WPF - Tips & Tricks (January 2020)

We’ve compiled a series of interesting support tickets related to our WPF product line. Should you have any questions or issues related to any of these tickets, feel free to submit a comment within Support Center. If you’d like to share a support ticket with members of the DevExpress WPF community, post a link in the comment section below.

WPF Data Grid

• How to resolve data update issues within the DevExpress WPF Data Grid (T848371)
• How to address sorting and filtering issues within the DevExpress WPF Data Grid (T848344)
• How to resolve issues related to WPF Data Grid focus/selection (T848541)
• How to resolve issues related to cell editing within the WPF Data Grid (T848353)
• RowCellMenuCustomizations - How to pass an underlying data item to a command (T836498)
• How to convert cell values without using the Binding property for better performance (T823658)
• How to specify the data type of a column associated with an ExpandoObject property (T835255)
• How to activate the Automatic Filtering Row within a WPF Data Grid bound to Virtual Sources (T846656)
• How to display row numbers in RowIndicators (T847039)
• How to disable all ComboBoxEdit controls except for the editor within the WPF Data Grid’s Search Panel (T848669)

WPF Editors

• How to move the WPF SpinEdit’s up/down buttons to the left side of the text box (T848521)
• How to use different progress colors in ProgressBarEdit (T851181)
• How to hide seconds in a time picker (T833668)

WPF Bars

• How to display a BarItem when a user moves the cursor above another BarItem (T834878)
• How to invoke a View Model method rather than a command when a BarButtonItem is clicked (T828843)
• How to use custom BaseEdit descendants in ToolBarControl (T845886)
• How to use the mouse click point as a center point for RadialContextMenu (T851545)

WPF Docking

• How to set the tab background color when TabbedDocumentUIService is used (T834277)
• How to specify LayoutPanel position when a user clicks its Pin button (T824529)

WPF Scheduler

• How to display hidden appointments in a popup hint (T817191)
• How to overwrite the default context menu (T851541)

Other Controls

• How to control the progress bar's mode in DXSplashScreenService (T833063)
• How to prevent removal of DXTabControl items that don’t exist in a saved layout (T846140)
• How to programmatically display an editor in PropertyGridControl and select its text (T837584)
• How to prevent closing a window opened via DialogService when a user clicks its buttons (T846387)

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