Just found a tricky little quirk with TabStop that caused a fair bit of confusion. It turns out that the default implementation of ContentControl overrides Control, so implements the IsTabStop property, and defaults that value to true. ContentControl is implemented by the delightful BusyIndicator, so if you have used a BusyIndicator within the scope of... Continue Reading →
Restyling Transitions in the Silverlight Toolkit TransitioningContentControl
(This post extends my example for using cross project merged dictionaries in Silverlight) I’m a developer, not a designer and as such using Expression Blend doesn’t feel natural and makes me feel dirty… However I had to bite the bullet to ease the restyling of the transition animation in the Toolkit TransitioningContentControl. NOTE: At time... Continue Reading →
Cross Project MergedDictionaries in Silverlight
Todd Miranda has posted a video on the use of merged dictionaries on the Learning portal of Silverlight.net (find it here). This video explains the concepts of MergedDictionaries in a very long winded way. IMHO people investigating MergedDictionaries will already know how to layout a grid, and play some simple controls, so the first 8m... Continue Reading →
Mark Cooper 