextBox Style

by John_Smith78

TextBox Style which resembles the Twitter's text field.

Customize Window System Menu in WPF

by Jawahar Suresh Babu

The article describes how to customize default System Menu in WPF

Data binding in WPF DataGrid control using SQL Server database

by Deepak_Sharma_

In this article I will explain how to display data from a SQL Server database table in a WPF DataGrid control

Data Table, Cells And Rows Merging Control (XTable)

by Henka.Programmer

WPF Control allows to create complex data table with cell merging, columns merging, complex columns and rows merging

Data validation in WPF

by DonWim

how to implement data validation via regular expressions in a WPF application

Data Virtualization using DataGrid

by Carsten Breum

Data Virtualization example with a pagesize and async data request

Database Object Model

by databaseobjectmodel

A Sample ORM project

Databinding Examples in WPF for VB.NET

by The Myth

Databinding examples in WPF for VB.NET.

Debugging Trick in XAML DataBinding

by Venkatesh Mookkan

Debugging XAML DataBinding

Defer Any Algorithm

by Aaron Amberman

Defer algorithms to run once within a given time span

Designer Debugging in WinRT

by Vinoth Kumar J

Designer debugging in WinRT

Detect Design Time Mode in WPF

by Daniel Vaughan

In order to detect whether your application is executing as a result of being in a designer use the GetIsInDesignMode method of DesignerProperties as the following demonstrate.C#bool designTime = System.ComponentModel.DesignerProperties.GetIsInDesignMode( new...

Developing WPF Applications to Choose Best FontFamily and Display String (Text) for UI Elements

by Punamchand Dhuppad

In this tip we will talk about how to apply the same font style to TextBlock and Glyphs controls from code-behind.

Difference Between Grid and StackPanel

by Umer Qureshi

A tip explaining the difference between Stackpanel and a Grid layout in WPF

Different ways to bind a data in Codebind from XAML

by Venkatesh Mookkan

Databinding Concept in WPF

Disabling ComboboxItem in ComboBox Control using Converter

by AnthonyMG

WPF ComboBoxItem disabling

Display 3D Model using Window Presentation Foundation

by giaosucan

Introduce the simple way to display 3D Model in your window application

Displaying a Custom Dialog in WPF Before the Main Application Window is Shown

by Daniel Vaughan

In a WPF application, the first window opened is deemed to be the main window. In order to prevent an application from closing when an initial dialog is closed, use the Application.Current.ShutdownMode property as demonstrated in the following example:protected override void...

Displaying Busy Control in WPF using MVVM

by Fitim Skenderi

Displaying an adorner that contains a control on top of another control in WPF

Don’t Move or I Will Shoot Your Bindings

by Ivan Krivyakov

How WPF binding systems sometimes fail silently.

Drag and Drop WPF Controls

by Amin Esmaeily

This tip is about how to make our WPF controls moveable at runtime

Draggable Popup

by Clifford Nelson

This is a simple popup that includes drag capability. The code should be helpful to anyone looking to create a control drag capability.

DragSource - A WPF drag and drop helper

by JO Hyeong-Ryeol

Introduces the DragSource class in the Nicenis project.

Dynamic TabControl - TabItems

by kribo

Dynamic TabItems

dynamic WPF theme by zip

by Yesy

dynamic WPF theme by zip

Dynamically Displaying Large Text on Mouse Hover in WPF Applications

by rohini.chiniwal

This tip defines a way to make a TextBlock trimming and display the whole text on mouse hover with animation effect.

Dynamically Generating Context Menu Items

by Mayur Shah

Article describes how to dynamically generate Context Menu Items, requiring separate templates based on items on the collection

Dynamically Generating Forms in WPF and Silverlight

by Sujeet Bhujbal

Article on dynamically generating Forms in WPF and Silverlight.

Editable TimeSpan

by Lutosław

A TimeSpan wrapper class which uses a System.TimeSpan as a backing field.

Editable WPF Label Custom User Control

by StormyDev

Simple and clean-cut label that user can edit text of during run-time (by double-clicking) which I wrote because the examples I found were either obsolete or added clutter to the interface.

Embedding Chrome in a WPF VB.NET Application using CEFSharp

by The Myth

Embedding Chrome in a WPF VB.NET application using CEFSharp

EmptyDataTemplate for WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

by Ajit_Pudale

Tip to add EmptyDataTemplate in WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

Ensure visibility of your windows when switching computerscreens

by ola halvorsen

When going from a multimonitor environment to a single monitor, windows get stuck on the other screens

Ensure visibility of your windows when switching computerscreens

by Pat FitzHenry

If you have a window off-screen, type alt-space, and the letter m. Left click the mouse. Then continually press the left mouse key while scrolling the mouse around until the window comes into view. Click anywhere on screen off the window to drop the window. This should work for programs where...

Ensure visibility of your windows when switching computerscreens

by MartinW1307

I have for years used the follow to fetch a window to a visible screen.1. Right click the window on the taskbar and select 'Move' (or use the keystrokes Alt-Space, M)2. Move the mouse a bit3. Press "left arrow"4. Move the mouse around - you will see the window outline ;) 5. left click...

Ensure visibility of your windows when switching computerscreens

by Luc Schenkeveld

Alternate 3Right click on the taskbar and use "Show Windows Side by Side"

Enum to ComboBox binding

by Jawahar Suresh Babu

This tip gives a simple way to bind enum values into a ComboBox that could be reused in different applications.

Executing AS400 Commands Programmatically using WPF and C#

by K Barakathulla Khan

Programmatically connecting to AS400 and executing commands

Expander Control with On/Off Content using RadioButton Control

by Clifford Nelson

This is a control that is like a Expander Control but there is both Expanded and not Expanded Content. It demonstrates some concepts on how to easily create controls whose functionality can be mostly implemented in the XAML with the code behind being mostly DependencyProperty definitions.

Expanding a TreeView to a specific node in WPF

by Mohammad Dayyan

Sometimes ago , Ive been looking for a method to expand a TreeView to a specific node in WPF.I couldn't find anything useful and eventually I have written my own :/// /// Expand a TreeView to a specific node/// /// Searching will begin...

Exploring Signal-R to make WPF Application Interactive

by Pusparag Subudhi

A WPF application can be made more interactive and deployment friendly by using SignalR to our advantage. This is Part 1 showing how SignalR can be implemented in a WPF application for two-way communication and synchronization.

Exposing DataContext For Automation

by Andrew Rissing

Using an attached behavior to expose the value of a DataContext for Automation

Fancy Busy Handling with IDisposable and IProgress

by Thomas Mahlberg

This tip describes how to handle BusyIndication and progress report in an MVVM project for several scenarios.

Fast Prime Factoring Algorithm

by DrABELL

Serial and Parallel implementation of efficient Prime Factoriing algorithms

Fighting databinding issues

by Shweta Lodha

How to troubleshoot data binding

File Pickers in Windows 8

by k.Prathap

this will shows the File pickers in windows 8

Filtered DropDown ComboBox

by Clifford Nelson

A rather quick and dirty way of creating a filtered combo box in WPF.

Find Duplicate Files and Delete Them

by AmitGajjar

Application for seaching similar kinds of files in different folders.

FireBug like debugging tool for WPF

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

FireBug like tool for WPF

FireBug like debugging tool for WPF

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

I found a better alternative of snoop... WPF Inspector! http://wpfinspector.codeplex.com/[^]

Flexible WPF XAML ToggleButton/RadioButton/CheckBox reset behavior

by Clifford Nelson

This is a behavior that that will reset ToggleButton derived controls to false (or a specified default value) when the container's visibility becomes false.

