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Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook

You're reading from Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788399807

Length 524 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Foundation

Concepts

UI Development

Author (1):

Kunal Chowdhury

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Contributors

Preface

1. WPF Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Using WPF Standard Controls

3. Layouts and Panels

4. Working with Data Bindings

5. Using Custom Controls and User Controls

6. Using Styles, Templates, and Triggers

7. Using Resources and MVVM Patterns

8. Working with Animations

9. Using WCF Services

10. Debugging and Threading

11. Interoperability with Win32 and WinForm

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Enabling the UI debugging tool for XAML

To begin debugging your XAML application UI, you will first need to enable a few settings in Visual Studio. If the settings are disabled, you won't be able to view the Live Visual Tree and the Live Properties window, which we will be discussing in the next few recipes.

These settings are by default enabled in Visual Studio 2017, but in case are disabled; this recipe will help you to get started with that.

Getting ready

Make sure that you have Visual Studio 2017. Open it to get started with the settings changes.

How to do it...

Follow the steps mentioned here to verify and enable the UI Debugging Tools for XAML in Visual Studio 2017:

Inside the Visual Studio IDE, navigate to the Tools | Options... menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

This will open the Visual Studio Options window. From this page, navigate to the Debugging | General section.

Select the checkbox labeled Enable UI Debugging Tools for XAML, and switch it ON if it is not already:

Once you...

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Authors (1)

Kunal Chowdhury

Kunal Chowdhury

Kunal Chowdhury is an author, a passionate blogger, and a software engineer by profession. He was a Microsoft MVP from 2010 to 2018. Over the years, he has acquired profound knowledge of various Microsoft products and services, and has helped developers and consumers throughout the world. As a tech buff, Kunal has in-depth knowledge of C#, XAML, .NET, WPF, Visual Studio, Windows 10, and Azure. He has written many articles on his technical blog for developers and consumers. You can contact him on Twitter (kunal2383) and become one of his fans. He has also authored the books Mastering Visual Studio 2017 and Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, both available from Packt Publishing.

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