WPF Controls 2012.2 build 572 Maintenance Release

A new WPF controls maintenance release is now available.

Detailed Update List

Docking/MDI

• Updated how non-hosted popup locations are calculated in RTL mode.

Editors

• Improved the tab navigation configuration for PartEditBox.
• Updated the month/year display in the MonthCalendar to use culture settings.
• Updated PartEditBox implementations with multiple parts to not render the spinner as disabled when the PartEditBox didn't contain focus.
• Updated PartEditBox drop-downs to allow context menus on contained controls.
• Updated PartEditBox handling of DropDownStaysOpen.

PropertyGrid

• Updated Editors' PartEditBox drop-downs to not close when clicking in an area of the drop-down that didn't have controls.

Ribbon

• Added an IKeyTipTarget interface that allows external controls to receive notifications of when their key tip is accessed.
• Updated how Ribbon.KeyTipModeShortcuts works with Alt keys.
• Updated RibbonWindow in Metro Light theme to change the title bar to white when Backstage is open.
• Updated RibbonWindow title bar hit testing to handle panels with Transparent backgrounds.
• Updated Backstage to support shifting between most themes while open.
• Fixed a bug introduced in the previous build where the RibbonWindow may not render correctly when glass was active.
• Fixed a bug introduced in the previous build where changing the DocumentName property wouldn't update the title bar.
• Fixed a bug where key tips might not show on dynamically-created controls.
• Fixed a bug where key tips might throw an exception in a certain scenario when opening Backstage.

SyntaxEditor

• Updated current line highlighting to remain visible when the active view loses focus.
• Updated how drag/drop effects are set.
• Updated the new IOrderable sorting algorithm to not drop items that had duplicate keys.
• Updated a couple places in completion lists that could lead to a memory leak.
• Fixed a bug where switching from a document that had delimiter highlighting active to another document could throw an exception.
• Fixed an issue with token retrieval from a snapshot reader in a certain scenario.

Views

• Updated ZapPanel animations to improve when jumping to a new selected item that is far away.

Shared Library

• Added the GradientBrushSlider.InvalidateThumbArrange method to invalidate the arrange of the thumbs.

Themes

• Updated WindowChrome's hit testing code to ignore elements that have an Opacity of 0.
• Updated the ApplicationMenu tint group to include all Backstage tab-related resources.
• Updated the ProgressBar template for the Metro themes.