Flexibly use vector icons in WPF without other class library

by Little Carl

This article gives you a choice on using the vector icons (such as the icons from icomoon.io,etc) in WPF without other class library

Formating XAML for Readability

by webmaster442

How to format your XAML documents for effective version handling & maximum maintainability

Formatting Strings in Binding

by Shweta Lodha

How to format strings in binding

Freeze brushes directly in the XAML to improve your application's performances

by jmix90

When you read the MSDN guidelines to improce WPF's performances you can find that it's a good idea to freeze Freezable objects.It's a quite easy thing to do via the code but it's quite harder to do it directly in the XAML. In this post we will see how to do so.What are freezable...

Full Service SQLite for WPF (Including File Handling)

by ergohack

System.Data.SQLite is great, but was missing some BLOB support. Switching to the native source project was easier than expected and provided significant functionality benefits.

Generating Breakpoints

by Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

How to generate breakpoints

Generative Art I

by dietmar schoder

Turtle graphics: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art II

by dietmar schoder

Read and analyse pixels: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art V: Merge Pixels Like Warhol

by dietmar schoder

Merge pixels of two images into one new pop artwork

Generic MVVM Data Exchange between Model and ViewModel

by #realJSOP

Make data exchange in MVVM easy on yourself

Getting Started with MahApps.Metro

by Mark Heath

Learn how to get started with MahApps.Metro, an open source library for giving your WPF applications a modern look and feel.

Getting the Version of an Assembly embedded as a WPF resource.

by fjparisIII

I have an assembly embedded as a resource in my application. I had the need to get the System.Version of that assembly. I figured that should be easy but off the top of my head I didn't know the series of calls needed to accomplish this. So I decided to sit down and walk through the problem....

GIF Animation in WPF

by Jawahar Suresh Babu

A library which provides an option to play animated Sprite sheets.

Global Hotkeys in WPF

by Henning Dieterichs

This tip shows how to register System-Global hotkeys in WPF applications.

Global Hotkeys in WPF

by Zac Bergquist

If you're truly targeting WPF, why not eliminate the dependency on WinForms and use System.Windows.Input.Key instead?

Globalization in WPF

by Vipul Bhatnagar

Create a multilingual application WPF

Gmail-style Emails Input Control using WPF C#, with Validation

by Tkach Aleksey

WPF Gmail-style emails input control using C#, with email validation

Grid Row Visibility Change

by K K Srinivasan

This tip is to give simple idea about changing the visibility of Grid's Row.

Grid/Canvas Lined and Squared

by dietmar paul schoder

How to produce a dynamic lined or squared background on a canvas/grid

Grouping based on two or more properties

by VallarasuS

Custom ICollection View to group items based on two or more properties in same level

Handling Events in WPF in an Easy and Short Hand Way

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This tip is for WPF developers, understanding the usage of lambda expressions for handling the events instead of markup based or function based event handlers.

Handling UI Control's Events in ViewModel

by Shweta Lodha

This tip will talk about how to handle events associated with UI controls in MVVM structure.

Handling Windows in WPF Applications

by Vladimir Yusim

Presents a library which allows to open and handle dialogs in MVVM manner.

HandOffBehavior for Smooth Animation in WPF

by Abhishek Sur

When animation is not totally complete, default animation behavior might produce jurky animation. Here is a demo how you could make it smoother.

Hanoi Tower

by ryowu

A full functional Hanoi Tower game base on WPF

Header Style Combo Box Drop Down Filter Button

by Codes Of Shadows

Header Style Combo Box Drop Down Filter Button

Helper for Extracting Control Template

by Cuba Cubicula

Attached behavior that saves control's template in a file as XAML

Hide Report Group Tree in WPF

by Kanwal Shehzad

Hiding ReportGroupTree in WPF is a little bit tricky, as there is no simple property or method to do this.

Hide Report Group Tree in WPF

by Amey1202

In WPF, just set the ToolPanelView property of CrystalReportViewer to None. That is enough.

Hide Report Group Tree in WPF

by Colin3

Using the SAPBusinessObjects.WPF.Viewer.dll, the property ShowGroupTree is not available.To Hide the GroupTree as a default, set the property .ToggleSidePanel to SAPBusinessObjects.WPF.Viewer.Constants.SidePanelKind.None.e.g.With _viewer .IsEnabled = True ...

Highlight dates on a WPF Calendar

by Lars Pehrsson

Highligting and marking indvidual dates in a WPF Calendar

Highlight ListView items

by Nadege Rouelle

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

by El_Codero

Host Windows Form Controls in WPF

by GPUToaster™

Include Windows Form Controls in WPF

Hosting EXE Applications in a WPF Window Application

by Erxin

Introduce a simple way to embed an EXE into a WPF window application.

How Do I Make a textbox Class Which Only Takes Numeric Data in WPF Application

by turanian

Making a TextBoxClass allows only numeric data

How to "Rotate" a WPF Window?

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In response to an interesting Quick Questions & Answers Inquirer's request, I'm showing how to create an impression of window rotation in a simple way

How to Add Columns to a DataGrid through Binding and Map Its Cell Values

by Lance Contreras

How to add columns to a DataGrid through binding and map its cell values

How to animate vertical centering of a Silverlight 4 Toolkit Expander within a ScrollViewer

by fjparisIII

Cannot use Storyboard because ScrollView.VerticalOffset property is read-only. Must use old fashioned DispatchTimer.

How to animate vertical scrolling of a Silverlight ScrollViewer a "page" at a time

by fjparisIII

Cannot use Storyboard because ScrollView.VerticalOffset property is read-only. Must use old fashioned DispatchTimer.

How to apply many Tags for a Control using C#

by Shahin Khorshidnia

Tag is a useful property, but when you need more than a Tag, what will you plan for it?

How to Auto-generate Multiple Custom Columns in a WPF DataGrid for Same Type Properties

by Vassili Kravtchenko-Berejnoi

A generic workaround for auto-generating multiple custom columns in a WPF DataGrid in case where the data class has multiple properties of the same type

How to Bind an Adorner to an Element?

by venugopalm

Binding an Adorner to an Element

How to Control TP-Link Smart Plug HS1XX

by Alberto M.

How to control TP-Link Smart Plug (HS100 or HS110) with C#

How to Debug the Design Time Errors in WPF XAML File?

by Manish Dubeyy

How to debug the design time errors in WPF XAML file?

How to Easily Insert A New Row (on Top) in WPF (VS & Sublime)

by _Noctis_

How to use Sublime text editor to help with your VS development

How to Easily Write a User's Guide for Your Application using Different File Extensions

by Vladan.Obradovic

How to easily write a user's guide for your application using different file extensions

How to Find Controls by XY Positions in WPF to Solve a Problem issuing in Touch Events

by Bloody Chicken

Find controls by XY Positions to solve a problem issuing in Touch Events in WPF

How to hide automaticaly columns in datagrid

by KADJINA Toyi

This sample is about hiding automatically datagrid columns when all rows of this column are empty.NB: The following code is for silerlight 5 and can be readapt for WPF

How to hook up a ViewModel to a window using an attached property

by Morten Nilsen

Shows you how you can attach a viewmodel to your WPF window using attached properties, rather than setting the DataContext to a static resource or in code-behind

How to hook up a ViewModel to a window using an attached property

by Morten Nilsen

I also have implemented a MarkupExtension to set the DataContext, which looks like this:[MarkupExtensionReturnType(typeof(ApplicationControllerBase))]public class ApplicationDataContext : MarkupExtension{ private Type dataContextType; public ApplicationDataContext(Type...

