At a technical level, by the time silverlight 4 and 5 came out, it was extremely powerful and we used it to build some amazing enterprise software for our clients. Microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering richer user experiences on the web. Issues around read only combo box in ui for silverlight. Datacontext i am first binding my sex class to the item source of the combobox i. After having tried to install silverlight on my intel mac without luck i changed the installer by choosing. Select always activate using the combo box in the silverlight plug in entry safari. Every time i go to download it from the microsoft website, it just tells me error, cant access page etc. Access your hard drive doubleclick the hard drive icon on your desktop. Radcombobox istextsearchenabled mac in ui for silverlight. Excel for mac combo box select list not dropping down. I uninstalled office on this mac and it fixed it for a short while but it is doing the same thing again now.
Download and install the latest version microsoft silverlight plug in for your browser. Microsoft has made the silverlight for macos browser plug. If youre constantly being prompted to upgrade silverlight when you try to watch netflix on your mac computer, it typically points to an outdated browser plugin. Microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering the next generation of. Combobox in ui for silverlight telerik forums page 27. Step 2 add references to the bing maps silverlight control api. It says it downloads successfully, but when i got to watch say netflix or use it for one of my online lectures it says that i havent downloaded it. The list below describes several of the topoftheline features of the telerik ui for silverlight radcombobox control. I would really like to start moving my line of business apps to silverlight. Windows has winrt xaml which looks a lot like silverlight, but isnt exactly silverlight. I set the datacontext of the window from the silverlight page. I am often asked what my favorite feature of silverlight is, and my answer in always binding.
Unlike a combobox control, a combobox does not have multiple item selection. I have a combo box that is bound to a collection that is essentially a list of namevalue pairs. Follow the steps below to install the silverlight plugin on your mac computer. Componentone combobox for silverlight is a fullfeatured combo box control that combines an editable text box with an autosearchable dropdown list. After the download is completed, installation should start automatically. When you click on check box your bool property will be notified. Jul 02, 2015 silverlight is a free plugin, powered by the.
Let autoupdate install updates and then restart your mac. Instructions for uninstalling previous versions of silverlight from your macintosh computer. Basically you needed a valuememberpath which does exist on the combo box, presumably as they thought it was not needed instead each item in the combox binds to a country item, so what you really need is a value converter that transforms a country object to an id numberint and back again if you need two way, otherwise the code below will do the job. To use such a combobox, just set the usenativecombobox property to false. Make sure your mac has a working internet connection, then.
A combobox control is an items control that works as a listbox control but only one item from the collection is. Building interactive maps with silverlight and bing maps credera. I have an ienumerable as itemsource to populate the combobox. We designed and built viblend combobox for silverlight from scratch to deliver the visual appearance, and feature richness that professional software developers demand. Cant download silverlight on my mac microsoft community. Silverlight not working on my mac i am able to download silverlight onto my mac, but i cannot get it to work. Excel for mac 2016 customize combo box microsoft community. A the default unfocused state of the combobox, showing the.
Silverlight didnt fail due to any technical reason. Want to migrate a silverlight application to the web. You can make the radcombobox editable, allowing the user to type in its text box, or noneditable, where the text box is hidden. Silverlight home page prepare for silverlight 5 end of support after october 2021. A keyboard selection enabled combobox in silverlight. The silverlight 4 beta does now have selectedvalue and selectedvaluepath properties. I have a silverlight application with a combobox that is filled by videocapturedevices. Silverlight supports mac os10, although silverlight version 2 or later only runs on. Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for web and mobile applications. Follow the troubleshooting steps below to resolve the issue. The first problem you run into is that the items arent even present in the silverlight visual tree. A combobox control is an items control that works as a listbox control but only one item from the collection is visible at a time and clicking on the combobox makes the collection visible and allows users to pick an item from the collection.
