Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook电子书

Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook

Table of Contents

Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Foundations

Introduction

XAML

XAML and compilation

Dependency properties

Creating custom type instances in XAML

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a dependency property

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Property value inheritance

Why "dependency"?

Dependency property levels

Using an attached property

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Why an attached property?

Does the declaring type "own" the property?

See also

Creating an attached property

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reusing existing attached properties

See also

Accessing a static property from XAML

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a custom markup extension

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Don't go overboard

Handling routed events

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Stopping bubbling or tunneling

Attached events

2. Resources

Introduction

Using logical resources

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding or deleting resources dynamically

Modifying resources

Resources that use other resources

Non-shared resources

Other locations for resources

Dynamically binding to a logical resource

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using user-selected colors and fonts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using binary resources

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Embedded Resource

Accessing binary resources in code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Accessing binary resources from another assembly

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Managing logical resources

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Duplicated keys

3. Layout and Panels

Introduction

The layout process

Coordinates systems in WPF

Creating a table-like user interface

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Shared row/column size

Placement in the same cell

The power of the Grid

Adding rows/columns dynamically

The UniformGrid

Dynamically sizing grid rows/columns

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a scrollable user interface

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a border around panels and elements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Placing elements in exact positions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Canvas has no background

Canvas is not limited to its bounds

Adding/removing elements to a panel dynamically

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a tabbed user interface

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Implementing drag-and-drop

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Built-in drag-and-drop

Drag-and-drop to other applications

4. Using Standard Controls

Introduction

Working with text

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using content controls

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Headered content controls

See also

Displaying images

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating tooltips

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Deeper tooltip customization

Realistic tooltips

Creating a list of items

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a standard menu

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more...

Other MenuItem properties and events

Creating a context menu

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more...

Selecting options with checkboxes and radio buttons

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

Manipulating tab order and focus

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more...

Keyboard focus versus logical focus

5. Application and Windows

Introduction

Creating a window

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Selecting the startup window dynamically

Accessing command line arguments

Creating a dialog box

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Modeless dialogs

Using the common dialog boxes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about colors and fonts?

The Windows API Code Pack

Creating ownership between windows

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a custom shaped window

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about reusability?

Creating a single instance application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Handling an unhandled exception

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

6. Data Binding

Introduction

Element to element binding

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Binding mode

Update source trigger

Updating the source or target manually

Binding to a single object

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

When bindings fail

Other ways of getting a source binding object

Implementing INotifyPropertyChanged

Implementing SetProperty with Visual Studio 2012 and C# 5.0

Binding to a collection

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Synchronizing selected items

Data binding and the Items property are mutually exclusive

What about "real" data?

Using data templates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Data type based data templates

Data template selectors

Using value converters

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using converters for debugging

Formatting strings

Customizing with data triggers

Creating a master-detail view

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

A simpler selected item binding

Sorting and filtering bound collections

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

More features of ICollectionView

Live shaping

Grouping bound collections

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Grouping by a non-property

See also

Binding to multiple properties

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Binding hierarchical data to a TreeView

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Presenting data in a grid

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Editing with a template-based column

Selecting, resizing, and sorting

Other customization options

Validating data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom validation rules

Custom error template

Using data annotations

7. Commands and MVVM

Introduction

Using routed commands

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Built-in implementations

Command sources

Alternative ICommand implementations

Implementing a basic MVVM application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Implementing ICommand

Blendability

Building a simple MVVM framework

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Non-ICommandSource elements and other events

What about Prism?

Building a complete MVVM style application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

MVVM implementations

Creating an undo/redo system

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

8. Styles, Triggers, and Control Templates

Introduction

Creating and using styles

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Style inheritance

Other places to set styles

Applying a style automatically

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a property trigger

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Trigger limitations

When to use triggers

Other locations of triggers

Trigger priorities

See also

Using data triggers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating an event trigger

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a multi trigger

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using behaviors

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom behaviors

Replacing the control template of a progress bar

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about the control's properties?

Combining a control template with a style

Extending a template with attached properties

Can we replace just part of a template?

What about the Visual State Manager?

Replacing the control template of a scroll bar

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Customizing selection in a Selector control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

9. Graphics and Animation

Introduction

Creating a custom shape

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Geometries

Built-in shapes

Shapes versus geometries

Applying transforms on elements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other uses for transforms

Manipulating a bitmap programmatically

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

How about higher-level access to WriteableBitmap?

See also

Creating adorners

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating property-based animations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Alternative way to specify the animation property

More on storyboards

Animations with Expression Blend

Should I always use animations?

Creating path-based animations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Animation performance

Creating custom animations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding animation easing to animations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using custom effects with pixel shaders

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using the built-in effects

Other shader types

What about the BitmapEffect class and its derivatives?

10. Custom Elements

Introduction

Creating a user control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Optimizing converters

Adding a tunneling event

Handling standard commands in a user control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a custom (templated) control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other things to set in code

What is that Generic.xaml?

Refactoring of Generic.xaml

Customizing a default template of custom control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a custom panel

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Where are custom panels used?

Creating a lightweight custom element

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Dependency property ownership

More DrawingContext

11. Threading

Introduction

Updating the UI from a non-UI thread

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Dispatcher alternative

Dispatcher enhancements in WPF 4.5

More Dispatcher

What about data binding?

Adding cancelation support

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Never cancel by aborting a thread

Using the BackgroundWorker component

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Did we really have to pass the argument to RunWorkerAsync?

What about the Task Parallel Library?

Adding cancellation and progress with BackgroundWorker

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about Parallel.For?

Using a timer to do periodic updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using C# 5.0 to perform asynchronous operations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about non-CPU bound operations?

More async

Index