How To Implement a Mask for a Text Box in W.P.F.

by ryanba29

I needed a simple way to implement a masked text box for various uses, including phone numbers and S.S.N. After looking around, I found only 3rd party and overly complex solutions.

How to Localize WPF pages

by |\/|ax

How to make any UI element drag-able using Behaviors in WPF

by Ahmed_Said

How to make Button enabled/disabled depending on the TextBox Text property

by nit_singh

Keep button inactive until a TextBox has a value, using WPF

How to merge datacells in WPF DataGridView

by Raman Midha

How to merge datacells in WPF DataGridView.

How to Mock Visual Studio Generated Web Services Using Moq?

by Ziv Nitzan

This post will show a few different ways to stub the Visual Studio generated web service reference

How to Open a Place in Google Maps Without a Dev. Key

by ryanba29

I am going to demonstrate how to convert an address to a latitude and longitude using Google Maps Geocode. Then take the latitude and longitude and build a Uri that opens that place in Google Maps.

How to Parse HTML using C#

by Anis Derbel

Get information of any website you want

How to Remove the Close Button from a WPF ToolWindow

by Matthew Givens

This tip shows how to remove the close window from a WPF ToolWindow, so that exiting the window can be tightly controlled.

How to Save and Retrieve Picture in Format JSON

by Anis Derbel

We always wonder how we can store pictures in database

How to simplify coding DependencyProperty in WPF and Silverlight

by DawningTiger

Simplify Coding DependencyProperty

How to simplify coding DependencyProperty in WPF and Silverlight

by ekolis

Visual Studio already has built-in "code snippets" to handle this; type "propdp" and hit tab. For some reason this doesn't work in Silverlight projects, but you can get around this by copying the snippet from a WPF project into the Silverlight snippets list.

How to suppress the System.Windows.Data Error warning message

by venugopalm

Suppress the System.Windows.Data Error warning message in Library

How To Use BackgroundWorker in C#

by tpatel1

Basic implementation of background worker implementation

Human perception of color tone per bit

by Eric Ouellet

Demonstrate that human perception is not really able to show the difference between 2 colors when there is only one bit change on a RBG monitor with 8 bit color per channel.

ICommand convinient implementation for MVVM pattern

by Evgeny Bestfator

Implementation if ICommand is trivial, but it is poor by its nature. We can not get Picture or Text or Disabled properties from usual ICommand implementation. But we can make a trik and have all information about command in a single object and use this information on as many command elements as we w

Icon Pro - Create icons for Windows Desktop

by Herbert Lausmann

Icon Pro - A C# + WPF open source tool for creating windows icons from PNG images or SVG vectors

Image that is grayed when disabled, for use in buttons, etc.

by Thomas Willwacher

AutoGrayImage: An image class that changes to grayscale when it becomes disabled.

ImageWallViewer

by wim4you

Show UniformGrid and scroll through a few thousand images, UI virtualization

Implementing Dynamic Menus with C# and Reflection

by oppassum

Basic article to describe how to use Reflection for dynamically loading commands/etc

Implementing the Aero Theme in XP

by Anshul R

Controls will have the Aero Theme (WPF)

Implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged interface with the WatchableObject.

by JO Hyeong-Ryeol

An introduction to the WatchableObject that is a base class to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.

Implementing Unity's Coroutines on Winforms and WPF Applications

by Nick Tziamihas

In this article, we show how you can execute asynchronous code on the main thread without async, by replicating Unity's coroutine framework.

Implementing Validation using IDataErrorInfo Interface in WPF Application

by SujayC

This tip demonstrates how easy it is to implement validations in your WPF Application based on MVVM pattern.

Improved WPF MenuItem Template

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Improvements used to fix an annoying WPF MenuItem defect related to icons

Improving the drag and drop behaviour of WPF datagrid

by Vasudevan Kannan

Change the visual feed back when dragging a non freezable column in to frozen column or Vice versa

Increase Performances when Using D3DImage in WPF

by jmix90

Increase Performances when Using D3DImage in WPF

InputBinding for WPF and Silverlight with MVVM

by Abhishek Sur

WPF inputbindings to bind your key and mouse events directly with your ViewModels

by Sam Ma, Xi'an

This tip describes how to integrate Modern UI with OSGi.NET.

IValueConverter Example and Usage in WPF

by Nomesh G

Implementation and usuage of ValueConverter.

IValueConverter to Determine if Collection has Items

by Clifford Nelson

Sometimes want to have some action in a View when there are no items or are items in a collection. It is very easy to do this with a converter and binding to the Collection's Count property

Kinect for Windows: Find User Height Accurately

by Vangos Pterneas

Kinect for Windows - find user height accurately

Kinect status and setup the Kinect for interaction

by Pankaj Deharia Ignatiuz

Kinect for windows status and setup the Kinect for interaction

Kruskal Algorithm in C#

by nileshwar shukla

Applying Minimum Spanning Tree using Kruskal in Graphs

Last Resort WPF Focus Solution

by Clifford Nelson

If you are having issues with getting the WPF Focus() method working, then maybe all you need to do is add a delay on the Initialized event before setting the focus. This solution is a nice demonstration of the features of TPL, and how easy TPL can make doing asynchronous programming in the UI.

Learning WPF by Playing League of Legends? Well... It's Possible :)

by Alojzy Leszcz

I've had enough reading WPF tutorials and wanted to test learned skills in a real-life application. As I've always had problems with memorizing LoL items, I thought I could do something about this and kill two birds with a one stone.

LinesGrid control - An easy way to draw a grid in WPF

by maximaximum

The article describes how to draw a grid of vertical and horizontal lines in WPF.

List Only Files Created or Modified Yesterday in C#

by OriginalGriff

This is an alternative for "List Only Files Created or Modified Yesterday in C#"

ListBox and Panels in WPF

by _Noctis_

This tip shows the different results of using a ListBox in different panels, and the effects on scrolling.

ListView with Footer

by MikeLamb1

A listview control with footer.

Load external images in WPF via XAML ?

by Mohammad Dayyan

Sometimes we need to show an external image directly in WPF.Assume we have a folder that is named images beside of our main's WPF exe file. There is an image in this folder that's named sample.png.Now with the following XAML code, we can show it in WPF directly:<Image...

Load same assemblies with different versions

by David Bekham

Load different version of same assemblies in the wpf application

Load the same assembly with different versions

by David Bekham

Load different version of same assemblies in the wpf application

Load XAML Dynamically and Find Specified Control Using Name And Show Image, Play Video, and YouTube In WPF

by Bloody Chicken

Load XAML, find control, and play Youtube video automatically

Loading and Unloading UserControls

by kribo

Loading and unloading ChildUserControl instances at Runtime

MahApps.Metro Flyouts with PRISM Library

by FurqanSafdar

This tip and trick describes a way to make MahApps.Metro Flyouts work with a modular application sample in Prism Library.

Make OnPropertyChanged events safe for refactoring

by Jeremy Hutchinson

Use OnPropertyChanged events without Magic Strings

Make OnPropertyChanged events safe for refactoring

by brad.ford@cudl.com

Be aware: expressions take a LOT of time to evaluate (relative to a constant string), and will make writing values to properties slow.I think that the solution is to a problem that has limited risk. What I mean is if you need to rename a property, then the call to the OnPropertyChange is...

