Utility Extensions
Small helpers that don't belong to a single control but show up everywhere in FmgLib.MauiMarkup code.
Color Helpers — string → Color#
Hex strings convert directly, no Color.FromArgb noise:
"#FF3366".ToColor() // auto-detects; works with #RGB, #RRGGBB, #AARRGGBB
"#804C3BCF".ToColorFromArgb() // explicit ARGB channel order
"#4C3BCF80".ToColorFromRgba() // explicit RGBA channel ordernew Border().BackgroundColor("#1E1E2E".ToColor())Assign / InvokeOnElement#
Covered in depth in Object References; listed here for completeness:
new Entry().Assign(out var entry) // capture reference
new Entry().InvokeOnElement(e => e.Focus()) // arbitrary code mid-chainCollection Helpers#
Add(configure) — fluent chains inside collection initializers#
Layouts and other IEnumerable bindable objects accept lambdas in collection initializers, letting you mix initializer syntax with fluent configuration:
new VerticalStackLayout
{
new Label().Text("Row 1"),
l => l.Spacing(12).Padding(16), // Action<T> — configures the layout itself
new Label().Text("Row 2"),
}AddRangeMarkup — bulk-add to any collection property#
Adds items to a collection-typed property (creating the collection if null), returning the owner for chaining:
grid.AddRangeMarkup(g => g.Children, view1, view2, view3);
picker.AddRangeMarkup(p => p.Items, "Small", "Medium", "Large");Useful in helper methods that append to existing trees rather than rebuilding them.
Translation String Extensions#
Code-side (non-binding) translations — see Localization (JSON) / RESX:
"Hello".ToTranslate() // JSON translator, current culture
"Hello".ToTranslate("tr-TR") // explicit culture
"Hello".ToTranslateResx() // RESX translator
"Hello".ToTranslateResx("tr-TR")Grid Definition Collections#
The Auto / Star / Absolute builders exist both in the lambda form and as collection extensions — see Grid:
new Grid().ColumnDefinitions(new ColumnDefinitionCollection().Absolute(100).Star())Style & VisualState Interop Helpers#
For advanced scenarios that mix FmgLib styles with raw MAUI API:
Style style = myFmgStyle; // Style<T> → Style (implicit)
var groups = style.GetVisualStateGroupList(); // access/extend VSM groups
var common = groups.GetCommonStatesVisualStateGroup(); // the "CommonStates" group
groups.Add(new VisualState<Button>("Custom", e => e.Opacity(0.5))); // add a single stateBindableProperty.Set(value) creates a Setter — used inside style/trigger initializers (Triggers):
Entry.TextColorProperty.Set(Colors.White)RegisterName — MAUI name scopes#
new Label().RegisterName("title", pageRoot)Details in Object References.