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Build Material Design based PowerShell GUI Apps
DataGrid with "Gmail-Like" Controls
I really like the Gmail grid style, where the action buttons are part of the row and how they are floating as the mouse hovers over the...
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Feb 4, 20225 min read
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Adding context menu to TextBox
How to add context menu to TextBox
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Jan 21, 20221 min read
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How to add a Spinner
About Spinners and using a Runspace
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Jan 1, 20224 min read
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There's no I in theme
Adding theme feature to your app
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Dec 22, 20213 min read
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The art of Input Validation
One of the most critical foundations of an app's data integrity and consistency is covered in this post: Data input validation. As you've...
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Dec 18, 20214 min read
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Filling up some MD forms
Some words on input controls and form layout. Material Design has three flavors of input styles: On all of them you can put a hint, and...
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Dec 11, 20213 min read
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Big Gotcha in navigation rail SelectionChanged event
The event that triggers when you change a tab is called 'SelectionChanged'. It is attached to the TabControl UI control. Give a name to...
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Dec 9, 20211 min read
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How to add Active Directory's User pic in app
Do you store users' pictures in Active Directory? If you do, there is nothing easier than putting their pictures in your PowerShell app....
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
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Raise (Tab) Awareness
Those great looking navigation rails we created, work great as long as your app is simple and contains only the pages you defined in the...
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Dec 3, 20212 min read
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Dot-Sourcing reusable PS code
On all of my previous posts, I showed you that the files had common code on their top parts. I said we don't touch those parts usually...
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Dec 3, 20212 min read
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Know your elements
How to view the content of a UI element When designing an app, we have to know exactly how every UI element should look like, and respond...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
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Navigation Rail gets an upgrade
How to add both "Hamburger" and "Popup" menus to the Navigation Rail.
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Nov 28, 20212 min read
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Navigation Bar in less than 2 minutes
MDIX (Material Design In Xaml) contains a VERY simple yet beautiful looking navigation bar. MD calls it a "Navigation Rail Tab Control"....
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Nov 27, 20212 min read
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Data Grid
Learn how to implement Material Design DataGrid on a PowerShell WPF GUI App.
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Nov 25, 20213 min read
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C'mon have a snack bar
Use a Snackbar for displaying information to the user
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Nov 24, 20214 min read
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Opening and Saving Files
Learn how to use Open and Save MS windows newest dialogs
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Nov 23, 20214 min read
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First Window to the (hello) world
First WPF PowerShell Material Design App explained
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Nov 22, 20214 min read
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Creating a project skeleton
Unlike C# projects that can live on one VS solution and be "Packed for shipment", In PowerShell we have nothing to compile. It's a...
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Nov 21, 20213 min read
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System.Windows.Forms doesn't live here anymore
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" Lao Tzu So... I'm excited to post my first hands-on piece on a subject I am...
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Nov 20, 20212 min read
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How Google's Material Design ended up on PowerShell?
The (in)complete story behind adopting Material Design Style on PowerShell.
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Nov 19, 20213 min read
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