morbitz / ak.toolkit

The AK.Toolkit will be a collection of controls, helpers, etc... stuff that I needed to use but couldn't find somewhere else.

🧰 AK.Toolkit

The AK.Toolkit will be a collection of controls, helpers, etc... stuff that I need but couldn't find somewhere else.

🔵 WinUI 3

🌏 Localizer

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The Localizer helps you to localize your app.

• Switch languages without restarting the app
• You (users) can edit localized strings even after deployment
• You (users) can add new languages even after deployment
• Use the starndard Resources.resw

🏁 Grid Extensions - GridIndexer (GI)

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An extensions that makes it easier to define rows and columns in Grid.

For example, usually, you need to define the ColumnDefinitions and the RowDefinitions like below. You also need to set the Grid.Row and Grid.Column by INDEX which makes it difficult and error prone to modificate the order.

<Grid
    ColumnDefinitions="*,*,*,*,*"
    RowDefinitions="*,*,*,*,*">
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"/>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"/>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2"/>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="3"/>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="4"/>
</Grid>

You can use GridIndexer (GI) and define your columns and rows like below.

<Grid>
    <TextBlock GI.Row="0" GI.Column="0"/>
    <TextBlock GI.Row="+1" GI.Column="+1"/>
    <TextBlock GI.Row="+1" GI.Column="+1"/>
    <TextBlock GI.Row="+1" GI.Column="+1"/>
    <TextBlock GI.Row="+1" GI.Column="+1"/>
</Grid>

💻 AutoCompleteTextBox

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A TextBox control that shows a suggestion based on input. AutoCompleteTextBox shows a suggestion inside the TextBox control.

<toolkit:AutoCompleteTextBox
    IsSuggestionCaseSensitive="false"
    SuggestionForeground="HotPink"
    SuggestionPrefix="..."
    SuggestionSuffix=" ? [Press Right]"
    SuggestionsSource="{x:Bind Suggestions, Mode=OneWay}" />

🛠️ Utilities

🧩 RandomStringGenerator

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A static class that generates random strings.

OutputType	Source
Numbers	0123456789
Alphabets	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
LowerCaseAlphabets	abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
UpperCaseAlphabets	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
AlphaNumerics	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
LowerCaseAlphaNumerics	abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
UpperCaseAlphaNumerics	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789

It's easy to use.

string randomString = RandomStringGenerator.GenerateString(
    OutputType.AlphaNumerics,
    minLength: 3,
    maxLength: 10);