wpf-ui-components-skills

Comprehensive guide for implementing the Syncfusion WPF ImageEditor control (SfImageEditor) for image editing and annotation. Use this when building applications that require image transformations (crop, rotate, flip), visual annotations (shapes, text, pen drawings), and image serialization. Supports loading images from multiple sources, customizing the editor toolbar, managing annotation layers, implementing undo/redo functionality, and localizing the interface. Essential for photo editing tools, document processing applications, and image review workflows.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF MaskedTextBox (SfMaskedEdit) control for restricted input with mask patterns. Use this skill when implementing masked input, input masks, or input restrictions with predefined patterns in WPF. Covers phone number input, email validation, credit card input, formatted input with prompt characters, RegEx masks, and custom patterns for dates, currency, product keys, and zip codes.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF Charts (SfChart) in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when working with WPF charts, data visualization, or interactive charting features. This skill covers chart series types, axes configuration, data binding, appearance customization, financial charts, technical indicators, and interactive features like zooming and tooltips for WPF applications.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF ChromelessWindow for custom window chrome and title bar customization. Use this when creating custom window designs, customizing title bars, or implementing borderless windows in WPF applications. Covers title bar customization, background styling, border radius, custom buttons, and native chrome integration.

Implements Syncfusion WPF DataGrid (SfDataGrid) component for displaying and manipulating tabular data in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when working with data grids, table views, or data binding scenarios. Supports sorting, filtering, grouping, editing, Excel/PDF export, drag and drop, master-detail views, summaries, and extensive styling options.

Complete guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF Diagram (SfDiagram) in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when working with diagrams like flowcharts, org charts, BPMN, or UML in WPF. Covers creating diagrams, adding nodes and connectors, configuring automatic layouts, implementing BPMN and UML shapes, setting up symbol palettes, data binding, export functionality, and appearance customization.

Complete guide for implementing the Syncfusion WPF GridControl — an Excel-like, cell-based virtual grid for Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when working with WPF GridControl or Syncfusion grid components, including cell types, virtual grids, formula cells, clipboard operations, and Excel import/export. Covers QueryCellInfo events, GridStyleInfo, GridModel, row/column management, and appearance customization for desktop applications.

Implements Syncfusion Essential Grouping for WPF, a data organization engine that works without UI controls. Use this when working with GroupingEngine, TableDescriptor, or organizing tabular data with hierarchical grouping, custom sorting, and filtering. Supports binary tree data structures, expression fields, summary calculations, and aggregate operations for WPF data analysis applications.

Implements Syncfusion WPF Multi Column Dropdown (SfMultiColumnDropDownControl) for displaying searchable dropdown lists with grid view. Use this when creating dropdowns with multiple columns, autocomplete functionality, or filterable data grids in combo boxes. Supports data binding, column configuration, multi-row selection, and popup customization.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF PivotGrid control, a powerful pivot table component for cross-tabulated data analysis. Use this when working with WPF pivot tables, PivotGridControl, or cross-tabulated data scenarios. Covers pivot rows/columns configuration, PivotSchemaDesigner, grouping bar, pivot field list, pivot calculations, filtering, sorting, and data binding for business intelligence applications.

Implement Syncfusion WPF PropertyGrid for browsing and editing object properties with custom editors and category editors. Use this when building property inspectors, property panels similar to Visual Studio's Properties window, or dynamically inspecting and editing object properties in WPF. Covers custom value editors, category editors, collection editing, and design-time property editor customization.

Implement Syncfusion WPF Ribbon component for modern desktop applications. Use this skill when creating ribbon interfaces in WPF with tabs, groups, buttons, menus, and galleries. Covers advanced features like application menus, backstage views, state persistence, multi-document ribbon merge, keyboard accessibility, touch support, and ribbon customization.

Guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF Smart DataGrid (SfSmartDataGrid) with AI-powered natural language commands. Use this when creating AI-assisted data grids with natural language sorting, filtering, grouping, and highlighting in WPF applications. Covers Azure OpenAI integration, data binding, and natural language prompt handling for grid operations.

