Most Silverlight examples are about the User Interface. XAML here, and video there, pretty this, and shaded that. But this post today on SilverlightShow.net is different.
They use the isolated storage of silverlight to act as a Client-Side cache for ASP.NET drop down lists.
A great blog post, that is very well planned and executed.
Credits: Thomas Kirchir
Naturally you know drag and drop is supported in the designers, bringing in controls, and moving controls around the page. But did you know drag and drop also works for text? And [CTRL] drag = copy? Nice trick. Spend a minute watching this for the whole scoop.
Selecting the current work is usually done with by double clicking the mouse on a current selection. This works for words, but not for whitespace. This video shows you the trick to select from the keyboard.
[CTRL]+[SHIFT][W] – Select Current Word or Whitespace Block
These pictures are kind of hard to tell, but Cameron right now is literally hanging half way on|off the couch.
Neither of his feet are touching the carpet.
Poor lil’ guy.
I only left him like that long enough to snap a few pictures, then carried (all 33 lb’s) of him up to his room.
Have you seen screen casts, or demos, or other folks using Visual Studio with a funky color scheme? Back backgrounds? Green backgrounds? Pink Backgrounds? Hey, whatever tickels your fancy, Visual Studio will come through for you.
Kidding aside, there are some pretty cool themes with dark background colors. Here is one and here is another one. This video will show you how to change your own color.
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