Universal Windows Controls 2016.1 build 306 Maintenance Release

A new maintenance release of the Universal Windows Controls is now available.  This version is updated to support Visual Studio 2017.

Detailed Update List

Charts

• Fixed a bug where pointer axis labels would trigger unnecessary collision handling in certain scenarios.
• Fixed a bug where using a grouped axis with a GroupingFunc and LabelFunc might lead to incorrect group slotting in certain scenarios.

Docking/MDI

• Added the DockSite.WindowsDragOver event that is raised when dragging docking windows over a drop target, allowing for certain dock guides to be hidden.
• Updated SplitContainer slot layout logic.
• Updated floating windows with MDI such that they will be 'owned' by the main Window if DockSite.FloatingWindowShowInTaskBarMode is Never.
• Updated layout serialization to include docking window last active date/time information.
• Updated the logic for how tab drags are detected.
• Fixed a bug where an exception could occur when using MVVM and docking to another linked dock site in a certain scenario.
• Fixed a bug where a breadcrumb might be left behind when floating windows are disabled and dragging to the same dock host.
• Fixed a bug where a collapsed AdvancedTabItem still consumed space in the tab strip.
• Fixed a bug where tab overflow buttons could appear when there was a single tool window in a container.
• Fixed a bug where empty floating dock hosts could accumulate in a certain scenario.
• Fixed a bug where closing an inactive selected tabbed document might not properly select the new primary document.
• Fixed a bug where touch manipulation might not work correctly within a tool window.

Editors

• Added the Calculator control that provides a familiar calculator interface to interactively calculate numeric values.
• Added new edit box and picker controls for the Int16, Int64, Single, and TimeSpan types.
• Added a PickerKind property to DoubleEditBox and Int32EditBox, which allows optional usage of a calculator in the popup picker.
• Added the PartEditBoxBase.CommitTriggers property, which determines the scenarios (e.g Enter key press, etc.) in which a value commits.
• Added the PartEditBoxBase.SpinWrapping property, which determines the wrapping behavior used when spinning past a minimum or maximum value in the active part.
• Added the DoubleEditBox.IsNaNAllowed, IsNegativeInfinityAllowed, and IsPositiveInfinityAllowed properties, which allow entry of those related values.
• Improved Int32EditBox to support hexadecimal formats.
• Improved GuidEditBox to support multiple formats.
• Improved string to value conversion logic.
• Improved part parsing logic.
• Added UI automation peers for numerous controls.
• Updated part edit boxes to coerce out-of-range values back within range when committing via Enter, spinning, or focus loss.
• Updated part edit boxes to focus their popup content when the popup is displayed.
• Updated the default Int32 and Double part minimum and maximum values to follow the respective type's minimum and maximum allowed values.
• Updated the templates for edit box and picker controls with a more modern appearance.
• Updated the templates for picker controls to reduce whitespace.
• Fixed a bug where EnumEditBox might not close its popup properly the first time an item was tapped.

Grids

• Added a powerful data filtering mechanism that uses string, boolean, and predicate-based logic to filter items, along with a new sample that demonstrates filtering.
• Made numerous other minor improvements.

SyntaxEditor

• Added the ZoomLevelIncrement property that controls the mouse wheel zoom step amount.
• Added several UI automation peers for internal SyntaxEditor components.
• Improved the IntelliPrompt completion list to try and keep the item matched by typing scrolled to the middle.
• Improved undo selection restoration for programmatic text changes.
• Improved outlining margin rendering and node toggle button logic.
• Updated IntelliPrompt code snippet template sessions to close when typing occurs outside of the template range.
• Updated decoration adornments to not render over collapsed ranges.
• Updated the line number margin to use the default font family if no highlighting style font family is specified.
• Updated the TextBlock produced by the HtmlContentProvider to set the UIA ItemStatus attached property to its raw HTML content.
• Updated the view so that Alt+clicking on a selection supports starting a drag.
• Updated squiggle lines in printer views with syntax highlighting disabled to render in gray.
• Updated IntelliPrompt code snippet template sessions to only watch for special keystrokes in the target view.
• Updated CollectionTagger to implement INotifyCollectionChanged.
• Updated how line-based text ranges are tracked, such as for bookmark indicators.
• Updated the Toggle Outlining Expansion command logic to match clicking an outlining margin toggle expansion button, when present.
• Updated view line rendering to better handle vertical tab characters.
• Fixed a bug introduced in the previous build where the new line modification mark tracking logic could throw an exception.
• Fixed a bug with the CodeSnippetFolder.FindItemByShortcut case sensitivity logic.

.NET Languages Add-on

• Added support for <code> blocks to be used in doc comments to support rendering of code snippets within a summary section.
• Fixed a bug with the C# and VB text formatters where they wouldn't always leave an empty line at the document end.

Web Languages Add-on

• Fixed a bug with the JavaScript text formatter where it wouldn't always leave an empty line at the document end.
• Fixed a bug with the JSON text formatter where it wouldn't always remove whitespace at the document end.

Shared

• Added the TransitioningContentPresenter.ContentTemplateSelector property, allowing for a DataTemplateSelector to be used.
• Added the ComparisonStateTrigger class, which is a state trigger that can compare two values for equality.
• Added a UI automation peer for the RadialSlider control.
• Updated the RadialSlider control to support more keyboard shortcuts.
• Updated the CircularThumb control's pointer press events to be flagged as handled and to focus the control.
• Updated some logic in the UIColor structure.
• Fixed a bug where CircularThumb didn't exit drag mode when pointer capture was lost.
• Fixed a bug where WrapPanel could return an incorrect measure result.