EasyDialog

EasyDialog is a framework that automatically creates UI dialogs with easy control extendability and Entity Framework's DbContext declaration style.

Nuget

https://www.nuget.org/packages/bubuntoid.EasyDialog
https://www.nuget.org/packages/bubuntoid.EasyDialog.MaterialSkin/
https://www.nuget.org/packages/bubuntoid.EasyDialog.MetroFramework/

Sample

using bubuntoid.EasyDialog; 

public class AuthDialog : DialogContext<AuthDialog>
{
    public DialogSet<string> Username { get; set; }
    public DialogSet<string> Password { get; set; }
    public DialogSet<bool> Robot { get; set; }

    protected override void OnConfiguring(DialogContextConfigureOptionsBuilder<AuthDialog> builder)
    {
        // bubuntoid.EasyDialog.MaterialSkin nuget package should be installed for using this theme
        builder.UseMaterialStyle() 
            .HasTitle("Authentification")
            .HasButton("Sign in");

        builder.Item(x => x.Password)
            .AsTextBox()
            .UsePasswordChar();

        builder.Item(x => x.Robot)
            .HasName("I`m not a robot");
    }

    protected override void OnButtonClick()
    {
        MessageBox.Show($@"Login: {Username.Value} Password: {Password.Value}");
        this.Close();
    }
}

More samples here.

Items

Basics

There are 2 types of items you may set for your dialog - DialogSet<TValue> and DialogCollectionSet<TValue>. Both of theme has 2 main properties: TValue Value that sets or gets value of control and System.Windows.Controls.Control Control that exists for more control flexability.
After version 7.0.0 there is one more additional property - string Name that was added to simplify label.Text operations (.HasText extension method)

Difference between DialogSets is that DialogCollectionSet<TValue> besides TValue Value property has one more property - IEnumerable<TValue> DataSource intended for interact collection with control or vice versa and one more action Action<Control, IEnumearble<TValue>> OnUpdateItemsAction (encapsulated, but may be configured through option builders)

Supported types that are available out of the box:

• DialogSet<string> -> TextBox, Label, FolderBrowserDialog
• DialogSet<int> -> NumericUpDown (also work with decimal, float and double)
• DialogSet<bool> -> CheckBox
• DialogSet<DateTime> -> DateTimePicker (also work with TimeSpan)
• DialogCollectionSet<string> -> ComboBox or ListBox

Configuration

For specifying custom control or type for your DialogSet you have to configure control, getter, setter, and update items event in case that you using DialogCollectionSet. There a little sample for TimeSpan type (which actually could be easier to get by using .AsDateTimePicker()):

public DialogSet<TimeSpan> Time { get; set; }

protected override void OnConfiguring(DialogContextConfigureOptionsBuilder<YourDialogContext> builder)
{
    builder.Item(x => x.Time)
        .AsControl<TextBox>()
        .ConfigureGetter((control) => TimeSpan.Parse(control.Text))
        .ConfigureSetter((control, value) => control.Text = value.ToString())
}

Themes

Material style has only two themes - Dark and Light, but it also supports color schemes, for using them you can use constant schemes from MaterialColorScheme:

builder.UseMaterialStyle(MaterialTheme.Light, MaterialColorScheme.Indigo)

Or create your own, there is tons of available colors here:

var scheme = new MaterialColorScheme
{
    Primary = MaterialThemePrimaryColor.BlueGrey800,
    DarkPrimary = MaterialThemePrimaryColor.BlueGrey900,
    LightPrimary = MaterialThemePrimaryColor.BlueGrey500,
    Accent = MaterialThemeAccent.LightBlue200,
    TextShade = MaterialThemeTextShade.White,
};

builder.UseMaterialStyle(MaterialTheme.Dark, scheme)

You can make your own window style by using IFormProvider and builder.UseFormProvider(new MyFormProvider(theme)).
Sample

Some "Features"

If your control's height is not "one row" default size, you have to configure it explicitically by using HasHeight(int value) method:

protected override void OnConfiguring(DialogContextConfigureOptionsBuilder<YourDialogContext> builder)
{
    builder.Item(x => x.PropertyName)
        .HasHeight(value);
}

For editing state of IEnumearble<TValue> (DialogCollectionSet<TValue>) you have to override it itself. There a little sample that could change LINQ's .ToList().Add() method:

  
  // Instead of using this:
  dialogContext.MyDialogCollectionSet.DataSource
    .ToList()
      .Add(DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
  
  // Use this:
  dialogContext.MyDialogCollectionSet.DataSource = dialogContext.MyDialogCollectionSet.DataSource.Append(DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);

Dependencies

• net5.0-windows7.0
• MetroFramework 1.2.0.3
• MaterialSkin.NET5 1.0.0