Silverlight Components Tab, Choose Toolbox Items Dialog Box

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This tab of the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box displays a list of Silverlight controls available on your local computer. To display this list, select Choose Toolbox Items from the Tools menu to display the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box, and then select its Silverlight Components tab. To sort the components listed, select any column heading.

  • When the check box next to a component is selected, an icon for that component will be displayed in the Toolbox.

    Tip

    To add an instance of a Silverlight control to a project document open for editing, drag its Toolbox icon onto the Design view surface. Default markup and code for the component are inserted into your project, ready for you to modify. For more information, see How to: Manage the Toolbox Window and How to: Manipulate Toolbox Tabs.

  • When the check box next to a component is cleared, the corresponding icon will be removed from the Toolbox.

    Note

    The Silverlight components installed on your computer remain available for use in your applications whether or not icons for them are displayed in the Toolbox.

The columns on the Silverlight Components tab contain the following information:

  • Name
    Lists the names of Silverlight controls for which entries exist in your computer's registry.

  • Namespace
    Displays the Silverlight namespace of each component. You can sort on this column to list the available components within each Silverlight namespace installed on your computer.

  • Assembly Name
    Displays the name of the Silverlight assembly that contains the component. Sort on this column to list the namespaces contained in each Silverlight assembly installed on your computer.

  • Directory
    Displays the file location of the Silverlight assembly.

  • Filter
    Filters the list of Silverlight controls based on the string you provide in the text box. All matches from any of the four columns are shown.

  • Clear
    Clears the filter string.

  • Browse
    Opens the Open dialog box, which lets you navigate to assemblies which contain Silverlight controls.

  • Language
    Shows the localized language of the assembly which contains the selected Silverlight control.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add Items to the Toolbox

Reference

Choose Toolbox Items Dialog Box (Visual Studio)

Toolbox

Other Resources

Silverlight Tools