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Services - Singleton class that globally manages service classes.
TempServiceReplacement - Utility class that temporarily replaces services, e.g. for unit testing.
Utilities - Useful tools and extensions.

ActionCommand - ICommand implementation, updating automatically when the CanExecute changes.
NotifyObject - Basic abstract implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged.
ViewFactory - Singleton class that manages the dependency between ViewModel and View.
ViewModel - Basic abstract implementation of a ViewModel. Inherits from NotifyObject and implements IDisposable.
ViewModelExtensions - Helpful extension methods that can be use in the context of ViewModels.

ControlAdorner - Adorner that renders any control.
DataTemplateAdorner - Adorner that will take a DataTemplate and a data object to render the adorner.

AutoScrollToCurrentItemBehavior - Tries to bring the current item into the view. Works with any Selector control.
TextBoxBehavior - Use the property SelectAllTextOnFocus to automatically select the whole text when the control is focused.
PasswordBoxBehavior - Same as TextBoxBehavior, but for the WPF PasswordBox control.

Accordion - Accordion control that contains headered items that can be collapsed and expanded.
AnimatedProgressBar - ProgressBar where the steps in between are animated.
AutoGrayableImage - Image control that automatically turns itself into a gray scale image when disabled.
CustomItemsControl - ItemsControl that uses a ContentControl as item container. This enables implicit ViewModel data templates.
Donut - Simple control that looks like a donut.
DonutSegment - Simple control that looks like a segment of a donut.
Gauge - Control that looks like a real gauge with indicator, warning and error areas.
Indicator - Control that looks like a pin.
Meter - Control that looks like a vertical or horizontal meter with an indicator.
OfficeSlider - Restyling of the WPF slider that it looks more similar to the slider in Office applications.
PieSegment - Simple control that looks like a segment of a pie.
ProgressCircle - A simple circular progress bar.
Switch - A switch button control.

BooleanToVisibilityConverter - Converts a boolean value to a System.Windows.Visibility.
ColorToStringConverter - Converts a WPF System.Windows.Media.Color to a string and back.
DateTimeToTimeSpanConverter - Converts a System.DateTime into a System.TimeSpan. This can be used for data binding when the model property has to be a System.DateTime.
TextTrimmingConverter - Converts a string into a string with a limited number of characters. If the text exceeds the number of characters "..." is added.

GrayscaleEffect - WPF Effect that turns the control into a monochrome colored control.

DependencyPropertyWatcher - Watches a dependency property and casts an event when the value changes.
DispatcherWrapper - Wrapper that wraps a WPF dispatcher. In unit tests you can easily replace the default dispatcher by a mocked implementation for testing.
TreeHelper - Extension methods that help navigate the WPF visual tree and logical tree.elcome to the ES.Tools wiki!