Making a simple RadioList with CheckBoxes

by Adrian Calinciuc

How to make/use a simple RadioList displaying an "n" state value with checkboxes.

Managing Multiple AWS EC2 accounts from a PC

by Stiv Ostenberg

Introducing a tool to manage multiple AWS accounts from a PC.

Markup Extension for Generic classes

by Mayur Shah

Markup Extension that allows you to declare Generic classes in Xaml

Markup Extension for Generic Classes

by Richard Deeming

This is an alternative for "Markup Extension for Generic classes"

Master page in WPF?

by Pierre Leclercq

How to implement the master page pattern in WPF?

MediaPlayer in WPF

by josh-jw

This tip will give you a better idea about creating a custom media player in WPF.

MessageBox Problem with Large Strings

by Wendelius

When a string longer that 65536 is shown using a message box, the result might be unexpected.

Microsoft Office Addins (Outlook & Project) for YouTrack

by Stephan Ehret

Create YouTrack issues from Outlook and manage your issues from Microsoft Project

Microsoft WPF - Silverlight Comparision

by kvreddy

Microsoft WPF vs. Silverlight, a comparision

Mixing WinForm ListView with WPF

by Jalapeno Bob

Grouping and sorting in a WinForm listview fails in a WPF application unless Visual Styles are enabled.

Modifying the Date Attributes of a File

by d.moncada

Change the accessed, modified, and created date attributes of a file

Mouse Event Commands for MVVM

by Matthew Searles

Use an Attached Property to execute an ICommand.

Move Thumb with Rainbow Grid Adorner.

by Kei Okuma

I made Adorner which displayed Rainbow color Grid in Canvas.

MPP Viewer

by Vivek Krishnamurthy

MPP Viewer is a simple viewer for Microsoft Project files. I works well with 2000/2003/2007 file formats.

Multi selection TreeView in WPF... the easy way.

by Nicolas Dorier

Want to use multi selection in WPF TreeView ? <Setter Property="BorderBrush"...

Multicultural Code in VB.net and WPF

by Shabra

How to use Resx files to internationalize your code

Multilanguage Switcher from File WPF

by carcabot

Multi Language Switcher Dynamically written in WPF VB.NET using XMLDataProvider

Multiple Animations in WPF

by lally727

Running multiple animations in one WPF XAML

MVVM - Invoke call from ViewModel in the View Domain

by wim4you

Highlights some code from "VERY Easy MVVM "MVVMExtraLite" (MVVMXL) - Free and tiny source code" from XAML guy that I found simple and useful.

MVVM Auto ViewModelLocator

by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

Faster and easy way for generated ViewModel class

MVVM Friendly DataTemplate switching

by Pete O'Hanlon

Switching data templates entirely in XAML.

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

by NobsterTheLobster

Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control

Non Rectangular simple splash screen WPF

by choudhary.sumit

A WPF sample, edit and make your own splash

Non-resizable columns in GridViewHeaderRowPresenter

by azweepay

Create a GridViewColumnCollection with resizable and non-resizable columns

Number Only Behavior for WPF

by Clifford Nelson

Presents a behavior to prevent entry of anything but digits into a control

ObservableDictionary!

by #realJSOP

In WPF/Silverlight, you might want to bind to a dictionary. Here's a couple of websites I found.

ObservableLinq

by Csaba Fábián

An open source library of Linq operators on ObservableCollection

Open Chat using Azure and Windows RT

by Houssem_Dellai

Developing the client and server side for a chat application.

Organise/Launch Items in a Tabbed Circular 2D Canvas

by wim4you

DeskTopCircles, hands-on experiment to Organise/Launch a larger number of items in a tabbed circular 2D canvas. Resize thumbs when dragging.

Parsing/Reading XML from URL in VB.NET

by Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore

This tip contains easy steps to extract XML data from URLs in VB.NET

Part 2 of German Cards Game 'Schafkopf'

by Jo_vb.net

Part 2 of my article about 'Schafkopf' introduces Automated Bidding

Passing Command Parameter for Buttons within an ItemTemplate using MVVM Pattern in a WPF Application

by Punamchand Dhuppad

Passing a Command Parameter for Buttons within an ItemTemplate using the MVVM Pattern in a WPF application.

Passing Cookie Value from webbrowser Control to webclient in an Authenticated Environment

by selvaprakash.s

This tip will demonstrate how cookies are passed from one control to another control in C# .NET in authenticated webpage.

Passing Custom-Properties into Styled/Templated Control with triggers

by ntg123

Simple way to pass custom(Attached) properties into a style-based control-template with triggers

Passing events from child to parent control's built in handler in WPF

by XiaoChuan Yu

Small sample code to show how to force a parent control to handle an event that was consumed by a child control.

Passing events from child to parent control's built in handler in WPF

by GATzilla

In WPF, you can use the method UIElement.AddHandler(RoutedEvent, Delegate, Boolean) to specify that the UIElement should receive all events, including those that have been handled. Just subscribe your ListBox to the MouseDown event this way (you might do this in your custom control's...

Passing parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync in SharePoint

by shahed.sohail

Passing Parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync.

Plug-in Architecture To Work for Multiple Platforms/Techs

by Reader Man San

Plug-in Architecture To Work in WinForms MVC + WPF MVVM + ASP.NET MVC + Mobile (Xamarin MVC/PhoneGap MVC) + Win 10 Universal App MVC

Popup in WPF

by Nivedita Parihar

Use of popup of WPF to use as a selection menu

Popup MessageBox Using Silverlight4.0

by pritam40

Simple but presentable message boxes for Silverlight developers. Designed for ease of integration with existing projects.

Preserving ClearText when using drop shadows

by Niel M.Thomas

A tip to keep your text crisp and clear.

Prevent WPF DataGrid Auto-scrolling Due to Clicking in a Wide Column

by Charles Jenkins

In full-row selection mode, the WPF DataGrid wants to scroll horizontally when a user clicks on a cell which extends offscreen. This sample project shows one way to prevent it.

PropertyObservable - A base class for the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.

by JO Hyeong-Ryeol

An introduction to the PropertyObservable that is a base class to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.

Quick Introduction to DatePicker, Tricks and MVVM Thoughts

by _Noctis_

Showing how to use and tweak the DateTimePicker control

Quick-and-Dirty Deployment of Apps

by B. Clay Shannon

Simply, quickly, and freely make your apps available to the public

Reference members of a StaticResource

by Thomas Willwacher

A static resource with a Path property. For example, it can be used to redirect command handling to a resource object.

Referenced assembly does not have a strong name

by Hiren Khirsaria

How to give a strong name to your assembly

Region Adapters for Infragitics

by db7uk

Region adapters in VB.NET

Remove border from right and bottom of WPF full-screen window

by jmix90

Creating a full-screen window in WPF is quite simple, set WindowState to Maximized and WindowStyle to None. However, a border is still visible on the bottom and on the right sides. In this post we'll discover how to remove it.

Remove border from right and bottom of WPF full-screen window

by Anton Lesnichenko

Add AllowsTransparency="True" and there will not be a border.

