Chipmunk

Chipmunk is a set of WPF attached behaviors that provide attached properties. Simply add a reference to the Chipmunk.dll and specify properties all via XAML. You need neither write any code-behind nor make a reference to the Expression Blend SDK.

Features

Window Behavior

• Completely full control of System Menu
  • Enables or disables the minimize button, maximize button, help button, and close button independently with one another
  • Automatically processes Window Message if needed.
• Hides an icon on the caption bar (title bar)
• Enables DWM (Desktop Window Manager) Aero Composition
  • Applies extended window frame settings if supported
  • Makes a specified area window-draggable through XAML
  • Supports automatic enable/disable the feature when DWM is turned on/off

TextBox Behavior

• Provides a property of numeric validation of System.Windows.Controls.TextBox
• Just specify whatever value available: Integer, decimal, negatives and/or combinations with each other

PasswordBox Behavior

• Provides a bindable PasswordBox.Password property to help MVVM

NumericUpDown Control

• A control that has buttons to increase or decrease values of the text box

Usage

WindowBehavior

<Window xmlns:cm="clr-namespace:Chipmunk;assembly=Chipmunk"
        cm:WindowBehavior.DwmComposition="-1,0,0,0,White"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsIconVisible="False"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsMinimizeButtonEnabled="True"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsMaximizeButtonEnabled="False"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsHelpButtonEnabled="False"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsCloseButtonEnabled="True"
        cm:WindowBehavior.IsControlButtonVisible="False"
        cm:WindowBehavior.NonClientArea="{Binding ElementName=Window}"
        Name="Window" />

• IsIconVisible (bool)
  • Shows or hides the icon on windows
    This value cannot be changed after the window is initialized
• IsMinimizeButtonEnabled (bool)
• IsMaximizeButtonEnabled (bool)
• IsHelpButtonEnabled (bool)
• IsCloseButtonEnabled (bool)
• IsControlButtonVisible (bool)
  • Enables or disables the system menu on windows
• DwmComposition (Chipmunk.DwmCompositionOption)
  • Sets the DWM Aero Composition settings
    Values are [Left],[Top],[Right],[Bottom],[BackgroundColor]
• NonClientArea (Window)
  • Sets a window-draggable area
    In XAML, you can use binding to the window

TextBoxBehavior

<TextBox xmlns:cm="clr-namespace:Chipmunk;assembly=Chipmunk"
         cm:TextBoxBehavior.ValidationType="Negative,Decimal" />

• ValidationType (Chipmunk.TextBoxValidationType)
  • Sets an automatic validation to the TextBox
    You can make combinations delimitted by ',' with following values:
    • Integer
    • Decimal
    • Negative

PasswordBoxBehavior

<PasswordBox xmlns:cm="clr-namespace:Chipmunk;assembly=Chipmunk"
             cm:PasswordBoxBehavior.BindsPassword="True"
             cm:PasswordBoxBehavior.Password="{Binding Password}" />

• BindsPassword (bool)
  • Sets whether to bind Password property
• Password (string)
  • Sets binding to the Password propery
  • Specify Mode property of the binding to TwoWay (default)

NumericUpDown

<cm:NumericUpDown LargeChange="0.1" Minimum="0" Maximum="100" />

(Properties of System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.RangeBase are available)