I am glad to announce that the ElementFlow control has been added to the FluidKit library. This has been a popular request for quite some time now. If you are unfamiliar with ElementFlow please have a look at these posts: ( Part 1, Part 2 ).
Since the FluidKit library is currently only in a source-only form, you will have to download and build it on your machine. To see ElementFlow in action, execute the FluidKit.Showcase project.
Customization
I have had a few opportunities of creating highly specialized versions of ElementFlow. These included special views, interaction, virtualization, custom scrolling, animations, etc. I have learnt a lot during such customizations and in some cases I rewrote a few pieces of ElementFlow.
Note that the version included in FluidKit doesn’t include these customizations. I would be more than happy to collaborate to create such versions.
[Personally I would love to get an opportunity to develop a version for Microsoft Surface. It has been in my wish list for quite some time but I don't have the resources to do that YET.]
This is the best I have seen in a very long time. It will help a lot in learning WPF.
Thanks for sharing, and keep up th good work!
Cheers
Peter
Thanks Peter! Do feel free to shoot me questions or post issues on the CodePlex project.
Thank you so much!
Element Flow is certainly the best open source control i have seen so far.
I am sure that your outstanding altruistic contribution is not only going to help me and others to understand how to write such complex controls but furthermore be an inspiration to share as well.
I’d love to contribute a couple of small things i developed. If you consider adding those to your library please let me know.
Regards
Boris
Hi Boris,
Thanks for those kind words. I hope with community support I’ll be able to make it even better!
I was always looking out for resources when I was developing such controls, but could not find much. Through FluidKit I want to make the learning curve a little easier to climb
As regards your contribution… PLEASE DO! I would be glad to incorporate community-developed controls in FluidKit. Please shoot me an email and we can take it from there. Thanks for the thought.
Cool as always.. Let’s talk
Andrew
Thank you so much Pavan! This is a software’s masterpiece. I’ll try to help you giving feedback or additions to the controls.
I think FluidKit will be the best WPF controls pack.
Thank you again for sharing and congratulations!
Rondy
Thanks Rondy for volunteering! I think the success of FluidKit depends on the community. I am glad you resonate with that idea.
Please do post any issues on the CodePlex site. If you would like to contribute, please shoot me an email and I’ll package it as part of FluidKit (of course with credits to your name
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ElementFlow is a modern master peice. Awesome
Hey Sacha… thanks for those kind words ! See you soon in NY
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Hi, i’m working on a multitouch tabletop project with wpf and if i will reuse fluikit and also implement your element flow in this project.
If you wan’t to see the project go to http://www.codeplex.com/tangibilis
there are no release yet but soon.