Rendering Color/Depth Stream using Intel Perceptual Computing in WPF

by naren1991

Rendering PXCMImage to Image control in WPF

Reorder DataGrid/ListBox Items with Drag and Drop Wpf

by Anis Derbel

The easy way to Reorder your DataGrid/ListBox with Drag and Drop

Restrict a textbox to allow decimal upto two places

by Dipti Dutta

KeyDown event handler to restrict numbers to two decimal places.

Restricting WPF applications to be operate in two window sizes

by Hamid Shahid Aijazi

Demonstrates how to restrict your WPF application to a specific window size while keeping it maximizable.

Reusable WPF RadioButton Control (Data Binding to enum)

by alexbk66

Reusable WPF RadioButton control which takes the pain away

Rewriting "Rewriting XML Files"

by sbarnes

Sometimes better isn't, necessarily

Rewriting XML Files

by sbarnes

Rewriting and restoring XML files (streams) with two helper classes

Ribbon (WPF) - RibbonComboBox

by kribo

Ribbon (WPF) - ribbon:RibbonComboBox

Row Highlighting in WPF Grids

by Markus Wallner-Novak

Short example of highlighting a grid row on textbox got focus

Safe WPF Battery Charger

by Tesfamichael G.

Program that notifies if battery is overcharging

Save and Load a DataGrid's Columns Graphical Properties in WPF

by Emiliano Musso

How to save DataGrid column's properties for further re-use

Scroll Synchronization

by immortalus

This is an alternative for "Scroll Synchronization"

Scrollable Disabled ListBox in WPF

by Rahul P Nath

Many of you developing applications in WPF might have had the need to keep a ListBox disabled yet scroll it so that you can see the items in it. Say, in case you want to show the details to the user who can just view the details presented and not edit it, and some of the details might happen to...

SelectedItems Behavior for ListBox and MultiSelector

by Clifford Nelson

A behavior that allows the developer to bind an IList to SelectedItems of a ListBox or MultiSelector.

SelectedItems Behavior for ListBox and MultiSelector

by Mr.PoorEnglish

This is an alternative for "SelectedItems Behavior for ListBox and MultiSelector"

Self Evaluating Command for MVVM Pattern

by Matej Pavlů

ActionCommand variant that tracks changes of properties and raises CanExecuteChange event on its own.

Self-Cleanable Collection and Self-Cleanable Event

by Vassili Kravtchenko-Berejnoi

Use of System.WeakReference for self-cleanable registration of (short-life) objects

Serializable ObservableCollection alternative

by Liero_

Serializable implementation of ICollectionChanged with the same methods and properties as System.Collections.Generic.List

Serializable ObservableCollection alternative

by Liero_

I promised an alternative, so here is a good starting point:http://www.deanchalk.me.uk/post/Thread-Safe-Dispatcher-Safe-Observable-Collection-for-WPF.aspx It is custom implementation of INotifyCollectionChanged. As a bonus, it is thread-safe. :) For serialization support, you have to...

Serialize DependencyObject : it's easy !

by jmix90

You often read on the web that the DependencyObjects are not marked as serializable and that this is a major drawback of them...But there is a easy way to perform a serialization of these object : use XAMLWriter and XAMLReader :public class MyDependencyObject : DependencyObject{public...

Service Locator Pattern

by Gautham Prabhu K

Creating and using Service Locator pattern

Set Owner of a WPF Window to a Form

by Akos Orban

Set Owner of a WPF Window to a Form

Setting Focus to a Control inside a usercontrol in WPF

by Johnny J.

Workaround for a bug concerning focus of child controls inside WPF UserControl

Setting non-numeric grid row/column sizes in WPF/Silverlight

by #realJSOP

Programatically set grid row/column sizes (yes, even "Auto", "*", and "X*" - thanks Nish).

Setting non-numeric grid row/column sizes in WPF/Silverlight

by Nish Nishant

John, here's a simpler way to do this. This will also handle strings like "3*" which are valid grid length values in Xaml.private RowDefinition MakeRowDefinition(string height){ RowDefinition rowDef = new RowDefinition(); GridLengthConverter converter = new...

Settings a TreeViewItem as not selectable

by Shahare

Settings a TreeViewItem as not selectable.

Shapes and Custom Drawing in WPF/Silverlight

by Sujeet Bhujbal

In this article I will tell you how to create shapes and create custom drawings using the Path property.

Sharing size between different controls

by Reinhard Ostermeier

This article introduces a simple control which allows to share height and/or width between multiple instances of it.

Shortcut to generate different property snippets in Visual Studio

by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Shortcut to generate different property snippets in Visual Studio

by cechode

I ended up adding one for a Lazy Property: propLazy ...

Show Gridlines on canvas , With Size Slider ,WPF

by Praveen_Kumar Gupta

with the help of this article developer can add gridlines on canvas , and with slider control resize them easily

Show() or Activate() a WPF window at the current mouse position

by SvenMe

Using the Win32 API to place a WPF window on the currently active screen.

Show/Hide Windows the MVVM way

by Super Lloyd

Solution to the problem on how to databind Windows visibility to ViewModels

Simple Behavior to Allow Zooming and Dragging a Contained Control

by Clifford Nelson

This is a simple behavior that can be attached to a ContentControl and allows zooming and dragging the Content.

Simple EventAggregator in WPF PRISM 4

by Efe Erdoğru

An implementation of Event Aggregator in WPF MVVM PRISM 4

Simple FTP Uploader Using Zip File For Software Update

by Bloody Chicken

This program is designed to upload an XML file and a zip file automatically created to your FTP server. It can be used for software update.

Simple Image Button in Silverlight

by Srinivasan Raj

Simple Image Button

Simple Side By Side Migration Project Template for WPF .NET Core 3.1

by MarkWardell

An aid to Port WPF Framework Applications to .NET Core 3.1

Simple Usage of Bitmaps in WPF XAML

by Evgeny Bestfator

Usage of non vector graphics in WPF application is too complicated by default, I will show how it can be simple and convenient.

Simple Validation in WPF

by Gerald Gomes

A very simple example of displaying validation error next to controls in WPF

Simple Way to Bind an Image Class as Source to Image Control

by Shahare

Directly bind an Image as Image control source

Simple Way to Make an Interactive File Browser with WPF

by DenisovJr.

Easy method in WPF to make an interactive file browser

Simple WPF Date Control

by Oleg_100

This tip describes a simple WPF Date control that makes it easier to type in the dates.

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

Simplifying MVVM Properties

by N_tro_P

Simplify your MVVM Properties

Simply Using WPF Styles in Other Assemblies, or Other Project Types, like WinForms

by Evgeny Bestfator

How to use WPF Styles in other assemblies, or other project types, like WinForms

Simulate WPF ListView Column Width Set to "*"

by #realJSOP

One technique for having a column width that grows/shrinks with ListView width

Single Selection Across Multiple ItemsControls

by Greg Dennis

How to implement a single selection set across as many ItemsControls as your app needs.

Single Selection Across Multiple ItemsControls (v2)

by Greg Dennis

Another approach to implementing single selection across multiple ItemsControls

Snowfall in WPF Application

by RumataEstorish

Snowfall animation in WPF application. Bring some winter to your application!

Some WPF Tip/Tricks For the Beginners

by Anshul R

For the souls confused about WPF.

Sorting in WPF-MVVM

by 1sumitanand

Sorting of simple ListView Elements in Ascending/Descending Order

SQL Deployment Tool for Multiple Databases

by Srinivas-Miriyala

Executes SQL scripts in multiple databases at once.

