MahApps.Metro 0.3 Release

7 November, 2011

Exciting times for MahApps.Metro - over 100 downloads via Nuget, more sightings in the wild, a new contributer and a move to GitHub. And finally, version 0.3 has now been released and pushed to NuGet.

What's new in 0.3?

Combined MahApps.Metro.Controls into MahApps.Metro for a single library
This is considered a breaking change but thankfully it isn't horrible to fix and it's the only breaking change. Previously MahApps.Metro.Controls were in a separate assembly, but they've been combined into a single assembly. The namespaces are the same, so it will just be project references that need to change.

xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro.Controls"

will become

xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro"

New controls

Panorama
MetroImage
Tile

Added Theme Manager
Previously you had to roll your own theme/accent switching code, but we've now included in a static ThemeManager class to handle that.

Using one of the built-in accents

ThemeManager.ChangeTheme(this, ThemeManager.DefaultAccents.First(a => a.Name == "Red"), Theme.Light);

The built in accents are Red, Blue, Green and Purple.

Using your own accent

var myAccent = new Accent("MyAccent", new Uri("pack://application:,,,/My.App;component/MyAccent.xaml"));
ThemeManager.ChangeTheme(this, myAccent, Theme.Dark);

This does not persist theme changes - you'll need to handle that yourself.

And various bug fixes and missing styles

Additional controls styled:
- Slider
- GridView
Fixed button hover and pressed state
Fixed TabItem focus issues
Fixed Dark -> Light theme transition issues

Show Me The Demo!

You can grab the demo app from source or now you can install it via ClickOnce, or watch the short video below demoing the new controls