Category Archives: WPF

Remove ListBoxItem Highlighting

By tewari | Published: April 29, 2011

A Silverlight/Wpf ListBoxItem is highlighted when selected or when the mouse hovers over it. I need to display a list of items that are not highlighted when selected. This is a common scenario when displaying an inactive list for simply listing out some information. ListBoxItem’s default template can be easily inspected and modified using Expression [...]

Also posted in Silverlight, xaml | Tagged ControlTemplate, ListBox, ListboxItem, Silverlight, WPF, xaml | 1 Comment

Win Advanced MVVM Book

By tewari | Published: May 9, 2010

I am presenting a session on Building WPF Application using MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) on May 15th at the Carolina Code Camp 2010. I will dissect a Sample WPF MVVM application and then highlight the most important aspects of the MVVM by coding a brand new ViewModel and incorporating it into the application. You will learn about [...]

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Using Model-View-ViewModel in WPF Applications

By tewari | Published: January 25, 2010

I am presenting at SoCalCodeCamp this weekend (January 30th, 2010) - Advanced WPF – Using Model-View-ViewModel in WPF Applications. Agenda : 1. Roles of the M-V-VM triad 2. Why use M-V-VM ? 3. Characteristics of the ViewModel 4. Build a Sample WPF Application using M-V-VM Resources : MSDN Magazine Article and Sample Application Download Martin [...]

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Dial Gauge is a ProgressBar

By tewari | Published: June 10, 2008

I am not just being philosophical here. In WPF, ControlTemplates allow you to transform a control’s appearance. This is not the same as applying stylesheets. This is an entirely new level of customization. What you see in the screenshot below looks like a Dial but is actually a simple ProgressBar control wearing a “Dial” template. [...]