Kinnara/ModernWpf

Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications

ModernWPF UI Library

Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications.

Features

• Modern styles and new features for the majority of the stock WPF controls.

• Light and dark themes that can be easily customized. A high contrast theme is also included.

• Additional controls to help you build modern applications. Some are ported from the Windows UI Library.

• Targets .NET Framework 4.5+, .NET Core 3+, and .NET 5+. Runs on Windows Vista SP2 and above.

Quick start

1. Create a new WPF app.

2. Install from NuGet Install-Package ModernWpfUI.

3. Edit App.xaml to following:

<Application
    ...
    xmlns:ui="http://schemas.modernwpf.com/2019">
    <Application.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <ui:ThemeResources />
                <ui:XamlControlsResources />
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

4. Edit MainWindow.xaml to following:

<Window
    ...
    xmlns:ui="http://schemas.modernwpf.com/2019"
    ui:WindowHelper.UseModernWindowStyle="True">
    <ui:SimpleStackPanel Margin="12" Spacing="24">
        <TextBlock Text="My first ModernWPF app" Style="{StaticResource HeaderTextBlockStyle}" />
        <Button Content="I am a button" />
        <Button Content="I am an accent button" Style="{StaticResource AccentButtonStyle}" />
    </ui:SimpleStackPanel>
</Window>

5. See the wiki for more information.

Packages

NuGet Package	Latest Versions
ModernWpfUI
ModernWpfUI.MahApps

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