Cameron Stevenson's Blog
February 15, 2020
UWP: Content Dialogs & Popups
I ran into an annoying visual problem with eclecdec, where a Popup that overlays (partially or entirely) a ContentDialog ends up with a gray translucent overlay at the intersection point of the two. Like this: While the gray translucent overlay doesn’t interfere with user interaction with the Popup’s controls, it’s annoying and ugly and looks …
January 12, 2020
eclecdec Windows 1.4.26.0
This version is now in the Microsoft Store. Changes: Features Add special character picker in rich text editor Add first/last story navigation in rich text editor Autosave current items, offer crash recovery Allow note editing in sketch story editor Create card now defaults to current filter setting Fixes Change to new MSFT AppCenter crash/usage reporting …
July 22, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.3.20.0
This version is now in the Microsoft Store. Version 1.3.20.0 is a maintenance release that includes updated version of 3rd party components.
April 2, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.3.16.0
This version is now in the Microsoft Store. The primary (really, the only) goal of this version is to minimize the opportunity for data loss. Out of a years worth of use (by myself and others), I finally got that email that developers dread: data loss. eclecdec stores projects in zip files (a la Word, …
March 13, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.3.7.0
This update is now in the Microsoft Store. Features Add ability to use a cover image in the project picker, because visual inspiration improves productivity Move some global settings to “per-project” settings Add next/previous story card navigation controls in Editor to facilitate reviewing Fixes Cards marked “done” will now appear in the card-peek lists in …
February 19, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.2.11.0
This update is now in the Microsoft Store. Features Find and replace in editor Include score, definitions and word type in Better Words Add the ability to have notes per Story card and folder Fixes Minor ribbon cleanup in editor Mark done/not done tweaks in editor Fix crash when printing from compiled view
January 20, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.1.89.0
This update is now in the Microsoft Store, and is a fairly minor (in terms of what you can see) update. Fixes: Improved typing performance (specifically, periodic lag while typing at-speed) in the editor Fixed average word count and estimated completion dates in Project Statistics.
January 14, 2019
Surface Go – Three Months Later
Back in September, I bought my Surface Go. After using it for almost four months, it seemed like a good idea to follow up with how it’s been working out. So, in a nutshell, I do about 90% of my writing on it. I average 320 words per day, which for me is a real …
January 5, 2019
eclecdec Windows 1.1.85.0
This update has been submitted to the Windows Store. Features In order to help answer the age old question “What’s a better word for some_word ?”, eclecdec now uses the Datamuse cloud service to offer word suggestions. This is available by clicking on the “Better Words” ribbon button in the Story Card editor. Add the …
December 31, 2018
Windows UWP Version Adaptive Code
UWP applications are the constant recipients of new functionality. This is, obviously, a good thing for those of us who’d like to build a meaningful user experience a la WPF or WinForms. My first experience with writing Version Adaptive Code comes as a result of trying to remove the super-annoying selection flyout in the RichEditBox …
