[Feature Request] MarkdownTextBlock

[ghost1372]

Hi Can you port MarkdownTextBlock from WindowsCommunityToolkit to WPF?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/communitytoolkit/controls/markdowntextblock
https://github.com/windows-toolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit/tree/master/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls.Markdown

[ShankarBUS]

It is already here!

Directory in this repo:
https://github.com/ModernWpf-Community/ModernWpfCommunityToolkit/tree/master/ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI.Controls.Markdown

NuGet package:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI.Controls.Markdown/

TBH it was the first control I ported from WindowsCommunityToolkit which led me to create this toolkit!

Thanks for asking though 😄.

[ghost1372]

@ShankarBUS thank you❤
one more question😁
Is it possible to load the Md file from path?

[ShankarBUS]

You kind of can.

But you need to manually read the file content and load it into the text property.

See this for reference:

ModernWpfCommunityToolkit/ModernWpf.Toolkit.SampleApp/MainWindow.xaml.cs

Lines 93 to 106 in be312f3

	private void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
	{
	string initialmd = GetInitialMD();
	EditorBox.Text = initialmd;
	}
	private string GetInitialMD()
	{
	string output = "";
	output = File.ReadAllText("InitialContent.md");
	return output;
	}

[ghost1372]

@ShankarBUS thank you for your help
i think there is a bug because # cant be rendered or i miss something?

[ShankarBUS]

# test should render

test

I guess there are some problems with themeing?
It could be white in color. Could you try selecting the text on it?

[ghost1372]

# test should render

test

I guess there are some problems with themeing?

yes Header1Foreground="Red" fixed
tnx again

[ShankarBUS]

Oh great!

I forgot one thing.
The control doesn't have the necessary theme resources built-in.
Some resources have to be added manually to the App.xaml.

See this for referrence:
https://github.com/ShankarBUS/ModernFlyouts/blob/b852f6cc7a4e6a207012251cec5ff90e82da5d75/ModernFlyouts/App.xaml#L10-L47

[ghost1372]

Great now all styles loaded👍👍

[ShankarBUS]

You're my first customer 🤣. Even I couldn't use it my own app 😔. Thanks for giving it a try!

[ShankarBUS]

@ghost1372,

In case you're still interested in using this toolkit, I want you to know that this toolkit is stable and is ready to be used in other projects.

v0.1 release is out now on Nuget. The setup process is so simple now.

What you need to do in order to use the MarkdownTextBlock is

1. Install the ModernWpfUI nuget package and follow the instructions provided with it.
2. Install the ModernWpf.Toolkit.UI.Controls.Markdown nuget package.
3. Add these to your App.xaml

   ModernWpfCommunityToolkit/ModernWpf.Toolkit.SampleApp/App.xaml

   Line 5 in 8bbe223

   xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.modernwpf.com/toolkit"

   ModernWpfCommunityToolkit/ModernWpf.Toolkit.SampleApp/App.xaml

   Lines 10 to 16 in 8bbe223

   	<ui:ThemeResources>
   	<ui:ThemeResources.ThemeDictionaries>
   	<ResourceDictionary x:Key="Light" ui:ThemeDictionary.Key="Light" toolkit:ToolkitThemeDictionary.Key="Light" />
   	<ResourceDictionary x:Key="Dark" ui:ThemeDictionary.Key="Dark" toolkit:ToolkitThemeDictionary.Key="Dark" />
   	<ResourceDictionary x:Key="HighContrast" ui:ThemeDictionary.Key="HighContrast" toolkit:ToolkitThemeDictionary.Key="HighContrast" />
   	</ui:ThemeResources.ThemeDictionaries>
   	</ui:ThemeResources>

That's it!

For reference you could check up the ModernWpf.Toolkit.SampleApp project.

If you have dropped the idea of using this toolkit, no problems I understand. I just wanted you to know since you seemed to be interested in using this toolkit 😃.

[ghost1372]

I'm still interested in this project. Thank you for letting me know.
I recently created an unofficial version of ModernWpf that is not dependent on WinRT
Can I add this control to my unofficial version?

[ShankarBUS]

Do whatever you want!

But don't forget to attribute the .NET foundation. Some good MS employee suggested me to do it so that we could avoid any licensing issues. I would recommend you to do so.

[ghost1372]

Thank you, I will definitely consider it.❤