WPF - Controls

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) allows developers to easily build and create visually enriched UI based applications.

• The classical UI elements or controls in other UI frameworks are also enhanced in WPF applications.
• All of the standard WPF controls can be found in the Toolbox which is a part of the System.Windows.Controls.
• These controls can also be created in XAML markup language.

The complete inheritance hierarchy of WPF controls are as follows −

The following table contains a list of controls which we will discuss in the subsequent chapters.

Sr. No.	Controls & Description
1	Button A control that responds to user input
2	Calendar Represents a control that enables a user to select a date by using a visual calendar display.
3	CheckBox A control that a user can select or clear.
4	ComboBox A drop-down list of items a user can select from.
5	ContextMenu Gets or sets the context menu element that should appear whenever the context menu is requested through user interface (UI) from within this element.
6	DataGrid Represents a control that displays data in a customizable grid.
7	DatePicker A control that lets a user select a date.
8	Dialogs An application may also display additional windows to help the user gather or display important information.
9	GridView A control that presents a collection of items in rows and columns that can scroll horizontally.
10	Image A control that presents an image.
11	Label Displays text on a form. Provides support for access keys.
12	ListBox A control that presents an inline list of items that the user can select from.
13	Menus Represents a Windows menu control that enables you to hierarchically organize elements associated with commands and event handlers.
14	PasswordBox A control for entering passwords.
15	Popup Displays content on top of existing content, within the bounds of the application window.
16	ProgressBar A control that indicates progress by displaying a bar.
17	RadioButton A control that allows a user to select a single option from a group of options.
18	ScrollViewer A container control that lets the user pan and zoom its content.
19	Slider A control that lets the user select from a range of values by moving a Thumb control along a track.
20	TextBlock A control that displays text.
21	ToggleButton A button that can be toggled between 2 states.
22	ToolTip A pop-up window that displays information for an element.
23	Window The root window which provides minimize/maximize option, Title bar, border and close button
24	3rd Party Controls Use third-party controls in your WPF applications.

We will discuss all these controls one by one with their implementation.