Creating Modern WPF Apps with MahApps.Metro 1
Offered By: Pluralsight
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to give your WPF applications a "modern" or "Metro" look and feel with the help of the open source library MahApps.Metro.
In this course, we learn how the open source library MahApps.Metro can be used to give your WPF applications a "modern" or "Metro" look and feel. We start off by seeing how to convert an ordinary WPF application to use MahApps.Metro, and then explore the various enhancements and style updates for common controls. We also learn how to show custom dialogs and flyouts, how to update the color theme of your application, and how to use icon buttons. Finally, we use another open source library, Modern UI Charts, to allow us to display nice looking charts.
In this course, we learn how the open source library MahApps.Metro can be used to give your WPF applications a "modern" or "Metro" look and feel. We start off by seeing how to convert an ordinary WPF application to use MahApps.Metro, and then explore the various enhancements and style updates for common controls. We also learn how to show custom dialogs and flyouts, how to update the color theme of your application, and how to use icon buttons. Finally, we use another open source library, Modern UI Charts, to allow us to display nice looking charts.
Syllabus
- Modern WPF Applications 13mins
- MahApps.Metro and the MetroWindow 22mins
- Common Input Controls 33mins
- Item Selection and Content Controls 25mins
- Metro Dialogs and Flyouts 27mins
- Colors, Icons, and Resources 21mins
- Modern UI Charts 19mins
- Taking It Further 10mins
Taught by
Mark Heath
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