Microsoft has introduced the discharge of the newest model of Home windows Neighborhood Toolkit, which is a set of features, controls, and app companies that show frequent developer duties for constructing apps in Home windows 10 and 11. 

In accordance with the corporate, this Home windows Neighborhood Toolkit v8.0 is a whole rework of the toolkit. Beforehand, there have been two separate branches for the toolkit: WinUI 3 and WindowsAppSDK. These branches had completely different namespaces, package deal identities, and codebases. The rework brings the whole lot right into a single namespace, which permits Microsoft to focus on a number of platforms from one codebase, making growth and maintainance a lot simpler. 

Because of the rework, there are some older options not migrated over. These embrace AdaptiveGridView, DataGrid (which is now its personal mission), DropShadowPanel, Expander (now a part of WinUI), InAppNotification, MarkdownTextBlock, and extra. A full listing of eliminated options is obtainable right here. 

Regardless of the lengthy listing of removals, v8.0 additionally consists of many new options. The Toolkit Gallery that shows samples and documentation has additionally been up to date to characteristic a extra fashionable design. The corporate additionally added new samples and reworked among the present ones to make them simpler to know. 

A brand new package deal known as Sizers features a management for making different controls resizable. For instance, you possibly can use it to create an expanded view of NavigationView or use Expander to make a pop-out drawer. 

There may be one other new management known as Segmented that can assist you to present customers choices in your utility, corresponding to setting filters or altering a view.