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Articles tagged 'XAML'

How To: Add a watermark to a WPF TextBox

I recently was working on some code where I needed to add a watermark to my WPF TextBox. Now this is not built-in functionality. So i thought of implementing a similar functionality myself.

Going the InputBindings way: Part 4 - How to code Mouse Bindings

Getting straight to the point, in this article, I will be explaining how to create command bindings to certain mouse events such a RightClick or a LeftDoubleClick among others.

Going the InputBindings way: Part 3 - What’s the WinRT equivalent of KeyBindings?

Now, if you have already worked on some windows 8 apps and cared about keyboard accessiblity, or maybe just from the title of of this post, there is no KeyBinding to perform an action.

Going the InputBindings way: Part 1 - Keyboard Accessibility

You can specify an input binding in XAML as shown below.

Going the InputBindings way: Part 2 - .NET 3.5

Now, if you are on .NET 3.5, you will have noticed that the XAML I have provided does not work. Shown it below again for reference.