Implement Syncfusion WPF Syntax Editor (EditControl) for code editors and advanced text editing applications. Use this when building syntax-highlighted code editors, IDE-like editors, or source code editing interfaces in WPF. Covers syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, find/replace, programming language support, and Visual Studio-style editing features.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF Tabbed Window control that combines SfChromelessWindow with SfTabControl for document-based applications. Use this skill when implementing chromeless tabbed windows, browser-style tabs, document management windows, or Visual Studio-style tabs in WPF. Covers tear-off tabs, floating tab windows, tab merging between windows, drag-drop tab reordering, and MVVM tab binding scenarios.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF TreeGrid (SfTreeGrid) control in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when displaying hierarchical or self-relational data in a grid format with expandable tree structure. Supports column configuration, sorting and filtering hierarchical data, editing tree nodes, cell merging, exporting, and conditional styling.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF TreeView (SfTreeView) control to display hierarchical data in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this when working with tree structures, folder hierarchies, organizational charts, or parent-child data relationships. Supports drag-and-drop reordering, checkbox selection, load-on-demand for large datasets, and inline editing of tree nodes.

Implement Syncfusion WPF CardView for card-based data display with grouping, sorting, filtering, and editing. Use this when implementing card panels, binding data with ItemsSource, or customizing card layouts in WPF. Covers CardViewItem population, GroupCards, CanSort, CanEdit, EditItemTemplate, HeaderTemplate, ItemTemplate, and SfSkinManager theming.

Implement Syncfusion WPF OLAP Client for business intelligence and multidimensional data analysis. Use this when working with OLAP Client controls, cube analysis, SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services), or multidimensional data. Covers cube database connections (offline cubes, Mondrian, ActivePivot), dimension browsing, OLAP reports, drill-through operations, and KPI analysis.

Guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF OLAP Gauge control for displaying Key Performance Indicators (KPI) from OLAP data sources. Use this when working with OLAP KPI visualization, business intelligence dashboards, or XML/A data binding in WPF. This skill covers connecting to OLAP cubes, SQL Server Analysis Services, Mondrian servers, and configuring KPI displays for executive dashboards and BI applications.

Implement Syncfusion WPF OLAP Grid for multi-dimensional OLAP data analysis. Use this when working with OLAP grids, multi-dimensional analysis, business intelligence grids, or SSAS data display. Covers OLAP data source connections, drill down/up operations, KPI display, dimensional analysis, and cube data visualization for WPF applications.

Implement Syncfusion WPF Sunburst Chart (SfSunburstChart) for hierarchical data visualization. Use this when working with sunburst charts, hierarchical data visualization, multi-level circular charts, or drill-down visualizations. This skill covers displaying organizational hierarchies, file system structures, sales data by region/category, and other multi-level categorical data in concentric circles for WPF applications.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF SfTextBoxExt autocomplete features for intelligent suggestions, filtering, and tokenized multi-selection. Use when adding predictive text input, filtered suggestion lists, or multi-select search boxes.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF Badge (SfBadge) component for notification badges and indicators. Use this when adding notification badges to buttons, displaying counts or status indicators, or customizing badge appearance in WPF applications. Covers badge positioning with alignment and anchor properties, color customization with Fill property, shapes, animations, and attachment using SfBadge.Badge property.

Comprehensive guide for implementing the Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator (SfBusyIndicator) control in Windows Presentation Foundation applications. Use this skill when working with loading indicators, progress animations, or visual feedback during async and long-running operations in WPF. Covers IsBusy binding, AnimationType configuration, header customization, MVVM integration, and sizing with ViewboxHeight/ViewboxWidth.