Streamlined [Data Model-less] Record Editing with a SQLite Data Object Window Base Class

by ergohack

This SQLite Data Object Window base class automates the data updates and the data bindings between the XAML presentation and the SQLite database allowing the minimum of code needed to present and edit SQLite database records.

String Format ValueConverter

by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides an alternate way to combine data with text in a WPF control using a ValueConverter that could be considered easier.

Strings To Colours

by cjb110

A String To Brush Converter for WPF/Silverlight

Styling WPF TabControl Borders

by Maciej Wojton

Style a WPF TabControl border to be thicker and have rounded corners.

Sunflower Fractal - Practice

by dyma

Sunflower fractal, so that you can play and create a wonderful image

Support Desk Day 1 of n

by ryanba29

This is a multi day project using ASP.NET Web API for the server and WPF MVVM for the client.

Support Desk Day 2 of n

by ryanba29

This is day two of a multi day project using ASP.NET Web API for the server and WPF MVVM for the client.

Support Desk Day 3 of n

by ryanba29

First Draft. This is day three of a multi day project using ASP.NET Web API for the server and WPF MVVM for the client.

SuspendedButton - How to suspend WPF Button's Click event

by Shmuel Zang

This tip shows how we can extend a Button control to support suspension of its Click event, in order to perform some animations before the Click event is raised.

Switch Between a Set of UI Elements with Fade

by Bruce Greene

A helper class for tabs-style navigation in WPF, and an example of how to animate the Opacity property.

Switch Type WPF ToggleButton/RadioButton (On/Off) Control

by Clifford Nelson

A alternative ToggleButton/RadioButton control

Synchronize Two Scroll Viewers in WPF

by CodeHawkz

Often we try to synchronize scrolling, but WPF does not have a direct support for this one. Therefore, this article is on that.

Syrilium.Caching

by Hrvoje Batrnek

Easy and seamless caching implementation of any virtual method in any class

Table with Imbricated ItemsControl in XAML

by Ced743

Imbricated ItemsControl (a list into another list) to make a table

Text Line Remover - Remove Lines Containing Specific Words

by Ireful

Removes text lines containing specific words/string from files.

TFS API Queue a New Build with Custom Parameters

by Srinibas Das

Queue a new build using different build definition attributes at runtime. This tip will show you how to queue a new Build with custom parameters using TFS API.

The Blum Micali Algorithm and Cryptographically Secure PRNGs (CSPRNGs)

by Cryptonite

The Blum Micali algorithm provides for a cryptographically secure PRNG (pseudo random number generator).

The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it

by venugopalm

Calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it

The Process and Adventure of Discovery

by #realJSOP

Stuck on a really weird problem in WPF? Move your behind and write some code (behind).

The Simplest WPF Diagram Designer

by JleruOHeP

If you want to implement the simplest drag-n-drop diagram designer.

The Simplest WPF Diagram Designer - Part 2

by JleruOHeP

Added text, resize operation and a color picker to a designer

Thinking in MVVMLight Messenger

by comiscience

How to think in MVVMLight Messenger.

Thread Safe Improvement for ObservableCollection

by Clifford Nelson

Why didn’t Microsoft provide this in the ObservableCollection?

Thread-Safe ObservableCollection

by Cory Charlton

A thread-safe implementation of the ObservableCollection class

TIP: Change background of WPF Combobox

by Jaime Olivares

How to change the popup zone of a WPF Combobox programmatically without restyling

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

by Jaime Olivares

Shorter way to evaluate DialogResult after calling Window.ShowDialog

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

by Andrew Rissing

Or even...if (frm.ShowDialog() == true){ // do something here}

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

by Thornik

May be this is better?if (f.ShowDialog() ?? false) { // ebat' melkosoft za takie prikoly}

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

by catbirch

if(frm.DialogR...

TIP: Handling WPF DialogResult with simplicity

by Member 2722225

what about this one :if (new frm().ShowDialog().Equals(true)) { //do something }

TIP: Make a WPF dialog/window as application modal

by Jaime Olivares

Generic tip to make a WPF window modal to the application's main window

Track Mouse Position in WPF UIElement

by VallarasuS

Changing the BackGround of an UI Element based on MousePosition

Triggers in WPF

by Hiren Khirsaria

How to use Property Trigger, Data Trigger, Event Trigger in WPF

TryRepeat

by Niel M.Thomas

A small tip to retry an action, with an easy to use extension.

UiDispatcherHelper - Dispatcher Helper Class for UI Bound Actions in WPF

by Swapnil Dhage

This is a helper/utility class that will add a layer of abstraction as well as separation for dispatcher related operations in WPF.

Underappreciated Articles - The Number of Articles here on CodeProject is as we all know - HUGE - and Some Gems are Easily Lost in this Ocean of...

by Espen Harlinn

Articles I feel, and hope, people will appreciate

Undo/Redo Redirection for WPF

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Focused TextBox blocks Undo/Redo invocation of other components, but the problem can be solved comprehensively

Update data to WPF control from another thread

by Jatin Jibhkate

Update WPF control from another thread apart from UI thread

Use Bing Photo of the Day in Your Application

by webmaster442

Download & use the Bing photo of the day in your application

Use Xaml.XamlServices to Serialize or Deserialize DependencyObject

by Jack Z. Stone

How to use Xaml.XamlServices to serialize or deserialize a DependencyObject.

Using a Background Worker in WPF Along with Animation in .NET 4.0

by Subramanyam Shankar

This tip describes how to use a background worker in WPF along with animation to provide better user experience.

Using a TestValueConverter to Understand a Bound Object

by Clifford Nelson

Using a breakpoint in this WPF Value Converter which basically does nothing can be of assistance in binding when the object is not well understood.

Using an IValueConverter in a WPF MVVM application to select a UserControl/View

by Clifford Nelson

The IValueConverter can be used to select a View.

Using Design-time Databinding While Developing a WPF User Control

by Dmitriy Repin

A trick that allows populating a user control with sample data while you are designing it in the Visual Studio designer

Using DrawingContext to create custom-drawn elements in WPF

by ShantanuKulkarni3

Introduction to WPF DrawingContext api

Using Font Icons

by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

Using GDI+ code in a WPF application for lossless JPEG image rotation

by fjparisIII

How to use GDI+ code in a WPF application for lossless JPEG image rotation

Using Integer Instead of Enum in XAML

by Piyush Manharlal

Using integer instead of Enum for ComboBox and Radio Button in XAML

Using Microsoft Chart in WPF

by Bharat Mallapur

Sample project to host MS-Chart in your WPF application

Using Named Colors

by LarryCharlton

Using system, named, and hex color values

Using Style instead of UserControl in WPF

by Clifford Nelson

This tip shows how easy it is to create a Style with DependencyProperty definitions and avoid the much heavier UserControl

Using WPF Behavior to Reduce Loading Time

by Clifford Nelson

I had a situation where a control appearing was significantly affected by the initialization of the UserControls. This behavior fixed my problem.

Using WPF UI Automation with PowerShell

by Uros Calakovic

I encountered a problem while trying to use WPF UI Automation with PowerShell - PowerShell reported incorrect type for automation elements

Validation Attribute for Enum without Zero Value

by Clifford Nelson

When binding to an Enumeration, the Required Attribute does not work if the enumeration does not have a zero value. This validator does work.

