WPF Team Blog

As you may already know, Visual Studio 2022 uses an entirely new WPF XAML Designer (for all versions of .NET and .NET Framework). We’ve been working closely with Microsoft to replicate (and extend) the design-time capabilities of our WPF product line...

As you may know, Visual Studio 2019 16.3 includes a new XAML Designer for WPF .NET Core. We worked closely with the Visual Studio team to address as many issues as possible and to seamlessly integrate our v19.2 WPF .NET Core control set with the new designer. In our upcoming release (v20.1), we continue to enhance the design-time experience for those targeting the WPF .NET Core platform....

In this post, we’ll review some of the more advanced capabilities of DevExpress Smart Tags: including the ability to quickly set an Application Theme or DataContext, easy toggling between Window styles, and more. Application Theme and Data Context DevExpress...

DevExpress WPF components are fully integrated into Visual Studio. In addition to the design-time features you’ve come to expect, DevExpress components feature drag & drop functionality, extended context menus and other enhancements for saving development...

In the previous blogs ( Smart Tags and Advanced Smart Tag Capabilities ), we reviewed the design-time Smart Tag extension and its advanced capabilities that simplify the process of defining and configuring the controls. In this blog, we will review several...