Over 28 built-in animations to easily match your design.
Busy indications can be shown with custom messages.
Animation speed can be adjusted.

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WPF busy indicator

Overview

The WPF Busy Indicator control enables users to know when the application is busy.

Animation Types

Busy indicator includes over 28 pre-built animations that can be shown within your applications.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing dot-circle animation.

Dot circle

Dot-circle busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing Cupertino animation.

Cupertino

Cupertino busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing arrow track animation

Arrow track

Arrow track type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing ball animation

Ball

Ball type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing battery animation

Battery

Battery type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing box animation

Box

Box type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing delete animation

Delete

Delete type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing double circle animation

Double circle

Double circle type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing drop animation

Drop

Drop type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing ECG animation

ECG

ECG type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing flight animation

Flight

Flight type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing flower animation

Flower

Flower type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing gear animation

Gear

Gear type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing globe animation

Globe

Globe type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing gps animation

GPS

GPS type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing horizontal pulsing box animation

Horizontal pulsing box

Horizontal pulsing box type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing liquid animation

Liquid

Liquid type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing pen animation

Pen

Pen type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing print animation

Print

Print type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing rainy animation

Rainy

Rainy type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing rectangle animation

Rectangle

Rectangle type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing rotation animation

Rotation

Rotation type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing single circle animation

Single circle

Single circle type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing slice box animation

Slice box

Slice box type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing slice circle animation

Slice circle

Slice circle type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing snow animation

Snow

Snow type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing sunny animation

Sunny

Sunny type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing temperature animation

Temperature

Temperature type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing umbrella animation

Umbrella

Umbrella type busy indicator.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing windmill animation

Windmill

Windmill type busy indicator.

The header text indicates the busy status of the control to the users.

WPF Busy Indicator control showing header

WPF Busy Indicator Code Example

Easily get started with the WPF Busy Indicator using a few simple lines of XAML or C# code example as demonstrated below. Also explore our WPF Busy Indicator Example that shows you how to render and configure the Busy Indicator in WPF.

xaml
c#
<syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator AnimationType="Flight"/>
public MainWindow()
  {
     InitializeComponent();
     Grid grid = new Grid();
     SfBusyIndicator busyIndicator = new SfBusyIndicator();
     busyIndicator.AnimationType = Syncfusion.Windows.Controls.Notification.AnimationTypes.Flight;
     grid.Children.Add(busyIndicator);
     this.Content =  grid; 
}

Not sure how to create your first WPF Busy Indicator? Our documentation can help.

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Frequently Asked Questions

✅ Why should you choose Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator?

The Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator provides the following:

Over 25 built-in animations to easily match your design.
Busy indications that can be shown with custom messages.
Adjustable animation speed.
One of the best WPF Busy Indicator in the market that offers feature-rich UI to interact with the software.
Touch-friendly and responsive UI.
Simple configuration and API.
Extensive demos, documentation to learn quickly and get started with WPF Busy Indicator.

✅ Where can I find the Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator demo?

You can find our WPF Busy Indicator demo on

GitHub location.

App center location.

Microsoft location.

✅ Can I download and utilize the Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator for free?

No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.

✅ How do I get started with Syncfusion WPF Busy Indicator?

A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.

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