Questions tagged [xaml]
XAML stand for eXtensible Application Markup Language. It was introduced in Microsoft's .NET 3.0 framework and is used heavily in WPF applications.
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Are there any true differences between XAML and XML?
When you look at products like the Razor view engine, there's a clear reason why Microsoft decided to subset another existing standard (HTML) with their own special sauce thrown in.
But I cannot find ...
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How to handle "Other" option in a list of options?
This is almost everywhere. For example, I need to pick a fruit from a list of fruits from a dropdown. And the last option on that dropdown is "Other", by selecting that another text field appears to ...
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Would learning both XAML UI and XML UI be helpful in improving understanding of XML in general? [closed]
I'm familiar with HTML/CSS, and some non-UI programming using C#/node.js/Java and looking at options for building a simple mobile app.
I will definitely use Xamarin, and have to choose between ...
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Get/Set Property in a Class vs IValueConverter
So i've been going through some of my old code from the time i was learning the basics of wpf and i found something intresting.
I had a class in the format below
public class TempClass
{
public ...
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Is using getters in XAML view-models a bad thing?
I've recently had an argument with a colleague about using getters (without setters) in a view-model classes used by XAML.
Example:
public string FullName
{
get
{
return $"{FirstName} {...
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Should my combobox for boolean values be in code-behind or in my viewmodel?
I ran into a disagreement with a coworker of mine on the implementation of representing a Boolean value in a ComboBox using Xaml and MVVM. Currently, my viewmodel is very simple. I have a bool? which ...
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How can I approach application programming from a database background? [closed]
I have a lot of database experience, but virtually no application programming experience. At work, we have an EDMX? model generated from entities in the database, and we transform T4 templates to ...
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What does "Stateful" means in Stateful ViewModel in MVVM
I was reading about some XAML patterns, and there was the Stateful ViewModel, according to what I read it has nothing different than what we as just the "ViewModel".
Here's a description for example :...
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Should UserControl's be Views in an XAML MVVM application (WPF or Store app)?
I am about to use Caliburn.Micro for a new XAML Store app (not sure what to call it nowadays - does not appear to be called a "Windows Store app" any longer).
The documentation (see Simple Navigation ...
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Silverlight-based "area of influence" algorithm
I am in the process of developing a tool for a game called MechWarrior: Online which defines a map of an area of space called the Inner Sphere. Essentially, this map is a set of points (planets) on a ...
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Wpf: Event driven vs MVVM design pattern
I'm a beginning coder and I've been working on a WPF app for several months now and struggled to implement anything in MVVM due to time constraits to learn so I coded my program the only way to knew ...
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WPF4 Unleashed - how does converting child elements work?
In chapter 2 of the book WPF4 Unleashed the author shows an example of how XAML processes type conversion. He states that
<SolidColorBrush>White</SolidColorBrush>
is equivalent to
<...
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How to use data shaped by the UI from the ViewModel while keeping concerns separated?
I'm coming from a winforms background and trying to get ahold of MVVM and XAML. Right now I'm wondering how I can take advantage from a data-shaping control (either native or provided by a third party)...
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Performance consideration and code reduction for Templates
I'm trying to decide if this might be a good idea to help reduce the size of some of my xaml resource dictionaries on a large project. Except I'm concerned about any potential performance issues going ...
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xaml schedule control how to cope with items of vastly differing durations
I have to create a schedule control using WPF XAML for displaying items with duration as little as 1 seconds and potentially as large as couple of hours.
First thing which seems clear is that I ...
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