Category: WPF

I recently got a bit stuck on creating ToolTips for each item of a ListBox, and luckily some tips on the web helped me along, but more on that below. This time the whole code is very simple. First we create a ListBox with a template that displays a TextBlock with a ToolTip over it. …

Commands in WPF are very handy, especially when you need to map a keyboard shortcut using KeyGesture (there is also a MouseGesture class, which likewise inherits from InputGesture, so it might be possible to create some kind of mouse gesture, although I have never come across that; I would guess it is something like a …

Transforms are a great way to change the appearance of controls in WPF in cases where styles and templates usually fall short. The source code comes from a book published in Czech as “Mistrovstvi ve WPF” ( RIP – this server did not even survive its own hosting.) and in English as Applications = Code …

Last night, just before going to bed, I ran into an interesting problem. I had this code (I did not modify it in any way, it comes from the book Applications = Code + Markup): C#//—————————————————- // PrintaBunchaButtons.cs (c) 2006 by Charles Petzold //—————————————————- using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; namespace …

Whenever I started an application in Windows Forms (WF), the first thing I did was add controls in the following order: ToolBar – a drop-down, nestable menu that usually contains most of the program’s features ToolStrip – a row of buttons for the most frequently used actions StatusStrip – information about the state of the …

StackPanel Works the same way as FlowLayoutPanel in Windows Forms. In a vertical arrangement, each item fills the full width of the element it belongs to. Each element is exactly as tall as its content. The default arrangement is vertical. XML<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"> <!– Vertical is the default –> <Label Background="Red">Red 1</Label> <Label Background="LightGreen">Green 1</Label> <StackPanel …