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1. Animation

  1.1        How to make sure an animation doesn't overwrite the property's value
  1.2        What is an Animation?

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2. Application Model

  2.1        Hosting a WPF application in a browser
  2.2        Loose XAML vs. XBAP vs. ClickOnce

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3. Control Styling

  3.1        ContentPresenter

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4. Controls

  4.1        Difference between TextBlock and Label
  4.2        Item placement within the StatusBar
  4.3        Virtualization: What is it?
  4.4        VirtualizingPanel: What is it?
  4.5        VirtualizingStackPanel: What is it?
  4.6        VirtualizingPanel: How to create a custom one?
  4.7        Where is the data grid or gridview control?

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5. Data Binding

  5.1         Binding vs. TemplateBinding
  5.2         Various ways to bind
  5.3         Source vs. RelativeSource vs. ElementName
  5.4         Binding Source vs. Binding Target
  5.5         Binding vs. BindingExpression
  5.6         Data Binding: Overview
  5.7         Binding on a class method
  5.8         Using non dependency property as binding target
  5.9         How can Expression Blend use DataBinding to a business object?
  5.10       DataBinding to the Run element

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6. Drawing

  6.1        How to draw a line without explicitly specifying its coordinates

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7. Fundamentals

  7.1        Logical Tree vs. Visual Tree
  7.2        DependencyProperty vs. CLR property
  7.3        What is a DependencyObject?
  7.4        What is an Adorner?
  7.5        What is a Decorator?
  7.6        What is an attached property?
  7.7        What is a read-only dependency property?
  7.8        How to declare an attached property
  7.9        How to declare a read-only dependency property
  7.10      What is a read-only attached property
  7.11      How to declare a read-only attached property
  7.12      How to declare a dependency property

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8. Input

  8.1        Can input be sent programtically
  8.2        Simulating basic keyboard events
  8.3        Simulating text input
  8.4        Limitations of input simulation
  8.5        Alternative ways to simulate input
  8.6        Simulating basic mouse events
  8.7        Is there a 'Browse for folder' dialog in WPF?

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9. ItemsControl

  9.1        What is ItemsControl?
  9.2        How to customize the way data is displayed
  9.3        ControlTemplate vs. ItemsPresenter vs. IsItemsHost
  9.4        ItemsPanel property

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10. Keyboard Navigation

  10.1      Tab Stop
  10.2      How does keyboard navigation work?
  10.3      Changing KeyboardNavigationMode
  10.4      Tab Navigation Order
  10.5      TabIndex
  10.6      Changing Directional Navigation

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11. Layout

  11.1      Margin vs. Padding
  11.2      Right-to-left vs. custom controls
  11.3      How does layout work?
  11.4      TransformToAncestor() and TransformToDescendant()
  11.5      Text Tips and Ideas

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12. Resources

  12.1      StaticResource vs. DynamicResource
  12.2      Specifying Theme Resources

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13. Routed Commands

  13.1      What is RoutedCommand?
  13.2      What are Gestures?
  13.3      Gesture Types
  13.4      Adding Gestures
  13.5      Creating Custom Commands
  13.6      InputBindings
  13.7      RoutedCommand vs. RoutedUICommand
  13.8      Handling a Routed Command
  13.9      Executed vs. PreviewExecuted
  13.10    Disabling a RoutedCommand
  13.11    ICommandSource

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14. Routed Events

  14.1      What is a RoutedEvent?
  14.2      Available Routing Strategies
  14.3      Naming Convention
  14.4      Adding an Event Handler (XAML)
  14.5      Adding an Event Handler (Code)
  14.6      Adding CLR accessors to a RoutedEvent
  14.7      Class Handlers for routed events
  14.8      Adding an event handler: Alternate methods
  14.9      Marking RoutedEvents as Handled
  14.10    Bypassing a RoutedEvent Handled Flag
  14.11    Handler never executes
  14.12    Source vs. OriginalSource
  14.13    How to raise a RoutedEvent
  14.14    Creating Custom Routed Events
  14.15    Adding Owners to Existing RoutedEvents
  14.16    Event raised after sleep/hibernation mode

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15. Styles and Templates

  15.1      DataTemplate: What is it?
  15.2      ControlTemplate: What is it?
  15.3      Style: What is it?
  15.4      Style vs. Template: What is the difference?
  15.5      How to create a DataTemplate
  15.6      Resource Dictionary Declaration
  15.7      Inline Declaration
  15.8      Inline Declaration vs. Resource Dictionary Declaration
  15.9      How to create a ControlTemplate
  15.10    How do I create a style or template?
  15.11    Triggers: What are they?

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16. XAML

  16.1      Creating a collection in XAML
  16.2      The x: convention
  16.3      x:Name vs. x:Key
  16.4      Name vs. x:Name
  16.5      How do I use my custom control/class in XAML?
  16.6      What is XAML?
  16.7      Creating an object with a non-default constructor
  16.8      Name scope in XAML
  16.9      FrameworkElement.FindName() method
  16.10    GetTemplateChild() method

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17. Accessing Non-WPF tools

  17.1      Displaying a standard file browser dialog
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