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Updating project / item template icons and descriptions #4924

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@niels9001 niels9001 commented Nov 28, 2024

Closes: #4923

The following changes are included:

Updates to the Windows App SDK and WinUI logo
The default Windows icon that was used to represent WASDK is now replaced with a dedicated Windows App SDK logo. The old WinUI logo has been updated to the latest version.

Updates to project and item template titles and descriptions

  • Replacing Windows UI Library (WinUI 3) with WinUI 3, as this is the product naming we are using across our docs and communication.
  • Following the WPF / UWP template naming conventions starting with the framework name and then the project title. E.g. Blank App, Packaged (WinUI 3 in Desktop) => WinUI Blank App (Packaged)
  • Changing Custom Control to Templated Control, which is the correct name for this item template.
  • Making descriptions less verbose.

Updates to project and item template icons
Instead of using the default WinUI logo for every template, we are now using individual icons following the Visual Studio design guidelines for iconography (and similar to what WPF and UWP have been using). This helps the developer to understand what the template is about and what language it's using.

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niels9001 and others added 2 commits November 28, 2024 17:51
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Something about "WinUI Blank App" sounds a bit off. "Blank WinUI App" is grammatically correct.

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Maybe just "WinUI" is better?

</data>
<data name="1003" xml:space="preserve">
<value>A blank window for Desktop apps based on the Windows UI Library (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank window (WinUI 3).</value>

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<value>A blank window (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank window (WinUI).</value>

</data>
<data name="1007" xml:space="preserve">
<value>A blank page for apps based on the Windows UI Library (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank page (WinUI 3).</value>

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<value>A blank page (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank page (WinUI).</value>

</data>
<data name="1011" xml:space="preserve">
<value>An empty, keyed collection of XAML resources for apps based on the Windows UI Library (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>An empty, keyed collection of XAML resources (WinUI 3).</value>

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<value>An empty, keyed collection of XAML resources (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>An empty, keyed collection of XAML resources (WinUI).</value>

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<value>[Experimental] Resources File (.resw)</value>
</data>
<data name="1015" xml:space="preserve">
<value>A file for storing string and conditional resources for apps based on the Windows UI Library (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A file for storing string and conditional resources (WinUI 3).</value>

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<value>A file for storing string and conditional resources (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A file for storing string and conditional resources (WinUI).</value>

</data>
<data name="1023" xml:space="preserve">
<value>A user control for apps based on the Windows UI Library (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank user control (WinUI 3).</value>

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<value>A blank user control (WinUI 3).</value>
<value>A blank user control (WinUI).</value>

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Closing this PR in favor of: #4986

@niels9001 niels9001 closed this Dec 19, 2024
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Enhancing iconography for project and item templates
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