WebView, PropertyGrid, Ribbon controls

[kinsung]

Consider developing centralized controls that are essential for modern software development, including: WebView, PropertyGrid, Ribbon controls.

The following url is for reference:
https://github.com/VitalElement/CefGlue.Core/tree/master/CefGlue.Avalonia
https://github.com/amazerol/AvaloniaRibbon

[Splitwirez]

@kinsung FYI development of the Ribbon you linked has pretty much moved to https://github.com/Splitwirez/AvaloniaRibbon at this point

[Ruluk]

Possible suggestion: Integrate with https://github.com/webview/webview to use the native webview instead of bundling CEF?

[maxkatz6]

@Ruluk if it's possible to get native control handle from this library, than it could be easily wrapped with NativeControlHost.
See native controls example: https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/blob/master/samples/interop/NativeEmbedSample/EmbedSample.cs#L77-L91

[IgorIIV]

Hey, guys.
Are there any plans to implement PropertyGrid? Very much needed control.

[maxkatz6]

PropertyGrid is unlikely to be part of Avalonia main package.
But you can find third party controls, like https://github.com/mameolan/Avalonia.ExtendedToolkit/tree/master/Avalonia.ExtendedToolkit/Controls/PropertyGrid

[IgorIIV]

Not bad. Thank you.

[bodong1987]

i create a simple one here: https://github.com/bodong1987/Avalonia.PropertyGrid

[timunie]

@bodong1987 looks beautiful 👍. Probably you want to add it to https://github.com/AvaloniaCommunity/awesome-avalonia#controls ?

[timdinh]

I think webview support is essential because if there is any controls or UI element that we need but not natively supported yet we can just use webview to render our UI as a workaround

[maxkatz6]

From this list, I don't think we will ever have PropertyGrid and Ribbon build-in.
Native WebView is something that could happen at some point, but it's very problematic cross-platform (specifically on Linux), making it, in general, easier to use CEF-based solutions, which there are already multiple for Avalonia.

[Splitwirez]

I think webview support is essential because if there is any controls or UI element that we need but not natively supported yet we can just use webview to render our UI as a workaround

@timdinh If they don't exist, you'd have to write them either way, so why not write them for Avalonia directly? (I'm missing something here, aren't I?)

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From this list, I don't think we will ever have [...] Ribbon build-in.

@maxkatz6 Makes me wish I wasn't so flaky about maintaining my own Ribbon (third-party lib)...

Native WebView is something that could happen at some point, but it's very problematic cross-platform (specifically on Linux), making it, in general, easier to use CEF-based solutions, which there are already multiple for Avalonia.

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