Exploring the WinUI 3 Gallery app for Windows

Because there are so many powerful and configurable WinUI controls available, the WinUI team at Microsoft decided to create an application that allows Windows developers to explore and even try the controls. WinUI 3 Gallery is a great tool to get familiar with the controls, decide which ones are a good fit for your application, and get some sample code and design guidance.

Note

There is also a WinUI 2 Gallery app for UWP developers. The two apps used to be a single app called XAML Controls Gallery.

To install the WinUI 3 Gallery app, you can visit its Microsoft Store page on the web (https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/winui-3-gallery/9P3JFPWWDZRC) or launch the Microsoft Store app for Windows and search for WinUI 3 Gallery. The Gallery app itself is open source. You can browse the code to learn more about it on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/WinUI-Gallery.

Once it’s been installed, launch the application:

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