Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager 2.0.6

Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager

This library implements a window manager for Avalonia with windows defined using Avalonia instead of native windows. This gives you the ability to create MDI style user interfaces in Avalonia, even in environments which don't support windowing like Android and iOS.

Installation

To install you need to add a reference to the nuget package Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager

dotnet add package Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager

The window manager comes with a Light and Dark theme which you need to install into your app.xaml. To do that you need to:

• Add Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager namespace xmlns:wm="using:Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager"
• Add WindowManagerTheme

App.axaml

<Application xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:wm="using:Iciclecreek.Avalonia.WindowManager"
             x:Class="Demo.App"
             RequestedThemeVariant="Default">
  <Application.Styles>
    <FluentTheme />
    <wm:WindowManagerTheme/>
  </Application.Styles>
</Application>

Usage

This library defines a single class:

• ManagedWindow - a Window implementation which isn't native but instead 100% avalonia

ManagedWindow control

The ManagedWindow control is a clone of the Window control. It has standard Window properties like Title, WindowState, WindowStartupLocation, Position, etc. Instead of being hosted using Native windows, a ManagedWindow control is hosted via the Avalonia Overlay system.

Showing a window

To show a window you need to get an instance of the WindowsPanel and call ShowWindow().

For example: And code behind

   var window = new ManagedWindow()
   {
       Title = "My window",
       WindowStartupLocation=WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen,
       Width=300, Height=300
   };
   window.Show()

To close a window you simple call Close().

Showing a Dialog

To show a dialog is exactly the same as Avalonia, you instantiate a ManagedWindow and call **.ShowDialog() **passing in the parent window.

   var dialogWindow = new ManagedWindow()
   {
       Title = "My window",
       WindowStartupLocation=WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen,
       Width=300, Height=300
   };
    var result = await dialogWindow.ShowDialog<string>(this);

To close a dialog you call Close(result);