Bill Henning (Actipro)
A new Avalonia UI Controls release is now available that makes some minor updates to the 24.1 version of our controls, which targets Avalonia v11.0.
With today's release of Avalonia v11.1, a new 24.2 version will be published soon that targets Avalonia v11.1.
See the related announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements and updates.
This version adds several great new controls and makes many updates across the Avalonia UI control product line.
See the related announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements and updates.
Here’s a look at some of the new features.
Most applications contain a window or view where end users can configure settings. Actipro now provides several controls for displaying grouped and optionally expandable card-based editors for settings that are presented in a consistent, easy-to-use way.
Application settings have never looked so good!
The new card control presents visually grouped information for a single subject, using optional cover, thumbnail, header, and footer sections.
Cards can optionally be actionable as well.
The new segmented bar control allows a user to select a single item with support for fluent animations when changing selection.
It can arrange items horizontally or vertically.
The new info bar control displays essential information to a user without disrupting the user flow.
Messages can display with optional severity, action, and more.
The new circular progressbar control displays a ranged progress value using fluent animations. It is similar to a native linear progressbar, except that it renders the progress in a ring shape and shows the progress text within the ring.
An indeterminate state is supported for scenarios where no specific progress value can yet be determined.
The new scrollable overflow presenter control can be oriented horizontally or vertically and displays scroll buttons when its content overflows the available space.
Clicking a scroll button smoothly scrolls the content.
Toggle switches can now optionally arrange the knob/track on the right side of the control instead of the left, which is ideal when used in the new settings-related controls.
The minimum Avalonia UI dependency is updated from v11.0.5 to v11.0.7 and all native control themes should now be consistent with Avalonia UI’s theme updates through v11.0.10.
Bill Henning (Actipro)
This version adds several great new controls and makes a number of updates across the WPF control product line.
See the related announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements and updates.
Here’s a look at some of the major new features.
Application settings have never looked so good!
The new Card control presents visually grouped information for a single subject, using optional cover, thumbnail, header, and footer sections.
Cards can optionally be actionable and even support built-in integration with badges.
The new InfoBar control displays essential information to a user without disrupting the user flow. Messages can display with optional severity, action, and more.
Many updates have been made to the Bars controls to further improve features and functionality.
This version adds a new Visual Studio Blue renderer, makes major improvements to SyntaxEditor’s ability to support light and dark themes, improves the SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on, and much more.
See the related announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements and updates.
Here’s a look at some of the new features.
Some of the renderers for the various WinForms controls have been refactored with a more modern appearance, such as with glyphs for the status bar gripper and menu item checks.
A new Visual Studio Blue renderer has been added that mimics the look of the Visual Studio 2022 Blue theme.
It’s easier than ever to support switching between light and dark themes in SyntaxEditor. A new class helps orchestrate updating SyntaxEditor UI elements, highlighting styles, and icon sets when toggling between light and dark themes.
All Actipro-provided syntax languages now include both light and dark highlighting styles, and we automatically convert many popular light-themed colors to appropriate dark-themed colors for custom languages that have yet to be updated with explicit dark styles.
The current line number is now highlighted in a different style than other line numbers, so the default line number colors have been updated to better suit this feature.
When using multiple carets while editing, the primary caret now has a more distinctive appearance than secondary carets.
Several other highlighting styles have also had their default values tweaked.
The C# parser grammar has been updated to support C# 9.0 syntax, including everything from top-level statements to records and improved pattern matching.
Resolver support has been improved for local functions.
Documentation comments display in IntelliPrompt now supports <para> and <br/> tags for paragraph and line breaks.
The Sample Browser application has been updated to use an SDK-style project and target .NET 6.
Bill Henning (Actipro)
We’ve been hard at work with several new features for v24.1 of our WPF and WinForms products and are asking for beta testers to work with preview builds of what is coming to help ensure a smooth transition.
Beta testers will get an early look at the new features and can give us valuable feedback to influence any necessary development and/or bug fixes prior to the final release. See the notes at the end of this post for details on signing up as a beta tester.
SyntaxEditor now has built-in support for switching between light and dark themes. Previously, only UI element brushes were updated for dark themes, but the highlighting styles and icon sets had to be manually transitioned.
Now, a new SyntaxEditorThemeManager class and individual light/dark color palettes for a highlighting style registry allow for any change in the global theme to be automatically reflected in SyntaxEditor.
All Actipro-provided languages have been updated, as appropriate, with both light and dark highlighting styles, and we automatically convert many popular light-themed colors to appropriate dark-themed colors for custom languages that have yet to be updated with explicit dark styles.
A new feature enables the current line number to be highlighted in a different style than the other line numbers, so the default line number colors have been updated to coordinate with this new feature.
When editing with multiple carets, distinct colors can now be defined for the primary and secondary carets.
Several other highlighting styles have also had their default values tweaked.
A new Visual Studio Blue theme is available that mimics the Visual Studio 2022 Blue theme.
The renderers for Metro Light and Dark have been updated with a more modern gripper for the status bar and more subtle checked icons for checkable menu items that do not provide their own icon. Several classic renderers have also been renamed for clarity.
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