WPF Controls v25.1.1 Release

A new WPF Controls maintenance release is now available.  This version updates the SyntaxEditor Python Language Add-on to support Python v3.11 and makes numerous other improvements across the product line.

Detailed Update List

Bars

• Added missing gallery item brushes when in a high contrast theme.
• Added the RibbonTabViewModel.IsEnabled property.
• Added the RibbonBackstageTabViewModel.IsEnabled property.
• Added the RibbonBackstageViewModel.CanSelectFirstTabOnOpen property.
• Added a setter declaration to the IHasTag.Tag property.
• Added IHasVariantImages interface implementation to any view model that had at least one SmallImageSource, MediumImageSource, or LargeImageSource property defined.
• Added a BarGalleryBase.StaysOpenOnClick property that prevents focus from moving back to the main focus scope after a gallery item click.
• Updated a popup BarMenuItem whose key tip is accessed to focus its first child menu item.
• Updated KeyTipService to not start key tip mode when the mouse wheel is turned while Alt is initially held down.
• Updated RibbonTabHeader to match the IsEnabled state of the corresponding RibbonTab.
• Updated RibbonGroupLauncherButton.ContentTemplate to support glyph customization.
• Updated menus with multiple sequential BarMenuSeparator controls to only render the first one.
• Fixed an issue where a disabled BarComboBox didn't always render properly.
• Fixed an issue where RibbonBackstage might auto-select a first tab that was configured to not be visible.
• Fixed an issue where the minimized Ribbon popup could close when an in-ribbon gallery's scroll buttons were clicked.
• Fixed an issue where showing labels on items in a QAT below the ribbon could throw an exception.
• Fixed InvalidOperationException that could be thrown in rare scenarios when deserializing a Ribbon.

Docking

• Added support to close auto-hide tool window tabs on middle-click.

Editors

• Updated the Spinner control's Style to better support customization.

Grids

• Updated TreeListBox tree lines to scroll horizontally when appropriate.
• Updated the TreeListView header cell used for padding to not render a right-side border.

Ribbon

• Updated control templates to improve the rendering of disabled checked buttons.

Shell

• Updated the logic for executing shell context menu item commands.

SyntaxEditor

• Improved selection adjustment logic after text changes.
• Updated IntelliPrompt completion list rendering to slightly improve performance.
• Updated the recently added IIntraTextSpacerTag.IsSpacerBefore property to have a default implementation in .NET.

.NET Languages Add-on

• Improved handling of interpolated string expressions.
• Updated the resolver to properly locate local functions declared in scope but after the context location.

Python Language Add-on

• Added an IncludeSourceLocation option on Python IntelliPrompt providers that can be set to false to hide the source module path.
• Updated IntelliPrompt to display docstrings defined for fields and variables.
• Updated the Python parser to support Python v3.11 syntax.
• Updated the Python parser to support Python v3.10 syntax.

Themes

• Improved the Slider control templates.

Shared

• Refactored ResizablePopupContentHost to facilitate virtualization in some scenarios.
• Updated UICommand*WindowText string resources to have underscores for menu item accelerator support, and added new UI*ButtonToolTip string resources for use with window title bar buttons.
• Fixed an issue where Avatar wasn't deriving initials for e-mail addresses properly.