Simplified Glass in Windows Vista with WPF(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 9 months ago

On Windows Vista, extending glass into the client area is not difficult but it isn’t as easy as setting a property on your Window. It requires interop calls, a check for the current OS, and a check to see if DWM composition is enabled. I created the Glass class to help simplify it’s usage. This class exposes an attached property of type Thickness... read more...

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The Neglected Panel: UniformGrid(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 9 months ago

In WPF there are Panels that get used often: the Canvas, DockPanel, Grid, StackPanel, and even the WrapPanel. These Panels feel a lot of love. The UniformGrid, not so much. While most Panels are displayed proudly in System.Windows.Controls, the UniformGrid has been pushed into the Primitives namespace along side the TabPanel and the ToolBarPanel, both of which are too specialized to be given any real attention. read more...

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Gradual Text Animation Bug in WPF 3.5 SP1(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 9 months ago

In WPF 3.5 SP1 they’ve apparently decreased the glyph snapping delay. This is resulting in a pronounced “jitter” when animating text over small distances as the text repeatedly jumps between different snap positions. read more...

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Transitions Between Content of Different Sizes(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 9 months ago

Transistion animations between content of different sizes that may affect layout. read more...

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Model, View, ViewModel, CommandRouter (MVVM-CR)(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 9 months ago

With MVVM, the general idea is that you have some sort of data model (the Model), a conceptual representation of the UI (the ViewModel), and the UI itself (View). I say generally because there are as many interpretations and variations of MVVM as there are people with opinions; and although this can be confusing it’s definitely a good thing to have so many people focused on a single solution. Here is my own personal variation: MVVM-CR. read more...

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Enabling 3D Transitions in WPF(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 10 months ago

Implementing 3D transitions between content in WPF in an easy and reusable way using DataTemplates, entirely in Xaml without the need to write C#. read more...

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Simplified Content Transition in WPF(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 10 months ago

Transitions between content (think: slide shows) are not as easy in WPF as you’d think they’d be. Ideally we’d like to be able to assign content to a content control and get a nice animated transition between the two. What can I do to easily enable transitions in Xaml without the need to write C#? read more...

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Xaml Without WPF(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 10 months ago

Without using WPF (or Workflow Foundation for that matter), how useful is Xaml on it’s own? read more...

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Speech Recognition as Routed Events in WPF(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 10 months ago

I have updated the GenesisConduit.Windows.Input.Speech library to enable speech recognition input events to bubble and tunnel through the logical tree. read more...

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Speech Recognition Input Binding in Xaml(genesisconduit.wordpress.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 3 years, 10 months ago

Implementing speech recognition as a first-class input device in WPF and enabling easy speech recognition input binding directly in Xaml (no C#). read more...

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WPF Feature Request: VisualCursor (genesisconduit.blogspot.com)

submitted by bhickenbottom(110) 4 years, 1 month ago

I've noticed a lot of people doing a lot of work to "attach" a visual element to the mouse cursor, generally during a drag and drop operation. Frankly, this sucks. read more...

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