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ListBoxes suck. Except that statement is not true anymore. Not in WPF and Silverlight anyway, where ListBoxes have evolved from simplistic controls to true workhorse objects. ListBoxes have been around since the beginning of Windows (and other GUIs) and have served a pervasive yet simple purpose, which can be summed up as “show me a list of labels in a list with a scroll bar.” A premise that has its uses but is not sophisticated enough for advanced data presentation, which is why developers often use special controls such as “data grids” or “list views” among others. In WPF and Silverlight, however, ListBoxes are so flexible and powerful that they are the first choice for just about anything. In fact, WPF originally shipped without a data grid control since ListBoxes all but eliminated that need. Developer perception, however, was different and the power of the ListBoxes went largely unnoticed. That is reason enough for me to write an article that displays the ease, flexibility, and power of ListBoxes.

Show hows to alter DatePicker to use keyboard up/down for cleverer date selection

The fastest three wheeled sprinter in WPF

An article showing how to create a race game using the powerful WPF capabilities

A WPF color picker (Like Adobe's) constructed in a modular fashion for easy modification

An implementation of MultiScaleImage (Deep Zoom) for WPF, compatible with Deep Zoom Composer and Zoom.it

Why Recursion in C# works well when using WPF

Hosting Direct2D content in WPF controls.

A WPF application that provides weather information using GOOWAPI.

An example of a WPF MVVM utility accessing a simple legacy database.