[RESOLVED] BindingNavigator Missing from Toolbar

[dday9]

I am using .NET 5.0 to create a desktop application.

I do not see the BindingNavigator control in the toolbox under Data, All Windows Forms, or when I search for it in the search bar. However, if I right-click on the toolbox and enable Show All, it appear however it looks as if it is disabled.

I can certainly create my own BindingNavigator using a ToolStrip, but I'm curious why the BindingNavigator is exhibiting this behavior.

[jmcilhinney]

WinForms controls are not actually part of .NET Core itself but of the Windows Desktop extensions, added from .NET Core 3.0. I'm guessing that they have simply not prioritised that particular control highly enough to have got around to the reimplementation work required to make it work with the Toolbox the same way it did in .NET Framework.

[dday9]

I'm not familiar with the Windows Desktop extensions, in using the extension does that prevent cross-platform capability?

[jmcilhinney]

in using the extension does that prevent cross-platform capability?

Yes. Windows Forms and WPF functionality in .NET Core is provided for convenience and continuity but both are specific to Windows. Console applications are cross-platform, as they don't rely on Windows-specific APIs.

[dday9]

That would make sense because the GUI would be reliant on Win32 and I imagine it'd be rather difficult to make that cross-platform.

I guess going forward I'll continue with web applications for cross-platform support.

[KGComputers]

@dday9

I found a link from stack Activate missing Winforms controls in .Net Core 3.1which describes how to activate missing Winforms controls in .NET Core 3.1 C# application. Don't know if the provided solution will work on .NET 5 VB Winforms.

I guess going forward I'll continue with web applications for cross-platform support.

I agree that this will be the better option.


- kgc