README.md

WPF UI

Created with ❤ in Poland by lepo.co
A simple way to make your application written in WPF keep up with modern design trends. Library changes the base elements like Page, ToggleButton or List, and also includes additional controls like Navigation, NumberBox, Dialog or Snackbar.

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🚀 Getting started

For a starter guide see our documentation.

WPF UI is delivered via NuGet package manager. You can find the package here:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/wpf-ui/

Visual Studio
The plugin for Visual Studio 2022 let you easily create new projects using WPF UI.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lepo.wpf-ui

📁 What's included?

Name	Framework
Wpf.Ui Library that allows you to use all features in your own application
Wpf.Ui.Demo An MVVM application written in WPF .NET 6 where you can test the features.
Wpf.Ui.SimpleDemo Simple .NET 6 application with navigation.
Wpf.Ui.FontMapper Console app for generating Fluent System Icons enums.
Wpf.Ui.Extension Project for Visual Studio 2022 extension.

🏭 Branches

Branch	Status
WPF UI - Main
WPF UI - Development

📷 Screenshots

🏗️ Works with Visual Studio Designer

🏁 Virtualized panels for displaying thousands controls

❤️ Custom Tray icon and menu in pure WPF

⚓ Custom Windows 11 SnapLayout available for TitleBar.

🕹️ Radiograph

Radiograph is a computer hardware monitoring app that uses WPF UI.

📖 Documentation

Documentation can be found at https://wpfui.lepo.co/. We also have a tutorial over there for newcomers.

🚧 Development

If you want to propose a new functionality or submit a bugfix, create a Pull Request for the branch development.

📐 How to use?

First, your application needs to load custom styles, add in the MyApp\App.xaml file:

<Application
  ...
  xmlns:ui="http://schemas.lepo.co/wpfui/2022/xaml">
  <Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ui:ThemesDictionary Theme="Dark" />
        <ui:ControlsDictionary />
      </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Now you can create fantastic apps, e.g. with one button:

<ui:UiWindow
  ...
  xmlns:ui="http://schemas.lepo.co/wpfui/2022/xaml">
  <Grid>
    <ui:Button
      Content="Hello World"
      Icon="Fluent24"/>
  </Grid>
</ui:UiWindow>

Special thanks

Crafting apps for .NET without the creators of tools like ReSharper or XAML Styler would never be such a fantastic adventure.

• 🔗 JetBrains ReSharper
• 🔗 XAML Styler

Microsoft Property

Design of the interface, choice of colors and the appearance of the controls were inspired by projects made by Microsoft for Windows 11.
The Wpf.Ui.Demo app includes icons from Shell32 for Windows 11. These icons are the legal property of Microsoft and you may not use them in your own app without permission. They are used here as an example of creating tools for Microsoft systems.

Segoe Fluent Icons

WPF UI uses Fluent System Icons. Although this font was also created by Microsoft, it does not contain all the icons for Windows 11. If you need the missing icons, add Segoe Fluent Icons to your application.
According to the EULA of Segoe Fluent Icons we cannot ship a copy of it with this dll. Segoe Fluent Icons is installed by default on Windows 11, but if you want these icons in an application for Windows 10 and below, you must manually add the font to your application's resources.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/style/segoe-fluent-icons-font
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/downloads/#fonts

In the app dictionaries, you can add an alternate path to the font

<FontFamily x:Key="SegoeFluentIcons">pack://application:,,,/;component/Fonts/#Segoe Fluent Icons</FontFamily>

Compilation

Use Visual Studio 2022 and invoke the .sln.

Visual Studio
WPF UI is an Open Source project. You are entitled to download and use the freely available Visual Studio Community Edition to build, run or develop for WPF UI. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license, this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community.

License

WPF UI is free and open source software licensed under MIT License. You can use it in private and commercial projects.
Keep in mind that you must include a copy of the license in your project.