Guide to using the Syncfusion WPF CalendarEdit control for date selection and navigation. Use this skill whenever the user needs to implement calendar functionality, select dates, restrict date ranges, customize calendar appearance, or work with multi-date selection. Essential for building date picker interfaces, booking systems, scheduling applications, and any WPF project requiring calendar controls.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF Carousel for displaying items in rotating or custom path interfaces with navigation support. Use when building image carousels, rotating galleries, or custom-path item displays with templates and data binding.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF CheckedListBox (CheckListBox) control for multi-select lists with checkboxes. Use this when adding checklist controls, checkbox-enabled item lists, or SelectAll functionality in WPF applications. Covers data binding, appearance customization, grouping/sorting, item selection handling, and virtualization.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF Color Palette (SfColorPalette) control for color selection interfaces with swatches. Use this when implementing color picker functionality, color swatches, or color binding in WPF applications. Covers setup, color selection, data binding, swatch navigation, appearance customization, and theming.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF ColorPickerPalette control for color selection from themed and standard color palettes. Use this when adding color pickers with predefined palettes, customizing color options, or handling color selection events in WPF applications. Covers setup, color management, appearance customization, and interaction patterns.

Implement Syncfusion WPF ColorPicker for color and gradient selection. Use this skill whenever users need to add color picking functionality, select solid colors, create linear/radial gradients, customize palettes, apply themes, or handle color-changed events in WPF applications. Covers XAML and C# implementations.

Implement Syncfusion WPF ComboBoxAdv with multiselection, editable support, autocomplete, data binding, and token features. Use this when working with dropdown selection, multiselect dropdowns, editable dropdowns, or autocomplete in WPF. Covers tokens, watermarks, delimiters, custom item templates, and dropdown behavior configuration.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF CurrencyTextBox control for formatted currency input with culture-specific formatting and validation. Use this when adding currency input fields, financial data entry controls, or decimal value inputs with currency symbols in WPF applications. Covers currency formatting, culture support, min/max validation, NumberFormatInfo customization, and value binding.

Implements Syncfusion WPF DataPager (SfDataPager) for paginating large datasets in WPF applications. Use this when implementing pagination controls, page navigation, or splitting large data into manageable chunks. Supports configurable page sizes, navigation buttons, numeric page buttons, and works with DataGrid, ListBox, ListView, and ItemsControl.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF DateTimeEdit (DateTimePicker) control for date and time selection with dropdown calendar/clock support. Use this when adding datetime pickers, masked datetime input, or datetime selection controls in WPF applications. Covers DateTime binding, mask/free-form editing, pattern formatting, CultureInfo localization, dropdown views, date range restrictions, blackout dates, null value handling, watermarks, and theming with SfSkinManager.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF DockingManager control for Visual Studio-like docking interfaces with MDI/TDI support, floating windows, and auto-hide panels. Use this when creating docking layouts, window management systems, tabbed document interfaces, or IDE-style layouts in WPF applications. Covers dock panels, floating windows, auto-hide functionality, state persistence, and window management.

Implements the Syncfusion WPF DomainUpDown (SfDomainUpDown) control for cycling through predefined item lists using spin buttons. Use this when adding domain selectors, item selectors with up/down buttons, or controls that navigate through collections using increment/decrement buttons in WPF applications. Covers item population, spin button alignment, styling, auto-reverse, and data binding with custom templates.

Implement Syncfusion WPF DropDownButtonAdv for dropdown button controls with popup menus. Use this when adding a dropdown button, dropdown menu, or button with a list of options in WPF. Covers menu items, data binding, command binding, dropdown direction, events, multiline text, styles, and themes.

Guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF GridSplitter (SfGridSplitter) control for dynamic layout resizing. Use this skill when implementing WPF GridSplitter, split panels, or resizable grid layouts. Covers splitting grid rows or columns with movable splitters, collapse/expand functionality, resizable panels, drag behavior configuration, and splitter appearance customization in WPF applications.

Comprehensive guide for implementing Syncfusion WPF IntegerTextBox control for integer value input with validation, formatting, and customization. Use this skill when implementing integer input controls, numeric validation for integers, or integer value entry in WPF. Covers integer data entry forms, min/max value restrictions, number formatting with culture support, integer value scrolling, range adorner progress visualization, and integer-specific input control implementation.