WPF control development unleashed: building advanced user experiences 9780672330339, 0672330334, 6420090067

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
About the Authors......Page 14
Dedications......Page 15
We Want to Hear from You!......Page 18
1 The WPF Design Philosophy......Page 20
Data and Behavior......Page 21
Working with Data......Page 22
Working with Behaviors......Page 25
The User Experience......Page 27
The User Experience Benevolent Circle......Page 28
Summary......Page 29
Introducing the Visual Classes......Page 30
Summary......Page 48
Overcoming the “Start from Scratch” Instinct......Page 50
Sample: Building a Circular Minute Timer......Page 59
Summary......Page 66
Layout Defined......Page 68
How Layout Works......Page 70
Working with Visual Children......Page 71
Creating a Custom Panel: The VanishingPointPanel......Page 75
Building a Panel with Attached Properties: WeightedPanel......Page 77
Using Transformations with Layout......Page 82
Summary......Page 87
5 Using Existing Controls......Page 88
Customizing Existing Controls......Page 89
Customizing the ItemsControl......Page 91
Customizing a ListBox......Page 93
Creating a Custom ScrollBar......Page 97
Using Brushes to Create Advanced Visuals......Page 101
Customization Sample—The Radar Screen......Page 102
Summary......Page 110
Overview of Attached Properties......Page 112
Using Attached Properties as Extension Points......Page 119
Implementing Drag and Drop with Attached Properties......Page 122
Summary......Page 130
The Anatomy of a Scrollbar......Page 132
The Magic of IScrollInfo......Page 134
Building a Custom Panel with Custom Scrolling......Page 136
Animated Scrolling......Page 141
Taking Scrolling to the Next Step......Page 142
Scrolling Without IScrollInfo......Page 143
Summary......Page 146
Virtualization Distilled......Page 148
UI Virtualization in WPF......Page 150
Summary......Page 161
Lasso Selection Using the InkCanvas......Page 162
Building a Dock Slide Presenter......Page 165
Building a Transition Abstraction: The TransitionContainer......Page 173
Implementing Popular Visual Effects......Page 180
Summary......Page 185
10 Control Skinning and Themes......Page 186
Introduction to Skins and Themes......Page 187
Using Resources in Default Styles......Page 189
Creating Theme-Specific Styles......Page 191
Enabling Runtime Skinning......Page 193
Control Customization Through Property Exposure......Page 201
Summary......Page 202
A Brief Introduction to 3D Worlds......Page 204
Using the Viewport3D Element......Page 205
Mapping 2D Visuals on 3D Surfaces......Page 211
2D Bounds of a 3D Object......Page 217
Summary......Page 220
Procedural Animations......Page 222
Animating with Storyboards......Page 225
Creating Custom Animations......Page 231
Animating Within the DrawingContext......Page 239
Summary......Page 240
13 Pixel Shader Effects......Page 242
Working with Shaders......Page 243
Writing Custom Shaders......Page 247
Summary......Page 261
Routed Events......Page 262
Commands......Page 274
Focus Management......Page 285
Summary......Page 292
15 Advanced Data Binding......Page 294
Dependency Properties......Page 295
Special Data Binding Scenarios......Page 301
The Dispatcher and DispatcherPriority......Page 304
Introduction to Continuous LINQ (CLINQ)......Page 310
Summary......Page 311
Control Design Tips......Page 314
Useful Patterns for GUI Development......Page 320
Visual Design Tips......Page 323
Some Useful Tools......Page 331
Summary......Page 334
17 Performance......Page 336
Different Kinds of Performance......Page 337
Measuring Performance......Page 345
Perceived Responsiveness......Page 348
Summary......Page 349
The Need for UI Automation......Page 350
The Automation Object Model......Page 351
Using the Automation API......Page 357
Automation of a Custom Control......Page 362
Summary......Page 368
A......Page 370
C......Page 371
D......Page 373
F......Page 374
I......Page 375
L......Page 376
N......Page 377
P......Page 378
Q–R......Page 379
S......Page 380
U......Page 381
V......Page 382
W–Z......Page 383