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Control Basics

In this chapter, you'll learn:
Control Basics

  1. Control Basics (Silverlight QuickStart)

    June 20, 2010|Level 100 : Beginner

    Just about every application needs controls (e.g. button, textbox, etc). This QuickStart goes over creating a control and enabling it to "do" something.

  2. Choosing Which Control to Use (Silverlight QuickStart)

    June 20, 2010|Level 100 : Beginner

    This QuickStart introduces the different types of controls available for Silverlight and how to add content to those controls.

  3. Working with Panels, XAML and Controls

    December 1, 2010|Level 200 : Novice

    Working with XAML is very similar to working with HTML, the main advantage being that you don’t have to worry about the pesky cross browser issues. Like HTML, XAML is XML. There are nodes, which de...

  4. Intro To Xaml

    July 12, 2010|Level 200 : Novice

    Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to create the same form and controls that he created using drag and drop in Adding Controls To An Application , only this time by entering the Xaml markup directly. A...

  5. Create Silverlight Master – Detail UI Using Data Sources Window Object DataSource

    June 26, 2010|Level 300 : Intermediate

    Master – Detail layouts are the bread and butter of Line of Business (LOB) applications. This video will show you how to drag & drop from the Data Sources Window to create a Silverlight UI that is...

  6. Adding Controls to an Application

    April 2, 2010|Level 200 : Novice

    Jesse Liberty demonstrates the basic controls, such as Button and TextBox, used in creating a Silverlight application.

  7. How Do I: Silverlight Event Handling Fundamentals

    April 8, 2010|Level 200 : Novice

    Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to handle events, such as clicking a button, in Silverlight applications.

  8. Implementing Password Validation

    July 16, 2009|Level 300 : Intermediate

    Install Silverlight Stepping through the code to examine applying validation techniques to the Password entry box.

  9. Silverlight Toolkit: Accordion Control

    July 9, 2009|Level 200 : Novice

    In Part 1 of this two part video Jesse Liberty introduces the new Accordion toolkit control, and demonstrates how to set various important properties both declaratively in the XAML and programmatic...

  10. Silverlight Toolkit: AutoCompleteBox

    July 9, 2009|Level 200 : Novice

    Jesse Liberty introduces the AutoCompleteBox from the Silverlight Toolkit and the infrastructure that he’ll be using in his entire video series on the Silverlight Toolkit.

  11. Time Input Control

    July 9, 2009|Level 200 : Novice

    In this video, Silverlight Geek, Jesse Liberty, walks through using the new Timer input control and shows how to set the control for its various styles such as hover or click, pop-up or sliders and...

  12. Domain UpDown Control

    July 9, 2009|Level 200 : Novice

    Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to use the new Domain UpDown control to create a spinner that provides access to a limited set of values.

  13. Silverlight Toolkit: Creating a Toolkit Expander

    July 9, 2009|Level 300 : Intermediate

    In this video Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to create and use the Expander control and then how to template the control to cause its contents to fade in and out at a pace you set.

  14. Silverlight Toolkit: Headers

    July 9, 2009|Level 200 : Novice

    In this video Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to create and use the HeaderContentControl and the HeaderItemsControl from the Silverlight Toolkit , demonstrating their use with text and with images.

  15. Dynamically Generating Controls in WPF and Silverlight