Review: Blendables Layout Mix
The Blendables team has done it again... Thy released two new packages just as mix is about to start (Talk about perfect timing). I decided to start by reviewing the Blendables Layout Mix package first...
As the name suggest, this is a collection of layout panels...
RadialCanvas
RadialCanvas lays all its items out in a radial pattern. The center point is configurable.
<bl:RadialCanvas Center="0.5,0.5">
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Each item in the panel's angle and radius can also be set using attached properties.
RandomPanel
RandomPanel lays all the items out in a random pattern. Each item's width and height is also set randomly. The minimum and maximum width or height can be restricted.
<bl:RandomPanel MinimumHeight="50" MinimumWidth="50">
</bl:RandomPanel>
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PerspectivePanel
PerspectivePanel lays each child item out in perspective to each other. Every subsequent child will be scaled based on the provided ScaleFactorX and ScaleFactorY
<bl:PerspectivePanel ShiftX="100" ShiftY="100" ScaleFactorX="0.9" ScaleFactorY="0.9">
</bl:PerspectivePanel>
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AutoStrectchStackPanel
AutoStrectchStackPanel is similar to the normal StackPanel, but each item in the stack panel's size is calculated based on the space available. A AutoStrectStackPanel will always show all its items in the allowed space!
<bl:AutoStretchStackPanel>
</bl:AutoStretchStackPanel>
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I only had time to test some of the layout panels but their are more... I haven't even started with the SwitchPanel yet! From what I can understand, SwitchPanel allows changing the layout of a panel on the fly and even animating between layout?
This is very cool stuff from them... Next, I will review the Blendables 3D Mix...
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