Improvements in v4.7.0

v4.7.0

Released March 10 2025.

19 bug fixes and improvements

• All the Toolkit’s controls are now compatible with .NET9.
• In InputBase, a new property, called CaretBrush, allows to set the color of the caret brush used by the DateTimePicker, DateTimeUpDown, NumericUpDown, TimeSpanUpDown & TimePicker.
• In CheckComboBox, a new property, called Watermark, allows to set a Watermark in the CheckComboBox.
• In CheckComboBox, a new property, called WatermarkTemplate, allows to set a template for the CheckComboBox’s Watermark.
• In MaskedTextBox, a new property, called RawText, now gives access to the TextBox’s raw content.
• In MaskedTextBox, a new property, called Watermark, allows to set a Watermark in the MaskedTextBox.
• In MaskedTextBox, a new property, called WatermarkTemplate, allows to set a template for the MaskedTextBox’s Watermark.
• In AvalonDock, a LayoutAnchorable will now move back to its previous position when undocked and then docked via the options in the context menu.
• In AvalonDock, floating a window no longer displays it behind the main app’s window.
• In AvalonDock, pressing the Shift + F10 keys will no longer raise a “not a Visual or Visual3D” exception.
• AvalonDock no longer throws an InvalidOperationException when deserializing XML containing self-closed tags.
• In CheckComboBox, clicking the SelectAll option no longer throws a NullRedException when the ItemsSource is a collection of enum values.
• In CheckComboBox, modifying the SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey no longer affects the DropDownButton size.
• In ColorPicker, setting the AvailableColorsSortingMode to HueSaturationBrightness no longer creates binding errors when the ColorPicker is in a Popup.
• In DockingManager, a new event, called LayoutFloatingWindowControlCollectionChanged, allows to get notifications when the collection of LayoutFloatingWindowControl changes.
• In PropertyGrid, the CategoryOrder will now be respected when using the LocalizedCategory attribute.
• In PropertyGrid, properties of type List or IList will now use the PrimitiveTypeCollectionEditor instead of the CollectionEditor.
• In PropertyGrid, the NotSupportedException is no longer thrown when the SelectedContent is a Dictionary of (int, object).
• In WatermarkPassworkBox, the softKeyboard now appears as it should when the control is touched in touch screen apps.

We hope you love this release and decide to support the project by getting a license to Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF. -- Xceed Team

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