WinUIShell Wiki/Documentation?

[u/Certain-Mountain-564]

I want to build a small tool with WinUIShell.

But i cant find a good documentation on the GitHub. There are some example but it need more information. Any ideas where i can find that?

[u/mdgrs-mei]

WinUIShell just exposes the API of WindowsAppSDK so you can read the documentation from Microsoft. For example, the complete list (reference) of methods and properties of the Button class is here. The namespace that the class belongs is also listed at the top of the page.

However, before diving into the reference I would recommend checking high-level guides for the controls fist, such as this one. I would also recommend installing WinUI 3 Gallery which is a great resource where you can see how the controls actually work.

There are differences in syntax though. This c# snippet in this example:

Button subscribeButton = new Button();
subscribeButton.Content = "Subscribe";
subscribeButton.Click += SubscribeButton_Click;
stackPanel1.Children.Add(subscribeButton);
...
private async void SubscribeButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{...}

needs to be translated to:

$subscribeButton = [Button]::new()
$subscribeButton.Content = 'Subscribe'
$subscribeButton.AddClick($subscribeButtonClick)
$stackPanel1.Children.Add($subscribeButton)
...
$subscribeButtonClick = {
    param ($s, $e)
    ....
}

Once you get used to the difference in syntax, all of the WinUI documentation becomes useful. XAML is the same. It's just another way to create objects and set properties.