Mantin.Controls.Wpf.Notification 6.0.0

Use the included "Demo Application" for details on features and code example. The Notification controls includes the following:

• Help Balloon

  • MVVM Support.
  • Has two types, "Help" and "Information". Each has its own icon and color scheme.
  • Recognizes multiple screen boundaries and will react accordingly.
  • Properties:
    • Title - Optional bold, underlined title of the balloon.
    • Caption
    • BalloonType (Help/Information/Warning)
    • MaxHeight - Will auto display vertical scrollbars if content exceeds height.
    • MaxWidth - Sets the maximum width of the control. This can be helpful if "AutoWidth" stretches the control.
    • AutoWidth - The default width is 250. When this property is set, the text will not wrap.
  • Fades in when the mouse is over the Help image.
  • Opacity remains at 1 while mouse over.
  • When mouse leaves the window, the window will fade and close when opacity reaches 0.
  • The height auto sizes to the content.
  • The Help Balloon will present itself on the right side by default and will shift to the left if extends past the screen.
  • Can "attach" a Balloon to any control.
  • Optionally show "Close" button.
  • Code Example:
    • Add this attribute to your Window
      • {{ xmlns:Notification="clr-namespace:Mantin.Controls.Wpf.Notification;assembly=Mantin.Controls.Wpf.Notification"}}
    • XAML Tag
      • {{ <Notification:HelpBalloon Caption="{Binding HelpText}" BalloonType="{Binding BalloonType}" MaxHeight="{Binding MaxHeight}"/> }}

• Toast Popup

  • Loads in the bottom right of the screen.
  • Uses animation to fade in and fade out.
  • Opacity remains at 1 while mouse over
  • The height auto sizes to the content.
  • Toast will stack on top of each other and will stack left if they reach the top of the screen.
  • As the toast close, they will fall to the bottom of the screen.
  • Has a close button (raises event).
  • Will fade out after a couple of seconds.
  • If the user mouses over the window, the opacity will return to 1.
  • Windows closes when opacity reaches 0.
  • Constructors accept:
    • Title - Title of your pop up.
    • Text - Content of the message to the user. Also includes the ability to pass in a List<Inline> for rich text.
    • Hyperlink - (Optional) Text to display as a hyperlink (raises event when clicked.
    • Ability to override the image.
    • Notification Types:
      • Information
      • Warning
      • Error
  • Other Properties:
    • FontColor
    • BorderBrush
    • Background
    • MaxToast
  • Code Example:

    • {{ // This example shows how to register the available events var toast = new ToastPopUp( "My Title", "This is the main content.", "Click this Hyperlink", NotificationType.Information);

      // This is what will be passed back through the HyperlinkClicked event. toast.HyperlinkObjectForRaisedEvent = new object(); toast.HyperlinkClicked += this.ToastHyperlinkClicked; toast.ClosedByUser += this.ToastClosedByUser; toast.Show();

      // Passing rich text as inlines and overrides the image. var inlines = new List<Inline>(); inlines.Add(new Run() { Text = "This is the first line of my main content." }); inlines.Add(new Run() { Text = Environment.NewLine }); inlines.Add(new Run("This text will be italic.") { FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic });

      new ToastPopUp(title, inlines, HyperLinkText, Properties.Resources.data_disk.ToBitmapImage());

      // If you don't need any events fired, you can do this. new ToastPopUp("My Title", "This is the main content.", NotificationType.Information) { Background = new LinearGradientBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 4, 253, 82), Color.FromArgb(255, 10, 13, 248), 90), BorderBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(0, 0, 0)), FontColor = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 255)) }.Show(); }}