Browse by Tags
All Tags »
Blend (RSS)
I’m working on my book for O’Reilly this month (HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers). If you’ve written books or articles yourself you know there is a lot of prep involved in getting your machine into a clean state for screenshots...
It’s a bit hard to know the version numbers for Expression Blend releases as the information is scattered about the Internet. Version Name Number Release Date Expression Blend 4, original release 4.0 June 7, 2010 Expression Blend 4 Service Pack...
I find it very frustrating sometimes to get something to build in Blend. Like many developers, I have a "Me.dll" that contains a lot of commonly used classes, custom controls, etc. As you might expect, this DLL often takes dependencies on other...
Creating an ImageBrush in Blend has always been a multi-step process. Blend 3 makes a few improvements in the steps necessary for creating a ImageBrush. You can still use the traditional way if you desire. Copy an Image to Clipboard
The first...
A common UI metaphor in recent times is the circular wait cursor or progress indicator. This article shows some easy techniques within Expression Blend 2 that simplify creating this modern UI indicator. After showing how to easily layout multiple child...
Part One
A common UI metaphor in recent times is the circular wait cursor or progress indicator. This article shows some easy techniques within Expression Blend 2 that simplify creating this modern UI indicator. After showing how to easily layout multiple...
A couple years ago I wrote a post regarding the WPF VisualBrush. As part of that post I discussed the TileBrush.
TileBrush is abstract and defines a number of useful properties for creating a repeating pattern. For example you could set the source...
There never seems to be enough screen space when working with Expression Blend or Visual Studio. Sometimes in Blend the Artboard gets a little off center and you need to move it to see what you are working on.
In this screen shot the...
One of my first disappointments when I started using Expression Blend was to find that it didn’t support the add-in model. Tools like Adobe Photoshop have a plug-in model. Visual Studio has a long history of supporting the extensible...
Once you have a brush painted into a region you can use the Brush Transform tool (B) to visually alter the angle and other transform settings. Simply grab the head, tail or body of the brush transform arrow and move to see the gradient change. ...
For as quick way to hide all toolbars; press Tab or F4. Use the same key to show the toolbars again. Read More...
You probably know that you can scroll the Blend Artboard (work area) vertically by rolling the mouse wheel up and down. In fact that shortcut works for most Windows applications.
Did you know that you scroll horizontally by holding down the...
To quickly zoom in or out of the Expression Blend artboard (work window).
Hold the Ctrl-Key and scroll the mouse wheel. Read More...
I taught a WPF class at Microsoft in September. During the Expression Blend demo I ran into this odd bug. I thought it was my video driver or my DPI settings so last week I spent a couple fruitless hours trying to fix the problem. No luck...
In Getting Started with Expression Blend , Lee Brimelow covers all the basics that every designer and developer of WPF and Silverlight content needs to know. He starts with an overview of how Expression Blend fits into WPF and Silverlight workflows, then...
Next page »