Top "Microsoft-metro" questions

Unless you have design questions - you should more likely tag your question as windows-store-apps or windows-runtime or winrt-xaml or winjs.

set Z index not working. button behind a container (HTML - CSS)

I using Metro css (windows 8 style) and have a problem. I have container with alerts (the blue in the picture) , …

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Timer in Portable Library

I can't find a timer in portable library / Windows Store. (Targeting .net 4.5 and Windows Store aka Metro) Does any have …

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What is _In_ in C++?

I have searched this up rather a lot, but come up with no helpful results. I am currently trying to …

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Difference between ListView and ListBox in Visual Studio

What is the difference between "ListView" and "ListBox" in a "Windows 8" app.

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How to convert Platform::String to char*?

How do I convert the contents of a Platform::String to be used by functions that expect a char* based …

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Where does Windows Store apps stores its local settings?

Hello fellow programmers, I am new to Windows 8. Where does Windows Store app's LocalSettings store its serialized file ? I am …

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How to read file (Metro/WinRT)

I'm quite astounded by the apparent complexity of this seemingly simple task. I know that I have to use the …

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Simulating flipping live tiles in html

I need to code some html square "live tiles" that flip between 4 states periodically. Basically what I need is what …

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Is it possible to await async tasks during a button click?

I have a refresh button in my app that uses some async methods to update the list of items displayed. …

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How to get the absolute position of an element?

Assume something simple like: <Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="300" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="300" /> </…

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