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Thursday, 26 July 2012

MetroGridHelper for WinRT, a helper to get the alignment right

It’s already more than a year ago that Jeff Wilcox wrote the MetroGridHelper for Windows Phone. I’ve been using it a lot since then. But we now have the option to build WinRT applications, sadly without the MetroGridHelper.

Wait no more, I ported the code from Jeff and also modified it to fit the metro guidelines that exist for WinRT applications. I’ve had some help from Martin Tirion and Matthijs Hoekstra, both working as Evangelist for Microsoft in The Netherlands.

The result is something that helps me during the design of the Windows 8, WinRT, apps.

MetroGridHelper for WinRT, a helper to get the alignment right

 
You can simply install the NuGet Package. Through the console like this:

PM> Install-Package WinRT.MetroGridHelper

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