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Movere
Movere.FileDialogs
Movere.Win32

Movere

Movere is an implementation of managed dialogs for Avalonia. Currently there are message dialogs, as well as open and save file dialogs, and a print dialog (based on System.Drawing.Printing) is WIP.

Getting Started

Registering file dialogs with Avalonia

To use Avalonia storage provider APIs, it's possible to simply register Movere dialogs with AppBuilder:

1. Import Movere namespace:

using Movere;

2. Add UseMovereStorageProvider to AppBuilder configuration. Example:

AppBuilder.Configure<App>()
    .UsePlatformDetect()
    .UseMovereStorageProvider();

3. Then use Avalonia system dialog APIs. Example:

var options = new FilePickerOpenOptions()
{
    ...
};

var result = parent.StorageProvider.OpenFilePickerAsync(options);

(Deprecated) System Dialog APIs

If using the old system dialogs APIs, the AppBuilder extension method is UseMovereSystemDialogs and an example is:

var dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
var result = await dialog.ShowAsync(parent);

Using dialog hosts

To simply use the dialogs (this example is for message dialogs, but it's similar for others):

1. Create a dialog host for the owner:

var dialogHost = new WindowDialogHost(owner);
// OR
var dialogHost = new OverlayDialogHost(owner);

2. Pass the host to the view model:

window.DataContext = new ViewModel(dialogHost);

3. Show dialog from the view model when you need to:

private Task ShowInfoAsync() =>
    _dialogHost
        .ShowMessageDialog(
            new MessageDialogOptions((LocalizedString)"Message Dialog", "Some info")
            {
                Icon = AvaloniaDialogIcon.Info,
                DialogResults = DialogResultSet.OK
            }
        );

Available icons are:

• DialogIcon.None
• AvaloniaDialogIcon.Info
• AvaloniaDialogIcon.Warning
• AvaloniaDialogIcon.Error

To add your own icon, just call AvaloniaDialogIcon.TryCreate, passing the resource string, e.g avares://My.App/Resources/Icons/MyIcon.png.

Dialog results are extensible as well, and support localization.

Roadmap

• Maybe separate file explorer view into separate project.
• Improve styles for dialogs.
• Add tests.
• Print dialog.
• Eventually move file explorer logic to a separate project and create a file explorer application.

Credits

Icons

flaticon.com

• File - Kiranshastry
• Folder - Smashicons

The project logo is from linea.io.