Here's a summary of what's new in Windows Forms in this preview release:
- Clipboard Code Sharing with WPF
- Ported more System.Windows.Forms.Design UITypeEditors
- Quality Enhancements
- What's new in Windows Forms in .NET 10 documentation.
- Issues List for Windows Forms in .NET 10 Preview 2
We are unifying how WinForms and WPF handle the Clipboard, refining behaviors introduced in Preview 1. Over the course of Preview 2 the WinForms team has refactored much of the Clipboard code to a new location in order to make it shareable with WPF. By sharing and consolidating Clipboard code across both frameworks, we aim to enhance consistency, stability, and overall reliability for .NET Windows Desktop scenarios. We have also continued to enhance the Clipboard APIs introduced in Preview 1 with tweaks to the behavior in certain edge-cases.
We’ve ported several UITypeEditors in the System.Windows.Forms.Design namespace from the .NET Framework code base, giving developers more robust options for creating designer applications. New editors include ToolStripCollectionEditor and several editors related to the DataGridView control. These editors will now be discoverable by the PropertyGrid and Designer Actions Panel.
We’ve expanded our unit test coverage and addressed a variety of bug fixes, continuing to focus on delivering high quality in Windows Forms.
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