What's New in Essential Studio^® for WPF

Common

• Added support for .NET 10 via dedicated assemblies.
• Added support for Visual Studio 2026.

Performance boosts

• TreeGrid: Loads 10K records in under 2 seconds (down from 30 seconds).

• TileView: Loads 2,500 cards in under 5 seconds (down from 5 minutes).

AI AssistView

Input toolbar header template

This feature supports customizing the header section of the input area using a flexible template. The layout and styling of the header can include elements such as file upload information, error details, notifications, or other custom components to display relevant information.

PromptRequest event

This event notifies users when a prompt is submitted in the control. It can be used to validate user input before processing or trigger custom actions based on the prompt content.

DataGrid

Improved stacked header alignment

The Stacked header width now adjusts correctly during scroll interactions when it contains a frozen column, ensuring a clean and consistent header layout.

Gantt Control

Predecessor changing event

An event is raised when a predecessor relationship is about to be added, updated, or removed.

Predecessor changed event

An event is raised after a predecessor relationship has been added, updated, or removed.

Kanban Board

Tooltips

Users can view additional details about kanban cards when hovering over them through interactive tooltips.

Card item sorting

Users can sort card items in ascending and descending order within kanban columns.