Comments on: How about a Zune-style ChildWindow? http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/ Silverlight, rich client apps and web development Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: yon http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7884 yon Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-7884 u gave me what I was looking for thank u u gave me what I was looking for thank u

]]> By: Anand http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7864 Anand Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-7864 its Cool work. its Cool work.

]]> By: Loek van den Ouweland http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 Loek van den Ouweland Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:41:42 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2900 Hey Jeff, thank you very much for this information. Just when I thought about why my ChildWindows did not style properly, a friend send me the link to this post. Now my windows look great! Hey Jeff, thank you very much for this information. Just when I thought about why my ChildWindows did not style properly, a friend send me the link to this post. Now my windows look great!

]]> By: Windows 7 Style "Aero" ChildWindow Template | JoshEinstein.com http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Windows 7 Style "Aero" ChildWindow Template | JoshEinstein.com Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:18:19 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2750 [...] to be jerky for some reason. I think this is a bug in the way ChildWindow handles dragging because Jeff Wilcox’s customized template has the same problem when one of his readers enabled dragging on his Zune style [...] [...] to be jerky for some reason. I think this is a bug in the way ChildWindow handles dragging because Jeff Wilcox’s customized template has the same problem when one of his readers enabled dragging on his Zune style [...]

]]> By: Josh Einstein http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Josh Einstein Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:21:24 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2749 I created a ChildWindow template and have exactly the same issue of drag and drop being "choppy". I suspect it's a bug in the ChildWindow control. I'm about to just disable dragging functionality altogether. That's fine for the Zune style which doesn't "look" draggable but mine looks like a Windows 7 aero window which implies it can be dragged so that's gonna bug me. :( I created a ChildWindow template and have exactly the same issue of drag and drop being “choppy”. I suspect it’s a bug in the ChildWindow control. I’m about to just disable dragging functionality altogether. That’s fine for the Zune style which doesn’t “look” draggable but mine looks like a Windows 7 aero window which implies it can be dragged so that’s gonna bug me. :(

]]> By: Mike Stokes http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Mike Stokes Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:45:12 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2740 Cool Jeff - it looks really pretty and the layout is appealing.... will work really well as a generic style - well done :) Cool Jeff – it looks really pretty and the layout is appealing…. will work really well as a generic style – well done :)

]]> By: Jeff Wilcox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 Jeff Wilcox Fri, 28 May 2010 18:46:04 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2698 @Rangoric, Now I see what I get for not implementing all the template parts! I didn't even know that it did that. @Rangoric,
Now I see what I get for not implementing all the template parts! I didn’t even know that it did that.

]]> By: Rangoric http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2694 Rangoric Fri, 28 May 2010 04:26:11 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2694 Actually the ChildWindow is draggable by default, via the Titlebar. I still prefer this over the default one though, even losing that :) Actually the ChildWindow is draggable by default, via the Titlebar. I still prefer this over the default one though, even losing that :)

]]> By: Jeff Wilcox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2693 Jeff Wilcox Thu, 27 May 2010 06:43:41 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2693 @Jim, The opacity on the edges could be done in theory using an OpacityMask applied to whatever you put in the ItemTemplate for the ListBox. You would need to do some creative work to make it a very specific size, but I bet it wouldn't be too hard to do. Give Blend a try on that, I'll blog if I spend any time on it. @Jim,
The opacity on the edges could be done in theory using an OpacityMask applied to whatever you put in the ItemTemplate for the ListBox. You would need to do some creative work to make it a very specific size, but I bet it wouldn’t be too hard to do. Give Blend a try on that, I’ll blog if I spend any time on it.

]]> By: Jeff Wilcox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 Jeff Wilcox Thu, 27 May 2010 02:11:51 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2692 @Brad, I'll look into it. The choppy behavior might be because of the way that I tried to restrict and control the window size using columns in a Grid. @Brad,
I’ll look into it. The choppy behavior might be because of the way that I tried to restrict and control the window size using columns in a Grid.

]]> By: Brad Sickles http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Brad Sickles Thu, 27 May 2010 01:55:34 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2691 It's not so much that it's a common case to drag it around, but I can see users wanting to see information in the background (in the case of context based popup) that is blocked by the window while entering information. Even if you don't implement it, could you help me out? I figured by just adding the "Chrome" template part, it would allow dragging, but I must be doing it wrong because the dragging is very choppy and screwy. By the way, thanks for the style. :) It’s not so much that it’s a common case to drag it around, but I can see users wanting to see information in the background (in the case of context based popup) that is blocked by the window while entering information.

Even if you don’t implement it, could you help me out?
I figured by just adding the “Chrome” template part, it would allow dragging, but I must be doing it wrong because the dragging is very choppy and screwy.

By the way, thanks for the style. :)

]]> By: Jeff Wilcox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 Jeff Wilcox Wed, 26 May 2010 19:51:53 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2690 @Brad, I'm not sure why - the ChildWindow isn't designed to be moved around as far as I know. @Brad,
I’m not sure why – the ChildWindow isn’t designed to be moved around as far as I know.

]]> By: Brad Sickles http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Brad Sickles Wed, 26 May 2010 19:12:37 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2689 Could you add drag support to the window? Could you add drag support to the window?

]]> By: Windows Client Developer Roundup for 5/24/2010 - Pete Brown's 10rem.net http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2684 Windows Client Developer Roundup for 5/24/2010 - Pete Brown's 10rem.net Tue, 25 May 2010 03:13:43 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2684 [...] How about a Zune-style ChildWindow? (Jeff Wilcox) [...] [...] How about a Zune-style ChildWindow? (Jeff Wilcox) [...]

]]> By: Jim McCurdy http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Jim McCurdy Mon, 24 May 2010 16:44:20 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2010/05/my-childwindow-design/#comment-2681 Jeff, Nice article. Your child window has a lot more appeal than the default. On a related topic, one of the cosmetic things I really like about the Zune software is the way it uses opacity at the edges of a scrollable listbox. If the name of a song or album is truncated, due to a smaller than necessary listbox, it fades out the text on the edges - very slick looking. I love it if you could offer up a SIlverlight solution. Thanks, Jim Jeff,

Nice article. Your child window has a lot more appeal than the default.

On a related topic, one of the cosmetic things I really like about the Zune software is the way it uses opacity at the edges of a scrollable listbox. If the name of a song or album is truncated, due to a smaller than necessary listbox, it fades out the text on the edges – very slick looking. I love it if you could offer up a SIlverlight solution.

Thanks,
Jim

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