If binding to a combobox is nothing new to you, then you can skip past the binding to a combobox section to the description and setup of the issue. The combobox items content can be any widget, so its easy to create whatever combo box item you wish. Its like the data context is always null for any control which supports list items. I am having an issue on one of my macs with using combo boxes in excel. Implementing selectedvalue with the silverlight combobox. Add extra items to a silverlight 2 combobox stack overflow. How do you bind a combo box to a collection of objects, and then bind a property from the selected object to some other scalar property. How to download and install silverlight for mac duration. Silverlight works on all major oss plus all major browsers. Mar 29, 2014 how to extend trial period of any software in 5 minutes 2018 latest trick duration. You can select the disk where silverlight is to be installed. Getting started working with the c1combobox control page 7 quick start page 2 taskbased help page 15 combobox for silverlight key features componentone combobox for silverlight. Heres what the visual tree of a combobox looks like before the drop down is opened.
I tried to set the combobox selectedvalue selected item and nothing seem to work. Net based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web. Silverlight not working on my mac microsoft community. Oct 12, 2016 microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering the next generation of. You may be asked to enter the username and password for your mac to install silverlight.
Here i have paste the entire code combo box, but it did work on the text boxes. Windows winforms and wpf, mac and silverlight from a single codebase. It provides special properties and methods that let you retrieve the controls data and simulate user actions on the controls see below. It keeps saying i need to install the silverlight plugin so i did.
A combo box combines the behavior of an nstext field object with an nspop up button object. Silverlight for mac download free 2020 latest version. Apr 19, 2011 a nice, small feature in the new silverlight 5 beta is the ability to type ahead in combo boxes. Mac is used to display data in a dropdown combo box. It is a drop down edit, which displays a drop down list of items to choose from. One works just fine and the other the combo box list will not drop down. Binding to silverlight combobox and using selectedvalue. Microsoft designed silverlight with the ability to deliver highfidelity experiences on the broadest set of system configurations. Next lets do this with the silverlight combobox, because it doesnt have the selectedvalue or selectedvaluepath properties. Other than being able to designate a link cell and a definition range, i couldnt find how to restrict the number of rows displayed in the dropdown list. Netflix keeps prompting me that i need the plugin for silverlight and now wont even let me skip for now, but i read that if you use yosemite you dont need silverlight anymore. A combo box displays a list of values from a popup list, but also provides a means for users to type in custom values. Open the app store and click on the updates button. Verifying the items contained in a silverlight combobox dropdownlist.
This is one of those things that can be confusing it is simple, but it is is much easier shown the explained. Set combobox selected value in silverlight window codeproject. Microsoft silverlight for mac is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for web and mobile applications. On a mac, silverlight can get a bit confused if you choose to use your non default output. Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are. So, if you want a combobox that will open without an annoying lag, you need to virtualize the list it uses.
Verifying the items contained in the dropdownlist of a silverlight combobox can be tricky. Verify silverlight combobox items progress test studio. With the standard combobox i had one event dropdownclosed and it handled. The users wanted an autocomplete combo box in a silverlight application a combo box that would allow them to scroll the entire list, as well. Ive got a combo box which has a collection of country objects as its source it binds to an countries property in the view model. Testcomplete can recognize silverlight combobox controls in silverlight applications. Microsoft silverlight is a free webbrowser plugin that enables interactive media experiences, rich business applications and immersive mobile apps. I have a datagrid that displays data for the customers and allows searching and sorting.
Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides enhanced web audio and video streaming and playback using industryleading windows media technologies. Basically you needed a valuememberpath which does exist on the combo box. Apr 16, 2018 locate the install silverlight area in the lowerright part of the window. Rendering out individual lines of a combobox each with its own font is a bit taxing. A dialog box will appear informing you that this package will run a program that determines if the software can be. Trying to use directv now but will not play on my mac mini 2012. But we can still get it to work with a little bit of code. Open the downloads page and doubleclick on silverlight.
