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Custom Dictionaries
02 October 09 09:33 PM | text | 7 Comments   
Most current editors provide built in spell checking which validates user input. Spell checkers can be found in anything from word processors, to email clients, and even web browsers. Depending on the scenario, these spell checking utilities vary in complexity. Read More...
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Bindable Run
01 September 09 11:01 PM | text | 2 Comments   
Since the initial release of WPF, Run.Text has been a normal CLR property. This has meant that Run.Text lacks all the benefits of the WPF dependency property system, most notably the ability to be bound. In some cases, one could substitute Runs for TextBlock Read More...
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Caret Brush
01 September 09 12:55 AM | text | 0 Comments   
WPF provides extensive customizability to app authors, allowing them to change the default look and feel of most controls. One exception to this has been the color of the caret in WPF TextBoxes and RichTextBoxes. Since this functionality was not originally Read More...
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Selection Brush
28 August 09 06:29 PM | text | 2 Comments   
The default visual appearance of most objects in WPF can be easily tweaked, if not swapped out for a completely different visual tree. This provides developers far greater power over the visual look of an application than ever before. Facilitating the Read More...
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Layout Rounding
27 August 09 08:41 AM | text | 6 Comments   
WPF’s layout engine frequently gives elements s ub-pixel positions. Antialiasing algorithms cause these sub-pixel positioned elements to be rendered over multiple physical pixels after filtering. This can result in blurry lines and other non desirable Read More...
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New WPF 4.0 Features
24 June 09 06:35 PM | text | 12 Comments   
WPF 4.0 Beta1 was released last month. While many exciting features were included in Beat1, there was no work targeting text, flow, or layout. This will all be reversed with WPF Beat2. Below is a brief overview for each of the features included in Beta2 Read More...
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