DevComponents Knowledge Base

To change width of vertical scrollbar or height of horizontal scrollbar used by DotNetBar for WPF CalendarView control define following resources in CalendarView.Resources: For width of vertical scroll-bar define: <s:CalendarView.Resources> <sys:Double x:Key="{x:Static SystemParameters.HorizontalScrollBarButtonWidthKey}">32</sys:Double> </s:CalendarView.Resources> For height of horizontal scroll-bar define: <s:CalendarView.Resources> <sys:Double x:Key="{x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarButtonHeightKey}">32</sys:Double> </s:CalendarView.Resources> The s: namespace refers to: xmlns:s=”clr-namespace:DevComponents.WpfSchedule;assembly=DevComponents.WpfSchedule” The sys: namespace refers [...]

Use following code to create Backstage application menu for the Ribbon control included with DotNetBar for WPF:   C#: Backstage backstage = new Backstage(); ButtonDropDown btn = new ButtonDropDown(); btn.Header = "Save"; btn.ImageSource = "images/Save.png"; backstage.Items.Add(btn);   btn = new ButtonDropDown(); btn.Header = "Save As"; backstage.Items.Add(btn);   BackstageTab tab = new BackstageTab(); tab.Header = "New"; [...]

AdvGrid is based on the abstract class AdvTabularControl (which also serves as the base class for AdvTree.) AdvTabularControl itself is derived on System.Windows.Controls.Control. It is NOT based on ItemsControl. However, because ItemsControl provides a familiar programming model, we have as much as seemed reasonable made AdvTabularControl (and therefore AdvGrid) work and behave like ItemsControl. Generally [...]

For MVVM usage scenarios you bind the NavigationPane.ItemSource to the list of your custom view objects. Here is how to create and bind items properly: <dc:NavigationPane DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Window}}}" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=PaneItems}" LargeItemsCount="2"> <dc:NavigationPane.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=DisplayName}" /> </DataTemplate> </dc:NavigationPane.ItemTemplate> <dc:NavigationPane.ItemContainerStyle> <Style TargetType="{x:Type dc:PaneItem}"> <Setter Property="ImageSource" Value="{Binding Path=DisplayImage}" /> </Style> </dc:NavigationPane.ItemContainerStyle> </dc:NavigationPane> Notice [...]

Metro UI consists of a set of  purpose-built controls, custom Styles and resources for existing DotNetBar controls and common Microsoft controls, and an automatic color generator. All of which work together to help you develop great looking Metro look and feel user interface for your apps. The set of new Metro controls includes the following: [...]

BrushControl is a control for and/or creating WPF Brushes. It supports SolidColorBrush, LinearGradientBrush (in vertical and horizontal orientation) and RadialGradialBrush (as well as the null Brush.) Gradient stop values are restricted to between 0 and 1, and MappingMode must be RelativeToBoundingBox. If a Brush is loaded that has an unsupported MappingMode, the color picker portion [...]

ColorControl is a slider based control for selecting a Color value. ColorControl defines a single dependency property Color and a single routed event ColorChanged. Using ColorControl is as simple as placing it in the visual tree and binding to the Color property. Following is the default Template for ColorControl, which you may use as a [...]

The Rating control allows users to select a “rating”. The Rating property is used to either get or set the current rating value. Rating is an integer within the range defined by 0 and the value of property MaxRating (which by default is 5.) Before the user has selected a value for Rating, it is [...]

CircularProgressControl is a progress control in circular format. It inherits properties Value, Minimum and Maximum from base class System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.RangeBase. As with the base class, the default value of Minimum is 0 and Maximum is 1. To display the value of Value in the control, set DisplayValue to true. This will make visible a text block [...]

AdvToolBar is an advanced tool bar with all the features and functions of the standard tool bar plus the following: 6 distinct visual styles built-in Ability to stretch an item to fill the available space. Ability to hide the overflow button in not used. Ability to add a custom element to the overflow drop down. [...]