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Category Archives: WPF

Vote for my MIX 11 Open Call Session

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One of the things that I've been fascinated by since last year's MIX conference is the motion design in place in Windows

XAML Files for Location Visualizations in Silverlight and WPF

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In the comments of my Silverlight unemployment visualization, someone asked about where I got the US outline. I got it from

How To Create a Flexible Striped Gradient In Silverlight and WPF

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Thanks to Joe McBride and Jason Alderman, who discovered this technique in some of Microsoft’s theme packs. I'm trying

WPF, Silverlight and Design Links for 09/08/09

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I finally cleaned out my Google Reader list and picked out the stuff I like. Carsonified » 5 Advanced Photoshop

How To Create An Animated ScrollViewer (or ListBox) in WPF

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UPDATED 05/22/09 In the comments, someone mentioned that the project wasn't working properly for keyed scrolling. I've

INotifyPropertyChanged Snippets (And Why You Should Use These Instead of DependencyProperties)

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First things first, here are my INotifyPropertyChanged snippets. INotifyPropertyChanged snippet

Latest SlapDash Version of Wiimote/WPF Visualizer

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I've been meaning to totally overhaul my Wiimote WPF visualizer for weeks now and I simply haven't been able to find the

Using the “Tag” Field And Triggers To Avoid Writing a Value Converter in WPF

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I was working on a project recently and I wanted one of my layout controls to have a different margin based on a certain

6 Tips For Designers For Translating Your Comps Into XAML

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I'd been holding out on this post in the interest of getting it just right. I think with more time I would add more stuff,

XAML Intellisense for Blend

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Karsten Januszewski has a post on getting intellisense into Blend. Apparently it only works for WPF (it "works" for