Modern.Forms

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What is Modern.Forms?

*** This framework is currently in its early stages. It is not intended for production use. ***

Modern.Forms is a cross-platform spiritual successor to Winforms for .NET 6, supporting Windows, Mac, and Linux.

This is accomplished with:

• Some infrastructure code from Mono's Winforms (like layouts):
  • https://github.com/mono/mono/tree/master/mcs/class/System.Windows.Forms
• A port of Avalonia's native backends (for interacting with the operating system)
  • https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
• SkiaSharp
  • All controls are fully managed and drawn with SkiaSharp

Motivation

The goal is to create a spiritual successor to Winforms that is:

• Cross platform (Windows / Mac / Linux)
• Familiar for Winforms developers (ie: not XAML)
  • Sample Form:
    • MainForm.cs
    • MainForm.Designer.cs
• Great for LOB applications and quick apps
• Updated with modern controls and modern aesthetics

How to Run

Sample Application

The quickest way to see Modern.Forms in action is through our ModernDecompiler sample application, which allows you to decompile .NET assemblies. (Source Code)

From a Windows, Mac, or Linux command line with .NET 6 installed:

dotnet tool install --global ModernDecompile
decompile

This will launch the sample application built with Modern.Forms.

Other Samples

Some smaller samples are available in the Modern.Forms repository:

• ControlGallery - Gallery of the controls included in Modern.Forms in action.
• Explore - A Windows Explorer clone.

For information on building and running these samples, see Samples.

Getting Started

To create your own Modern.Forms application, see Getting Started.

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