The comments on the previous post got met re-reading the existing documentation for METRO Style Apps. It appears the content of http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps is quite different when you follow the HTML5/CSS/JS path from when you follow the C++/C#/VB/XAML path. Both are far from complete and one has more complete details on ...

In the category Nooks and Crannies of Expression Blend: Have you ever seen the Inlines Collection Editor? When you select a TextBlock you can find the property in the Miscellaneous Category: Selecting the button with the Ellipsis will pop up the Inlines Collection Editor: Njoy!

Yes, I know that Photoshop is a software program that is so complex that is unlikely it will ever be refurbished into Metro style. But as a Style Exercise for using the design language it is an obvious choice. The goal of the exercise is to find the limitations of ...

Often you need to display a list of items in a application. The Windows Library for JavaScript contains a ListView control for you to use in your applications. The control can be bound to a data source and templated from HTML.

Getting started

We’ll start off by creating a new ...

In my previous article I explained the different templates of the Expression Blend 5 preview. Today I would like to walk you through some of the basic of using CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, in Expression Blend 5. You’ll need CSS to define the look and formatting of your ...