In windows forms, html, flashflex applications, etc. We will use this demo to show him where his pc and mac users are on the map. You can see this at work by whipping up a very quick silverlight 5 application. Bind your combobox to a collection, say an observable collection and two way binding of the check box to a bool. Net framework and compatible with multiple web browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the web works. Edit the combobox control through expression blend. In addition, you could make the text box readonly, in order to keep the editable. How to use silverlight directv now macrumors forums. Silverlight is the browser plugin that allows you to watch tv shows and movies on your computer.
However, you still run into a few gotchas every once and a while and one happened to me the other day with the combobox. In the previous three steps, you created a silverlight project with two combo boxes, added items to the first combo box, and wrote code that will populate the second combo box with items once an item is selected in the first combo box. Nov 30, 2016 trying to use directv now but will not play on my mac mini 2012. Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are continually prompted to install. When a silverlight dialog box opens, select install now. Mar 26, 2009 next lets do this with the silverlight combobox, because it doesnt have the selectedvalue or selectedvaluepath properties. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the web works.
Otherwise, click runtime for mac powerpc next to silverlight 1. Microsoft silverlight will reach end of support after october 2021. Nov 19, 20 after having tried to install silverlight on my intel mac without luck i changed the installer by choosing. Is it possible to get any url or sample code in silverlight for the same functionality like above. The control has a number of advanced features such as several edit modes, autocomplete, filtering, a rich event and programming model, as well as full customization capabilities. Telerik ui for silverlight combobox is a fullyfeatured control which combines an editable text box with an autosearchable, intuitive dropdown list. Visualiza contenidos web elaborados mediante esta tecnologia. Get info after high lighting the silverlight installer icon 2. I could hit the break point and see that a test string i was returning was in fact being used by the control. Viblend combobox is a full featured combo box control that combines an editable text box with an auto searchable popup listbox. Clicking in the text portion of the control allows the user to edit the current value.
Binding to a combo box in silverlight stack overflow. This post lays out the scenario using some new features to silverlight 4 and you can download the sample code at the end. In this step, you will run the project and observe the results of this quick start. The dropdown width is set much wider than the size of the combo box to accomodate the large items in the list. It always displays the first item in the combobox and not the selecteditem. After, in any office application go to the help menu and choose check for updates to launch the autoupdate app.
This sample shows how to set up the combo box bindings in a silverlight application. Menu, listbox and combobox are their default internal layout panel. May 10, 2010 i decided to walk through the scenario here in case anyone else runs into it. To determine the version, click to select the file. The telerik ui for silverlight radcombobox is not just another dropdown list control. Silverlight combobox support testcomplete documentation. The binding in silverlight and wpf was finally done right and it is an incredibly powerful tool. A combobox control is an items control that works as a listbox control but only one item from the collection is visible at a time. But i would like to add an extra item please select a to the combobox, anyone an idea how this can be done using the silverlight 2 combobox. Why databinding with comboboxes is nontrivial jesse liberty. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. In silverlight 5 we introduce a new element, richtextboxoverflow. I am haveing a problem getting the combobox to show the corect item when i bind my staff class to the layoutroot. The collection can have multiple items with different names, but.
If you are running an intel processor, click mac runtime next to silverlight 3. I have a silverlight window which has a combobox with a set of other fields. Databinding to a combo box in ui for silverlight combobox. Silverlight combobox control, silverlight listbox control. Currently, in silverlight 3, combobox and comboboxitems cannot be selected via the keyboard much like it can be in any major language. Sometimes, we want to go beyond its default capability, such as multipleselection. This poses a problem for accessibility reasons, and. I have two identical macs both running same version of office and the same spreadsheet. Netflix is prompting me to upgrade silverlight on my mac. In this article, i will walk through with you how to create a multipleselection combobox for silverlight. How do you bind a combobox to a collection of objects, and then bind a property from the selected objects to some other scalar property. Change the installer to the mac default and try install again worked for me. Combobox private animals as string this method initializes the ownerdrawn combo box. Feb 16, 2010 the autocompletebox previously included in silverlight toolkit, but now a part of silverlight 3 native controls is a very powerful and flexible control, and in this article, we will look at how we can customize the autocompletebox to be used as a replacement for combo box drop down.