Download DevExpress v19.2 full version
In this series of articles, the editor will give you a detailed introduction to some of the features provided in the next major version (v20.1), thank you for your long-term trust and support for DevExpress WPF components, early access and CTP versions are only used for early For testing purposes, it cannot be used in a production environment. This version can be installed side by side with other major versions of DevExpress products. Before installing the Early Access and CTP versions, please back up your project and other important data.
WPF Ribbon和Toolbars
Appearance options
In this version (v20.1), you can fully customize the appearance of Ribbon, Toolbar, and BarItems through the following properties:
- Background,
- BorderBrush,
- BorderThickness,
- CornerRadius,
- Foreground,
- Margin,
- Padding.
You can also use triggers to control the appearance of BarItem based on custom conditions, mouse input, and visual status.
WPF Ribbon-Enhanced background view function
You can now display the glyph of the Backstage tab item title, and you can also display the tab item title at the top or bottom of BackstageView.
Compact SVG statement
Now you can specify SVG icons using compact definitions:
<dxb:BarContainerControl>
<dxb:MainMenuControl>
<!-- The old SVG definition -->
<dxb:BarButtonItem Glyph="{dx:SvgImageSource Uri=Images/Notebook1.svg}"/>
<!-- The new SVG definition -->
<dxb:BarButtonItem Glyph="Images/Notebook2.svg"/>
</dxb:MainMenuControl>
</dxb:BarContainerControl>
SVG image source can be bound to Strings, Uris and Streams, you can bind ImageSource to ViewModel without creating IValueConverter.
WPF Data Editors
WPF DateEdit-operating mode glyph
In this version (v20.1), the WPF date editing drop-down button displays different glyphs for different operating modes.
WPF TrackBarEdit
WPF TrackBar Editor can draw a label next to the tick mark and display a tooltip with the current value when the user drags the thumb.
You can use the following new APIs to fully customize label content and appearance settings:
- TickItemContainerStyle ,
- TickItemContainerStyleSelector ,
- TickItemTemplate ,
- TickItemTemplateSelector ,
- TickItemStringFormat .
Other editor enhancements
- WPF ListBox Edit, ComboBox Edit and Lookup Edit now include ItemsSourceChanged events.
- The end user can triple-click to select the entire line of text in WPF TextEdit.
- Improved text selection in the editor with shielded input.
WPF Themes
New default theme
v20.1 changed the default theme to Office2019Colorful. Unlike the previous default theme (Office2016White), Office2019Colorful supports color palette, lightweight templates, and standard WPF control customization with Background, BorderBrush, and BorderThickness properties.
You can use the CompatibilitySettings.LegacyDefaultTheme property to return to the previous default theme.
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