Bug fixes

• #206 - Maximized windows with WindowStyle=None do not fill screen
• #209 - Window Menu issue

Breaking changes

• Default value of GlowWindowBehavior.DWMSupportsBorderColor now depends on the OS version
• Constants.ResizeCornerGripThickness was changed from 18 to 12

Enhancements/Features

• #194 - Adding Backdrop support
• Added WindowBackdropManager to allow for backdrop effects in windows
• Added support for caption color, glass frame thickness and native caption buttons in WindowChromeWindow and WindowChromeBehavior
• Added AppModeHelper to allow for dark system menus inside applications. Use with caution as it relies on undocumented OS methods.
• Added PopupBackdropManager to allow for backdrop effects in popups. Use with caution as it relies on undocumented OS methods.
• Allowed "recursive" value replacement in theme generation
• Improved NC hit testing for maximized windows

Bug fixes

• #176 - ControlzEx.WindowChromeWindow lacks documentation
• #179 - Initial Window CornerPreference
• #182 - NullReferenceException if Window closed in Window_Loaded
• #197 - Incorrect behavior when WindowChromeWindow ResizeMode="CanMinimize"
• Prevented race conditions during window closing
• Fixed NC-size on Windows 10
• Workaround NC-Size bug in Windows

New Contributors

• @Lehonti made their first contribution in #183

As part of this release we had 14 issues closed.

Breaking change

• #152 Drop .NET Framework 4.5.2 which will reach End of Support on April 26, 2022
• WindowChromeBehavior.TryToBeFlickerFree was removed

Bugs

• #116 Slow resize
• #119 Auto-Hide Taskbar retrieved position in WindowChromeBehavior is incorrect
• #128 Window not detectable by applications as Screen2Gif and WinSnap
• #137 Mouse over highlighting appears when resizing window
• #139 WindowChrome Behavior Titlebar has Text Cut off When Changing Text Size
• #140 Minor Issue: Debugger shows GlowWindow for Title
• #167 GlowBorder disapears on WindowChromeWindow if ResizeMode = NoResize
• #169 Window Border Issue on Windows 7/8 (only in alpha version)
• #174 TabControlEx: TabStripPlacement issues

Bug Fixs

• #129 WIP Set default WindowStyle to SingleBorderWindow
• #157 Fixed issue with maximizing window on secondary monitors
• #175 Fixing issues when taking screenshots

Feature Request

• #65 Fully transparent window

Full Changelog: 5.0.2...6.0.0

New Contributors

• @gep13 made their first contribution in #150

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• #166 Check for PresentationSource before attempting to move tooltip

Full Changelog: 5.0.1...5.0.2

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 3 issues closed.

Bugs

• #146 Synched windows accent color includes alpha value
• #145 Incorrect menu with EnableMaxRestore on maximized window
• #144 TabControlEx creates 2 instances of the first ContentTemplate.

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Breaking change

• #125 .NET 5.0 support and remove EOL .NET Core 3.0

Bug

• #134 System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The parameter is incorrect

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 8 issues closed.

Bug

• #120 Making window fullscreen crashes the application when using .NET 5

Bug Fixs

• #138 SyncTheme now works with all flag combinations
• #133 Making code CLSCompliant and removing some unused interop code
• #132 Try to get the WindowBaseColor in HighContrast mode
• #131 Fixing issues with MonitorInfo
• #130 TabControlEx: Fixing potential leaks of ContentPresenter
• #111 Fix Hue might get negative

Enhancement

• #123 [RFC] Add docs for the ThemeManager

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Bug

• #126 System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The parameter is incorrect

Bug Fix

• #127 SetWindowPos: Throw last error only if necessary

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 5 commits which resulted in 2 issues being closed.

Bug

• #121 High contrast detection in Theme Manager

Bug Fix

• #122 Fix High contrast detection in Theme Manager

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx

As part of this release we had 108 commits which resulted in 6 issues being closed.

Bug

• #107 HSL Documentation seems to be wrong

Features

• #113 Added BadgeTemplate and BadgeTemplateSelector
• #102 Add ThemeManager

Enhancements

• #110 Some improvements to the HSL-Struct
• #109 Add caching to theme dictionary checks
• #108 Safe detection of current theme

Where to get it

You can download this release from ControlzEx