DevExpress WPF Template Kit (Discussion)
- 4 navigation types: Accordion, Accordion with Tabbed Documents, Tabbed Window, and Compact Panel (Teams/Outlook-like).
- 30+ pre-designed views (you can select multiple views simultaneously).
- Performance optimizations, including Lightweight themes, resource preloading, Multi-Core JIT, and ReadyToRun deployment.
- MVVM and Dependency Injection patterns.
- Infrastructure for asynchronous data loading and command execution.
- Server-side support, including OData, authentication, and permission management.
Kanban Board – manage workflows by moving cards between groups, creating new items, and checking completed tasks. The Kanban board is powered by our Data Grid with a custom row template.
Middle-tier module – With this additional layer of protection (authentication, authorization, and encryption), desktop UI clients will not be able to access database connection information or modify database tables directly. You will be able to maintain an existing data context (DbContext) and business logic while establishing remote/secure connections to an RDBMS–based data store.
Employee Editing Form– A view with pre-configured editors arranged using the DevExpress Layout Control. We’ve implemented a classic editing form and a version with embedded labels.
Avalonia XPF (Discussion)
- Avalonia XPF was not developed by DevExpress. Support for DevExpress controls is managed by the Avalonia team. You can find a list of known limitations here: Supported DevExpress Components
- Avalonia XPF is different from Avalonia UI. While Avalonia XPF enables WPF applications to run on macOS and Linux, Avalonia UI is a separate framework for building cross-platform apps from the ground-up. DevExpress components do not support Avalonia UI.
Windows 11 System Accent Colors
CompatibilitySettings.UseLightweightThemes to true and assign the ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName property: CompatibilitySettings.UseLightweightThemes = true;
ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = LightweightTheme.Win11SystemColors.Name;
Lightweight Themes - Set Theme-Specific Values in XAML
Our new LWThemeValue markup extension helps you design your views for multiple DevExpress themes. LWThemeValue allows you to set a property based on the current theme in XAML. You can assign it a specific value or a static resource.
<Window.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="office2019Color" Color="Green"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="win11Color" Color="Red"/>
</Window.Resources>
<Border Margin="{LWThemeValue Office2019='0,0,0,0', Win11='8,8,8,8'}"
CornerRadius="{LWThemeValue Office2019=0, Win11=4}"
BorderBrush="{LWThemeValue Office2019={StaticResource office2019Color}, Win11={StaticResource win11Color}}"
BorderThickness="1">
<!--...-->
</Border>If you have multiple theme-dependent resources, you can group them into dictionaries and dynamically apply them using the LWThemeDictionary extension.
<!-- Dictionary1.xaml -->
<ResourceDictionary ...>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="myBrush">Red</SolidColorBrush>
</ResourceDictionary>
<!-- Dictionary2.xaml -->
<ResourceDictionary ...>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="myBrush">Blue</SolidColorBrush>
</ResourceDictionary>
<UserControl ...>
<UserControl.Resources>
<LWThemeDictionary Default="Resources/Dictionary1.xaml" Win11="Resources/Dictionary2.xaml">
</UserControl.Resources>
<Border Background="{DynamicResource myBrush}"/>
</UserControl>AI Enhancements (Discussion)
Semantic Search (Data Grid)
Smart Search (Ribbon & Accordion)
Smart Paste (Data Grid & Layout Control)
WPF Ribbon Backstage Navigation
WPF DateNavigator and DateEdit Navigation
DateNavigator and DateEdit now support keyboard navigation for all UI elements. When DateEdit is focused, press Alt + Down to open the popup, then use the Down arrow to focus on the date area. You can navigate through dates using the arrow keys, Shift + Tab to focus the header, and Tab to move between the Today and Close buttons.
Performance
A few releases ago, we introduced Lightweight (LW) Themes, which significantly reduce view load time and memory consumption. In v25.1, we’ve reworked our Demo Center modules to help you evaluate performance improvements across our controls.
These optimizations were made possible by the use of Lightweight Themes, resource preloading, and demo refactoring.