Tag: XAML
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Desktop WPF
Putting Instructional Prompts in Controls
When asking the user to provide input in any application it can help to give them guidance on what you are expecting. There are a variety of ways to accomplish this, but one in particular seems to be very effective. If you have ever used Microsoft PowerPoint you will undoubtedly have seen a screen similar to the graphic below. The instructional prompt effectively conveys to the user where to type a title and subtitle for the slide. Better yet, the user can ignore these prompts and proceed with other activities in the application. Live Search Map provides another example of... -
Web
RadNavigation deep linking
Deep linking is an unique feature of RadNavigation allowing you to use page navigation by simply changing the URL in the browser address bar. Now you can provide a link directly to every page from your application. Implementing this RadNavigation feature is just as easy as using the other navigation classes all you have to do is just follow the next steps: 1. Create Silverlight application. In order to use deep linking in page navigation scenario you have to make sure that any changes in the state the page is reflected to the browser’s address (bookmark). To do this you have two...May 27, 2021 2 min read -
Desktop WPF
WPF/ Silverlight: RadGauge Layout Composition
Today I would like to highlight one of the newest controls added to the WPF / Silverlight control suites in November – the RadGauge control. RadGauge combines its rich assortment of radial, linear and numeric gauge types with very flexible layout composition abilities thus allowing you to attain a new level of data visualization quickly and easily. Let us discuss the basics of the layout composition and how it is implemented in the gauge control. There are three levels of controls that participate in the layout: RadGauge LinearGauge / RadialGauge LinearScale / RadialScale / NumericScale RadGauge is the top level class but as far as the control...May 27, 2021 3 min read -
Desktop WPF
Get Organized with the RadPanelBar
If you have ever used Microsoft Outlook or Windows Explorer, you have seen the use of panels to organize content. See Outlook 2007 screenshot below: This is a very useful method of organizing information that you want available to the user all the time. Panels can house different functionality like managing options, navigating the application or displaying important details. You can incorporate this same functionality in your applications using the RadPanelBar. To get started, I thought it might be nice to create a Outlook like PanelBar with a calendar inside. My goal is not to recreate what Outlook has done, but...May 27, 2021 2 min read -
Release
Make your applications look like Office 2007 with the RadRibbonBar
The ribbon bar was first introduced with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. It resides across the top of a window and is the primary means of accessing application functionality. Unlike the classic menu toolbar approach the ribbon bar offers the ability to display functions and commands in an way that you can locate what you need more quickly. This is in large part due to the context sensitive way that functionality is displayed. The ribbon bar is a great usability improvement to most applications since functionality is not buried beneath a multitude of hierarchical menus and toolbars. Microsoft has...
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