I need a reliable method to get the height of the text contained in a RichTextBlock, even before it is actually drawn on the scene. Using the normal Measure() method produces a weird result, as it...

I am writing an application for Windows 10 using Win2D and I'm trying to draw a shape which scales dynamically to fit whatever text happens to be in it. What I'd like to do is work out how big a p...

I need to use win2D in my cppwinrt project. Using the Win2D sample file as a model I’ve tried to mimic its setup, putting in the package file for win2d from that project, duplicating the custom bui...

I've been working on an app that can provide Color Replacement, and had a lot of help from @Jet Chopper on a solution. He's provided me the following code which essentially uses a ControlSpectrum c...

<Grid> <Image x:Name="BackgroundImage" Source="/Assets/background.png" /> <Rectangle x:Name="ClippingRect" Margin="50" Fill="#30f0" /> </Grid> How do I apply alpha mask,...

I would like to know how to calculate the height of a given a font (with its properties, like size, weight, style...) in a Window Universal Application using Win2D. I previously used a CanvasTextL...

How can I apply an effect to a ListView where the top 30px graduate from fully transparent to fully opaque? The idea is that as you scroll down, the top items gradually fade away. I am building a ...

I have a windows universal app where I am rendering a scene with DirectX. I want to make use of the Scrollviewer and therefore I render my scene behind the Scrollviewer and want to calculate the sc...