Upgrade Editors

Hello,

We don't currently have any examples of creating a custom edit box in the newer codebase.  Can you go into specific detail on what functionality you are trying to achieve with a customized edit box?

1) The newer design has a PartEditBoxBase.GenerateParts() method.  That is where a list of IPart instances would be returned that contain the parts for the edit box.

2) The ColorToBrushConverter implementation is just a one-way conversion for a Color to a SolidColorBrush, which is why ConvertBack is not implemented.  You would have to write your own converter if you are looking for custom logic to convert a brush back to a color.  That can be difficult if you encounter anything other than a SolidColorBrush as a value, since things like gradient brushes have many colors.

We want to implement a control where, while typing in the edit box, a TreeListView of matching items is displayed. When clicking a PopupButton, it should show a popup for defining new items. We found an AutoCompleteBox, but its style doesn't meet our requirements. Additionally, the AutoCompleteBox doesn't inherit from PartEditBoxBase, so some Picker-related features cannot be set.
We not only want to implement this specific control but also similar controls like SizeEditBox, which display values in the edit box like [Name(string), Age(int), Sex(string)]. There are also some other styles of controls implemented in the old version, but due to the lack of a method for customizing EditBoxes in the new version, the progress of porting these custom controls from the old version has been slow.

Hello,

We have added a new Custom Edit Box QuickStart for you for the next maintenance release that hopefully will lead you down the right path to making a custom edit box in v23.1+.  Note we made a couple API updates in the core product to support this too.