Windows Community Toolkit gets major update with new version 3.0

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Back on May 2, Microsoft announced a rebranding of the UWP Community Toolkit to the Windows Community Toolkit. As part of this, the company yesterday released what they are calling the biggest version update yet for the toolkit yet.

Microsoft dives into the API and other changes with this version 3.0 release in their blog post, but there are several major new features. First of all, there are Fluent updates to existing controls with support for light and dark themes. There’s also new package introducing new controls to access the Microsoft Graph. You can have a look at the other new features below.

  • A new package for WPF and WinForms developers that includes the new Edge WebView
  • A new package for all XAML UWP developer to enable usage of eye gaze APIs in XAML
  • A new package for all .NET UWP developers to help in writing runtime API checks
  • New controls and APIs in existing packages
  • Updated documentation, including code examples in Visual Basic
  • Many improvements and bug fixes

This release also comes with new controls and helpers to existing packages for the CameraHelper and CameraPreview, UniformGrid, and InfinteCanvas. These make previewing camera frames, responsive layout controls, and infinite scrolling, inking easier.

You can check out the full list of updates included in this release by heading to this website. You also can learn more about the Windows Community Toolkit by following this tutorial.

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.

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