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Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:52:46 GMT

Project Description
Multi-window aware versions of key Silverlight toolkit controls including ChildWindow and ContextMenu for building desktop applications using Silverlight 5.
Available as a Nuget package.

Right click the sample application below to install it on your desktop and try the multi-window controls:

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Adding a desktop style (can show outside of parent window) ContextMenuWindow:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

In desktop mode the window can pop outside of the parent window.

Showing a native popup:

    new PopupWindow
    {
        Width = 160,
        Height = 160,
        HorizontalOffset = 0,
        VerticalOffset = 0,
        Child = new TextBlock { Text = "Hello world" },
        PlacementTarget = element,
        Placement = PlacementMode.Right,
        StaysOpen = false,
        IsOpen = true
    };

Showing a modal dialog:

    modalWindow.ShowDialog();

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:10:31 GMT

Project Description
Multi-window aware versions of key Silverlight toolkit controls including ChildWindow and ContextMenu. Also available via Nuget.

Right click the sample application below to install it on your desktop and try the multi-window controls:

You need to install Microsoft Silverlight to view this content. Get Silverlight!

Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Adding a desktop style (can show outside of parent window) ContextMenuWindow:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

In desktop mode the window can pop outside of the parent window.

Showing a native popup:

    new PopupWindow
    {
        Width = 160,
        Height = 160,
        HorizontalOffset = 0,
        VerticalOffset = 0,
        Child = new TextBlock { Text = "Hello world" },
        PlacementTarget = element,
        Placement = PlacementMode.Right,
        StaysOpen = false,
        IsOpen = true
    };

Showing a modal dialog:

    modalWindow.ShowDialog();

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:03:29 GMT

The current implementations of the ChildWindow control in the Silverlight 5 runtime and the ContextMenu control in the Silverlight 5 Toolkit do not work on external windows.
This project provides multi-window capable versions of the ChildWindow and ContextMenu controls based on the Silverlight Toolkit implementations.

Articles:

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:55:15 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Adding a desktop style (can show outside of parent window) ContextMenuWindow:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

In desktop mode the window can pop outside of the parent window.

Updated Wiki: Drag & Drop Between Windows in Silverlight 5

ptrelford — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:02:01 GMT

Custom code is required to determine the drop target(s) of a drag operation.

While dragging the current mouse position is available via the MouseMoveEvent:

MouseEventArgs.GetPosition

From the current mouse position the current Window can be determined via Win32/PInvoke:

WindowFromPoint

Finally the target elements for the current mouse position in a window can be determined via:

VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:24:43 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:58:26 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:05:48 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Adding a desktop style (can show outsside of parent window) ContextMenuWindow:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

In desktop mode the window can pop outside of the parent window.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:04:08 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:49:22 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:09:27 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Note: the ContextMenu automatically shows a scroll bar when there is not enough space in the window to display all the menu items.

Adding a desktop style (can show outsside of parent window) ContextMenuWindow:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Note: in desktop mode the window can appear outside of the parent window.

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:16:30 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent window) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Note: in desktop mode the window can appear outside of the parent window.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:14:37 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:10:57 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

Silverlight Forums issues:

Silverlight 5 NotificationWindow captures mainwindow mouse

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:31:30 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a web style (constrained to parent size) ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenuWindow>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Note: in desktop mode the window may appear outside of the parent window.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:31:20 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:44:56 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Home

ptrelford — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:49:18 GMT

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Showing a ChildWindow in a non-main/secondary window:

    var child = new ChildWindow { Title = "Child Window" };
    child.SetWindow(Window.GetWindow(this));
    child.Show();

Adding a ContextMenu:

    <TextBlock Text="Right click on me to show the context menu">
            <multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                <multiwindow:ContextMenu>
                    <multiwindow:MenuItem Header="Menu Item"/>
                </multiwindow:ContextMenu>
            </multiwindow:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
    </TextBlock>

Note: the ContextMenu automatically shows a scroll bar when there is not enough space in the window to display all the menu items.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:43:58 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc:

Updated Wiki: Documentation

ptrelford — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:34:12 GMT

Silverlight Toolkit issues:

MSConnect issues:

ChildWindow customization:

General Silverlight 5 Multi-Window support:

Misc: