#205 – The WPF GUI Pipeline
February 2, 2011 Leave a comment
In WPF, there are a number of different actors or elements that impact how data (or content) will be presented to the user. The various elements can be thought of a “pipeline”, with data flowing in at one end and final GUI elements coming out of the other end.
The different elements in the GUI pipeline are:
- Data binding – Data from some object is bound to one or more controls
- Value Converters - Bound data may be converted to another format
- Templates - Control and data templates specify constituent elements for a control
- Presenters - ContentPresenter and ItemsPresenter act as placeholders within a template, indicating where the content goes
- Layout - Determine position and size of all elements
- Style - Apply a predefined style, which specifies one or more property values
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