https://code4ward.net/Recent posts on code4ward.netHugo -- gohugo.ioenhttps://code4ward.net/blog/2026/07/11/composition-ring-spinner/Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2026/07/11/composition-ring-spinner/Keeping the UI thread free is always the best option. Unfortunately, there are situations where this is not entirely possible. Here’s a small progress spinner which keeps animating when the UI thread is busy.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/10/12/devtools/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/10/12/devtools/Avalonia Accelerate customers get a great, new DevTool but what if you want to use the old one as well? You can actually have both.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/10/12/validation-error-indicator/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/10/12/validation-error-indicator/How to show unobtrusive data validation errors which do not mess up your layout? The adorner layer may be helpful in this case.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/09/06/more-mica/Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2025/09/06/more-mica/Updated sample app to support custom accent colors and system accent colors using the free Actipro theme for Avalonia.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/10/27/mica/Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/10/27/mica/Make your Avalonia app look like a ’native’ Windows 11 style app supporting the ‘Mica’ background and accent color border. Sample app included!
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/07/15/object-lifecycle/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/07/15/object-lifecycle/Here’s the order of events when dealing with Avalonia UI components. I constantly forget it and often need it. To my future self…
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/06/29/central-style-switcher/Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/06/29/central-style-switcher/I needed a way to enable or disable animations by applying and overriding animation-related styles of various controls during runtime. This is what I came up with.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/06/09/markup-ext-styles/Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/06/09/markup-ext-styles/Caveats when using Markup Extensions and Styles.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/05/01/lifecycle/Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/05/01/lifecycle/Lifecycle and Weak References
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/04/06/animations/Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/04/06/animations/First steps with Animations in Avalonia.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/03/10/markup-extensions/Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/03/10/markup-extensions/Give your XAML a massive boost with markup extension.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/02/28/dispatcher/Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/02/28/dispatcher/Lessons learned when using Avalonia’s dispatcher and how to avoid choppy progress animations when scheduling jobs on the UI thread.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/02/09/label/Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/02/09/label/There’s a Label control in Avalonia but it’s weird.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/23/bitmaps/Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/23/bitmaps/Are you using Bitmaps in your application? Make sure you keep an eye on your memory.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/07/development-hardware-and-tools/Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/07/development-hardware-and-tools/What am I using for development in terms of hardware and software (as of Jan, 2024).
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/03/why-avalonia/Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/03/why-avalonia/My personal view of things and why I think Avalonia is a great UI framework.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/02/avalonias-fontmanager/Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2024/01/02/avalonias-fontmanager/This post is about using Avalonia’s FontManager class.
https://code4ward.net/blog/2023/12/30/arm64-gotchas/Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2023/12/30/arm64-gotchas/macOS on Apple Silicon runs great. It’s fast, it’s very reliable, it’s quiet and it’s beautiful. Windows 11 for ARM using Parallels on Apple Silicon also runs great, fast and reliable. There are still gotchas…
https://code4ward.net/blog/2023/12/28/a-fresh-start/Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://code4ward.net/blog/2023/12/28/a-fresh-start/This is the first blog post on an “old” blog. It’s a fresh start. I got rid of all the old content and started over. Now focusing on something different: more C# and more UI - specifically AvaloniaUI.