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Windows-Forms-Aero
A Windows Forms library that provides common controls with many of the modern features introduced with Vista and more recent Windows versions. Common controls include modern buttons, combo boxes (with cue banner), command links, native-looking list views, progress bars with status, and Windows Explorer-like tree views. The library also includes additional modules that wrap functionalities such as TaskDialogs, “glass sheet” forms, text on glass, live thumbnails using the Windows DWM, virtual desktop APIs, and so on.
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A Windows Forms library that provides common controls with many of the modern features introduced with Vista and more recent Windows versions. Common controls include modern buttons, combo boxes (with cue banner), command links, native-looking list views, progress bars with status, and Windows Explorer-like tree views. The library also includes additional modules that wrap functionalities such as TaskDialogs, “glass sheet” forms, text on glass, live thumbnails using the Windows DWM, virtual desktop APIs, and so on.
We found that windows-forms-aero demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 04 Mar 2019
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