New controls in WPF 4

[chris128]

Just noticed that there are a few new controls in WPF 4 (as of BETA 2) and just thought I would mention them in case others are not aware of them

--- Calendar - glad that they added this as I've wanted to use one in my WPF app for ages!
--- DataGrid - basically the WPF equivalent of the DataGridView in Winforms. A lot of people were unhappy that the DGV didnt exist in WPF so I guess this will keep them happy
--- DatePicker - the same as the DateTimePicker in Winforms. This is essentially just the Calendar control that is mentioned above but with a dropdown / textbox attached to it. I'm not really sure why they provided the calendar part of the control as a separate control because I imagine this is what will be used in 99% of situations where you want to let a user select a date. Ah well.



For more information on what is new in WPF 4, check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8(VS.100).aspx
One nice thing is the new System.Windows.Shell namespace which has classes such as JumpList in it which lets you define and work with jumplists in Windows 7. Something that I cant find anywhere in Winforms in .NET 4... so I think its another thing to add to the list of reasons to use WPF