OpenSilver 3.1, the newest model of Userware’s open-source framework for cross-platform .NET growth, has arrived with what the corporate calls the first-ever drag-and-drop XAML designer for Microsoft’s Visible Studio Code editor.
Introduced December 10, the OpenSilver 3.1 SDK will be downloaded from the mission web site. The XAML designer is described by Userware as a significant milestone in cross-platform .NET growth. Beforehand, XAML UI design was principally restricted to Visible Studio on Home windows, leaving builders on macOS and Linux with out visible design instruments, the corporate stated. OpenSilver 3.1 introduces a totally cross-platform designer, enabling builders to create person interfaces visually in VS Code on any working system. The designer is out there straight in VS Code; a web-based model is out there at xaml.io.
OpenSilver is maybe finest often known as a alternative for Microsoft’s Silverlight wealthy Web software framework. As a part of Userware’s “WPF all over the place” technique, OpenSilver 3.1 provides help for a number of Home windows Presentation Framework options together with DynamicResource, MultiBinding, x:Static, and UniformGrid. These options are supposed to make it simpler to construct feature-rich functions with acquainted WPF instruments, Userware stated. Extra WPF help is deliberate for mid-2025, with backing for options similar to triggers and types.