Validation in WPF - Various WPF Validation Ways

by Nomesh G

Adding Validation to controls in WPF

VB.NET MVVM Toolkit Demo

by Jo_vb.net

How to get started using the MVVM Toolkit

VB.NET, NeoLua and External XAML Implementation

by PyroStrex

Example of loading external scripting and external XAML with VB.NET and NeoLua

Vector Icons in WPF

by VR Karthikeyan

Vector icons in WPF

Very Friendly Enum Binding In WPF

by hesido

A super simple method for listing Enum members in WPF using databinding

Video Brush in WPF

by josh-jw

This tip explains how to use video brush and visual property as a media element.

Virtual Cache

by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Virtual Keyboard (TabTip) Integration in WPF on Win 8.1 and Win 10

by Max Fedotov

Virtual Keyboard (TabTip) integration in WPF on Win 8.1 and Win 10

Virtual value converter - Dynamically bind value converters to elements in XAML

by Ashish Kaila

Illustrates how to dynamically bind to value converters in XAML using normal Binding

Walk up the Visual Tree

by Mike Fuchs

Introduction The following snippet provides a generic method to walk up the visual tree of Silverlight in order to find an element of a given type. It will return the first found item of said type, or null if the search ends at the visual tree root without any results. Code // walk up the...

Web API Data Structure Controller

by xibao

Generate class definition for Web API Service Models.

Wi-Fi Remote for Sony TV

by Avirup Das

This tip describes an application to control with Sony TVs connected to your Home Wi-Fi network from PC.

WinForm VB.NET Hosting WPF Ribbon - Part 2 - Using ICommand with MVVM Pattern

by Jo_vb.net

My idea was to host a WPF user control with Ribbon within a WinForm VB.NET project and try to use MVVM pattern.

WPF - Auto-Closing Modeless Windows

by #realJSOP

How to close modeless windows if you don't close them before the main window closes

WPF - basic simple dababinding to object

by bb_esy

WPF - catch events even if they are already handled

by jmix90

As you may actually know WPF introduced the routed events. These last are no more specific to a single control but they are routed inside the tree of your controls. If you want to stop an event, you can mark it as Handled. If so, the routing engine will stop to propage it. In fact this is...

WPF - Catch Events Even if they are Already Handled

by jmix90

WPF - Multiple Validation on Single Control

by Rohit Dot net

Validation control with a single validation rule is easy, but what if we need to validate a control using different validation rules. This article tells how to achieve multiple validation on single control in an easy and systematic way.

WPF - WrapPanel with Fill

by Eric Ouellet

A WPF WrapPanel that can fill empty space on any lines with any control(s)

WPF : Binding to an enum with localization

by Olivier PONSINET

This article shows how to add a Combobox binded to an enum in a WPF control or application, in a very simple, and reusable way.

WPF : TemplateBinding in code

by Saraf Talukder

WPF and MVVM pattern

by Oussama_Kahoul

Introduction to WPF technology and the MVVM design pattern

WPF Animated Arrange Panel

by Oleg Oshkoderov

Creating custom WPF panel that can be used to Arrange (order) items in MVVM application

WPF AutoComplete TextBox

by Bhardwaj Deepak

An advanced and fully featured WPF AutoComplete TextBox control

WPF Bar Chart as simple as possible

by Amin Esmaeily

Creating a bar chart with most of needed features.

WPF Base ViewModel

by ogomerub

ViewModel base for all ViewModels. Validation system with DataAnnotations and IDataErrorInfo

WPF Behavior to close a Popup with MouseLeave

by Clifford Nelson

Normally a popup will stay open until explicitly closed. The Behavior will close the Popup if the mouse is clicked within or outside the Popup area or leaves the Popup area.

WPF Behavior to Ensure a ToggleButton/CheckBox is Selected

by Clifford Nelson

This behavior will require that for any Group of ToggleButton/Checkbox controls that are associated together, the user cannot set all to not IsChecked.

WPF Behavior to Give Buttons the Capability to Add, Remove and Reorder Contents of a ListBox

by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a behavior that will allow buttons to control the items in a WPF Selector (or ListBox) control.

WPF Behavior to Reset RadioButtons on VisibilityChanged

by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides a behavior that will reset all RadioButton controls within a Control that has this behavior when the Visibility changes.

WPF Behavior to Set Control Value to DefaultValue on Visibility Changed

by Clifford Nelson

The tip provides a behavior that will set a control to a default value when the Visibility changes

WPF C# / VB.NET Additional (fourth) button on window titlebar (Aero only!)

by Emiliarge

Using WindowChrome from Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll

WPF Checkboxes - Strange Behaviour

by PeejayAdams

Something to look out for in WPF

WPF Concept for Attached Properties on a Binding

by Clifford Nelson

This article presents a behavior that can be used to attach properties to a bound class.

WPF Control of Image to be Displayed

by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a way to use the ContentControl and DataTemplate to easily control an image in a Window.

WPF Controls Color Customization

by Alexander Sharykin

No more Template copies

WPF Custom Attached Property

by Balachandar Jeganathan

Custom attached property in WPF

WPF Custom Window W/Full Windows Functionality

by Programmer35

WPF Custom Window W/Full Windows Functionality.

WPF DataForm - Defaults the Ground Floor

by LarryCharlton

Getting started with customizing the WPF DataForm.

WPF Datagrid with Footer Aggregate

by Jqkunz

WPF Datagrid with a footer that you can aggregate, align, and use string formats on

WPF DataGrid with RichText, RowDetails, Grouping, Filter and more!

by Jo_vb.net

An overview how to use RowDetails, Grouping and Filter for a DataGrid.

WPF DataGrid: Enable standard sorting of nullable types on autogenerated columns

by OrlandoCurioso

DataGrid does not sort a nullable value type on an autogenerated column.

WPF DatePicker Background Fix

by Clifford Nelson

A little trick that will more completely fill the DatePicker background from the code-behind.

WPF Dialog / MessageBox Manager

by Ronald Schlenker

Creating and layering message, progress and wait dialogs in WPF

WPF Disabled Items Behaviour

by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a way to have disabled items in your ComboBox

WPF Display Value Converter

by Clifford Nelson

This presents a simple converter that supports binding to an object, but display of a property in that class.

WPF Drag&Drop Auto-scroll

by Robert Köpferl

Automatic scrolling while drag&drop operation in WPF. For this article the functionality is realized as an Attached Property.

WPF Drop Down Menu Button

by Clifford Nelson

Presents and implementation of a control that can be pressed to bring up a Menu.

WPF ExceptionViewer

by MarkLTX

A WPF window for displaying exceptions, nested inner exceptions, and their properties using a tree and rich text.

WPF Exclusive CheckBox Behavior

by Clifford Nelson

A Behavior is presented that will ensure that only one Checkbox will be checked within the visual tree of the control to which this behavior is attached

WPF Exclusive CheckBox Behavior with GroupName

by Clifford Nelson

A Behavior is presented that will ensure that only one CheckBox (ToggleButton) will be checked with the same GroupName within the visual tree of the control to which this behavior is attached.

WPF Grid Control with Solid GridLines

by Vishal.KumarSingh

This is a simple tip to describe how to create a custom grid control which has solid gridlines with choice to change the gridlines brush, thickness and GridLinesVisibility.

WPF ImageButton

by Soroosh Davaee

Creating WPF Image Button with WPF Custom Control

WPF Listbox and Combobox MVVM "Binding" Enum

by Luis Manuel Prospero Mano Batista

Another simple way to bind one Enumeration to a Combobox or to a Listbox

WPF ListView look-and-feel for WPF ListBox items

by Måns Tånneryd

How to get WPF ListBox items with the same look-and-feel as items in a WPF ListView.

