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avalonia-controls

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Use when working with built-in Avalonia controls (11.3, 12.0, 12.1). Routes to the correct sub-subskill for input, data display (ItemsControl/ListBox/TableView/DataGrid/TreeView), layout (incl. GroupBox), navigation (incl. page-based Navigation/Drawer/TabbedPage, CommandBar, PipsPager) and media (Image, NativeWebView) controls.

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Avalonia Controls

Overview

Avalonia ships 60+ built-in controls organized by category. Load the sub-subskill for the relevant control category. Labels like (12.0+), (12.1+), (11.x) follow the convention in avalonia-versions; unlabelled means all versions.

Routing Table

ControlsLoad sub-subskill
Button, ToggleButton, RadioButton, CheckBox, TextBox (PlaceholderText 12.0+, was Watermark), AutoCompleteBox, ComboBox, Slider, Calendar, CalendarDatePicker, DatePicker, NumericUpDownavalonia-controls/input
TextBlock, Label, ItemsControl, ListBox, TableView (12.1+), DataGrid (maintenance-only package), TreeView, TreeDataGrid (commercial), Carouselavalonia-controls/data-display
Border, ScrollViewer, Grid, StackPanel, WrapPanel, DockPanel, UniformGrid, SplitView, Expander, GroupBox (12.0+)avalonia-controls/layout
TabControl, Menu, ContextMenu, Flyout, NativeMenu, NativeDock.Menu (12.0+), TrayIcon, NavigationPage / DrawerPage / TabbedPage / ContentPage / CarouselPage / CommandBar (12.0+), PipsPager (12.0+)avalonia-controls/navigation
Image, DrawingImage (Viewbox 12.0+), NativeWebView / NativeWebDialog (12.0+, Avalonia.Controls.WebView)avalonia-controls/media

Community Control Libraries

For controls beyond the built-ins, these libraries are widely used:

LibraryNuGetHighlights
FluentAvaloniaFluentAvaloniaWinUI3-style controls (NavigationView, InfoBar, TeachingTip, etc.)
Ursa.AvaloniaIrihi.UrsaFull-featured cross-platform UI control set
SukiUISukiUIFlat-design controls and dialogs
AvaloniaEditAvaloniaEditCode editor with syntax highlighting (port of AvalonEdit)
DialogHost.AvaloniaDialogHost.AvaloniaManaged async overlay dialogs
MessageBox.AvaloniaMsgBox.AvaloniaSimple message box dialogs
AvaloniaColorPickerAvaloniaColorPickerRGB/HSB/CIELAB color picker
PanAndZoomPanAndZoomPan and zoom container control
AvaloniaHexAvaloniaHexHex editor control
RangeSliderAvalonia.RangeSliderDual-handle range slider
TabaloniaTabaloniaDraggable tab control
AvaloniaAutoGridAvaloniaAutoGridAuto-sizing Grid replacement
AvaloniaProgressRingAvaloniaProgressRingCircular progress ring
Paginator.AvaloniaAvaloniaUtils.PaginatorPagination control
NodifyAvaloniaGitHub: BAndysc/nodify-avaloniaNode-based editor controls
DockDock.AvaloniaVS-style docking layout
LiveCharts2LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.AvaloniaInteractive charts and gauges
OxyPlotOxyPlot.AvaloniaScientific/engineering plots
ScottPlotScottPlot.AvaloniaFast interactive data plots
Markdown.AvaloniaMarkdown.AvaloniaMarkdown renderer control (no MarkdownViewer in core)
GMap.NETGMap.NET.AvaloniaMaps (Google, OpenStreetMap, etc.)
CherylUIGitHub: kikipoulet/CherylUIMobile-focused control library

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