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Windows App SDK Version 2.0 Preview 1 (2.0.0-Preview1) Release Notes | Microsoft Learn

https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/release-notes/windows-app-sdk-2-0?pivots=preview#version-20-preview-1-200-preview1

#windowsdev #winui #windowsml #dotnet #xaml #csharp #windowsappsdk

Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps

Provides information about what's new in Windows App SDK 2.0.

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Feb 12

Windows Community Toolkit [Pre-release] v8.3.260211-preview1 | by Michael Hawker

https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions/829

#windowsdev #winui #wct #communitytoolkit #dotnet #cpp #xaml #appdev

[Pre-release] v8.3.260211-preview1 · CommunityToolkit Windows · Discussion #829

What's Changed Vertical Orientated Components 🚦 Orientation option for Segmented by @Avid29 in #747 [RangeSelector] Add support for vertical orientation by @Illustar0 in #756 Bug Fixes 🐞 Fix Segmen...

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XAML Llama 🦙Feb 11

🦙📢 #WindowsDev a preview of the #WindowsCommunityToolkit has dropped with some new vertical modes for the Segmented and RangeSelector controls. Check the rest of the changes here: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions/829 #WinUI #dotnet

[Pre-release] v8.3.260211-preview1 · CommunityToolkit Windows · Discussion #829

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Feb 4

Mixing Rendering Technologies on Windows | DirectX

https://blog.j2i.net/2026/02/03/mixing-rendering-technologies-on-windows-directx/

#windowsdev #directx #xaml #winui #win2d #ui #winforms

Mixing Rendering Technologies on Windows | DirectX

Windows has many methods of rendering images to the screens. Those include GDI, Direct3D, Direct2D, DirectWrite, XAML, Windows Forms, Win2D, and WinUI. Windows 10 brought support for mixing some of…

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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Jan 26

WinDev Helper - A WinUI Extension for VS Code

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alvinashcraft.windev-helper

Still working out the kinks - Submit issues and feature requests here: https://github.com/alvinashcraft/windev-helper/issues

#windowsdev #winui #windowsappsdk #vscode #dotnet

WinDev Helper - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Build beautiful, performant WinUI apps with VS Code. Debug, build, package, and deploy Windows apps powered by the Windows App SDK.

Patrick

Jan 10

One Open-source Project Daily

A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.

https://github.com/files-community/Files

#1ospd #opensource #alternatives #csharp #customization #developertools #dotnet #filemanager #files #fluent #fluentdesign #git #goodfirstissue #poweruser #productivity #utilities #winappsdk #windows #windows10 #windows11 #winui #xaml

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️Jan 7

XAML Studio is now Open Sourced | by Michael Hawker

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/xaml-studio-is-now-open-sourced/

#windowsdev #dotnet #xaml #csharp #winui #xamlstudio #oss

XAML Studio is now Open Sourced - #ifdef Windows

XAML Studio is now open sourced! It's a WinUI developer tool for rapid prototyping with XAML before integrating in a Visual Studio project.

#ifdef Windows

Albert Jan 7

Funny thing. While searching for a solution to the Windows Theme change issue, I found my own post as the first result. Of course, the information is outdated. Well, time to update it!

https://albertakhmetov.com/posts/2025/switching-between-dark-and-light-themes-in-a-winui-app/

#WinUI

Switching Between Dark and Light Themes in a WinUI App

In this note, we will look at how to switch between light and dark themes in a WinUI app.

Albert Akhmetov

Albert Jan 5

#Skia seems to be a valid option for drawing in #WinUI 3 applications.

Albert Jan 4

My attempts to use data binding with MenuFlyout https://albertakhmetov.com/posts/2026/menu-flyout-and-data-binding/ #winui

MenuFlyout and Data Binding

When a menu needs to be created based on changing data, the first thought is data binding. But then you remember: MenuFlyout does not support it. What should we do?

Albert Akhmetov