WPF MarkupExtension to Allow Strings with Multiple Resources

by Clifford Nelson

Provides a way to have a string in XAML that can contain string values and references to resources that are inserting into the string like string interpolation

WPF MessageBox Service

by Dirk Bahle

A message box service implementation that is based on WPF.

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons

by Jdarmanovich

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme

WPF MVVM Validation ViewModel using IDataErrorInfo

by arpanmukherjee1

A base viewmodel implementing IDataErrorInfo

WPF NET8 Extended RichText Editor with Toolbar

by Jo_vb.net

This is an extended version of the "WPF RichTextEditor with Toolbar" article.

WPF Numerical TextBox with Math Operations

by Bruce Greene

A WPF custom TextBox for editing numbers that features a context menu for math operations

WPF Objects Model Poster

by ntg123

Entire WPF's objects model image.

WPF Paged UniformGrid ItemsControl

by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a control that is derived from the ItemsControl that uses a UniformGrid to display.

WPF PathTrimmingTextBlock

by Matthew Searles

How to display a file path in a TextBlock of a GridViewColumn with ellipsis in the center.

WPF Popup Enumerated Button Control

by Clifford Nelson

WPF popup enumerated button control

WPF Preloader Control

by Diwakar M A

WPF based preloader animation sample. Let's make WPF applications more interactive during long process.

WPF Progress Bar Update Class

by RFMeyer

Simple way to update WPF progress bar

WPF RadioButton Switched Content Control

by Clifford Nelson

Presents a very simple control with an IsChecked property that allows definition of two different contents depending of if IsChecked property value is true or false

WPF Rendering and Binding Performance Comparison

by Andrew Lai

WPF performance comparison in 3 ways of refreshing data

WPF Resource Dictionary Basics

by Leif Simon Goodwin

I present a short introduction to resource dictionaries with examples.

WPF Resource Path Problem

by Steve 262877418

Different resource paths using in WPF XAML file

WPF RichTextBox features in TextBlock

by Ratish Philip

In WPF, the TextBlock is used to display simple text. We can apply several formatting to the text like Bold, Italics or Underline to name a few.But it is a little known fact that it is possible to display several differently formatted text in a SINGLE TextBlock!!!for e.g. you can make a...

WPF RichTextBox supporting smileys

by Jawahar Suresh Babu

The article describes the way to create an extended RichTextBox which supports smileys.

WPF ScrollViewer Scrollbar Color

by Dean R Brown

Simplest way to change the ugly default scrollbar appearance in a ScrollViewer

WPF Select All Focus Behavior

by Clifford Nelson

This behavior will select the entire text when a TextBox or PasswordBox gains focus

WPF Simple Data Converter Example

by Suriya A

A simple data converter example in WPF

WPF SmartPrecisionConverter

by PureNsanity

A value converter that allows smart rounding for text display

WPF Splash Screen With Minimum Duration

by Lee Reid

How to make a splash screen appear for a minimum duration with very little code

WPF TextBlock Highlighter

by Meshack Musundi

How to highlight TextBlock text using attached properties

WPF TextBox with Animated Overflow

by User 10711509

A custom WPF TextBox whose height is animated when the text overflows.

WPF Tilt Shader Effect

by sameh obada

Non affine transform for WPF without 3D.

WPF Timer Behavior

by Clifford Nelson

There may be times when it would be nice to have a timer on a window. This is a behavior that when attached to a TextBlock, will display the time in minutes and seconds since the control was created.

WPF TreeView SelectedItemChanged called twice

by Kanwal Shehzad

How to avoid WPF TreeView SelectedItemChanged being called twice

WPF TreeView with WinForms Style Fomat

by TuyenTk

A WPF TreeView with connecting lines and Plus-minus Toggle button like WinForms

WPF Updating Observable Collection

by Clifford Nelson

This class based on the ObservableCollection supports updating instead of replacing

WPF Validation - Using IDataErrorInfo

by K K Srinivasan

Focus on WPF Novice to easily understand Data Validation using IDataErrorInfo interface

WPF Validation - using INotifyDataErrorInfo

by K K Srinivasan

Focus on WPF Novice, to do Data Validation using INotifyDataErrorInfo interface easily

WPF ValueConverter to Convert to Correct Type

by Clifford Nelson

Normally, there is no need to ensure that types exactly match when using a Binding. For instance, the Control property double to and int in a ViewModel

WPF WebBrowser Control and Javascript

by #realJSOP

One way to get around the "invalid character" error

WPF with Asynchrony: Part 1

by Bhavik Barot

This article is about the new features added in C# 5.0 called “Asynchrony” and how we can use them to write asynchronous code which looks like synchronous code.

WPF with PRISM - View and ViewModel First Implementation with Unity IoC

by Kenneth Haugland

Useful extension method for ViewModelFirst

WPF. Storyboard animation locks properties it's animated.

by Lionberg

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

WPF: Binding non-textual content to textboxes in the correct localization

by Bernhard Hiller

Double and DateTime values bound to textboxes in correct format

WPF: Compare two brushes using IsEquals

by fadi_sayyed

WPF Compare two brushes IsEquals

WPF: Getting Rid of "magic strings" Reduces Speed

by Leonid Osmolovski

Speed reduction that may occur when using expressions instead of string constants in INotifyChanged paradigm and a way to work around this

WPF: Managing Automatic Login using Default Network Credential and Credential Storage in a WPF Application

by Pusparag Subudhi

WPF Authentication framework with credential manager

WPF: Programmatically click the default button

by OrlandoCurioso

Invoke Button.Click event and associated ICommand on the current default button.

WPF: Simple Bridge between a FrameworkElement and a FramworkContentElement

by ProtoBytes

Q: Have you ever tried to embed a FramworkContentElement into a FrameworkElement inside a WPF template?Consider the following: This won't work! ...

WPF: TemplateBinding with ControlTemplate

by Shweta Lodha

A bit on TemplateBinding and how to use it inside a ControlTemplate.

WPF: The Jumpy GridSplitter Fix

by OrlandoCurioso

When GridSplitter stops resizing by mouse, yet operates by keyboard arrows

Writing Custom Control with New WPF XAML Designer

by Stanko Milošev

How to either migrate to the new XAML designer extensibility or write WPF custom control extensibility model based on .designtools.dll.

XAML GaugeControl (VS2015)

by Luis Manuel Prospero Mano Batista

XAML Gauge Control for Universal Applications, Windows 8.1 (Desktop/Windows Phone), WPF, Silverlight

XAML only WPF Watermarked TextBox

by MatthewThomas

Adding a watermark to a WPF TextBox by only using XAML. No extensions. No Converters.

XAML Serialization

by PSK_

Serialization of WPF Framework Elements

XAML tutorial for Manufaktura Controls API

by Ajcek84

Overview of music notation library

Yahoo Currency .NET CORE API - C#

by Herbert Lausmann

Convert between over 100 different currencies in .NET using Yahoo's APIs

Yes, You Can Move TFS 2013 WorkItems Between Projects! But, your TFS Warehousing will Break, and Microsoft Support will No Longer Talk to You.

by ergohack

This roguish way of moving a WorkItem, directly 'in-place', through SQL leaves all of the previous data associations intact, but portends issues with future major updates and current TFS Data Warehousing.

Yet Another Duplicate File Detector

by kaviteshsingh

Simple utility to scan and find duplicate files in a directory.