Xieyi.Charting 2.0.1

Xieyi

A modern, minimalist Avalonia UI theme and custom controls library.

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Overview

Xieyi provides a collection of beautifully designed, highly customizable UI controls for Avalonia UI, combined with the Flux theme - a modern, minimalist design language that emphasizes clarity, simplicity, and elegance.

Features

• Modern Minimalist Design: Clean, elegant UI components following contemporary design principles
• Light/Dark Theme Support: Seamless theme switching with carefully crafted color palettes
• Custom Controls: A curated set of essential UI controls
  • TagInput: Versatile tag/label input control
  • Avatar: Flexible avatar display with group support
  • Badge: Notification and status indicators
  • Breadcrumb: Navigation breadcrumb trail
  • Timeline: Event timeline visualization
  • Overlay: Unified toast + notification system (top-center light or six-position rich notifications)
  • Dialog: Generic blocking popup with custom content + MessageBox preset
• Localization: Built-in support for multiple languages (zh-CN, en-US)
• Design Tokens: Comprehensive design token system for consistent styling
• Cross-Platform: Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and more via Avalonia UI

Getting Started

Installation

dotnet add package Xieyi
dotnet add package Xieyi.Themes.Flux

Usage

Include the Flux theme in your application:

<Application x:Class="MyApp.App"
             xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:xieyi="https://xieyi.dev/avalonia">
    <Application.Styles>
        <xieyi:XieyiFluxTheme Locale="zh-CN" />
    </Application.Styles>
</Application>

Use Xieyi controls in your views:

<Window xmlns:xieyi="https://xieyi.dev/avalonia">
    <StackPanel Margin="20">
        <xieyi:TagInput />
        <xieyi:Avatar Content="JD" />
        <xieyi:Badge Content="5">
            <Button>Messages</Button>
        </xieyi:Badge>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Overlays and Dialogs (v2)

using Xieyi.Hosting;
using Xieyi.Services;
using Xieyi.Abstractions.Overlay;
using Xieyi.Abstractions.Dialog;

// 1. Configure once at startup
XieyiHost.Configure(new OverlayService(), new DialogService());

// 2. Show a Toast
XieyiHost.Overlays.Show(this, new OverlayOptions
{
    Kind = OverlayKind.Toast,
    Message = "Saved.",
    Severity = NotificationSeverity.Success,
});

// 3. Show a Notification
XieyiHost.Overlays.Show(this, new OverlayOptions
{
    Kind = OverlayKind.Notification,
    Title = "Update available",
    Message = "Version 2.0 is ready.",
    Position = OverlayPosition.TopRight,
});

// 4. Show a MessageBox
var result = await XieyiHost.Dialogs.ShowMessageBoxAsync(this, new MessageBoxOptions
{
    Title = "Confirm",
    Message = "Continue?",
    Buttons = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
    Icon = NotificationSeverity.Warning,
});

See docs/MIGRATION-v2.md if you're upgrading from v1.x.

Project Structure

Xieyi/
├── src/
│   ├── Xieyi/                    # Custom controls library
│   ├── Xieyi.Themes.Flux/        # Flux theme implementation
│   └── Xieyi.Charting/           # Charting engine
├── demo/                         # Demo applications
├── tests/                        # Unit tests
├── scripts/                      # Build scripts (build.sh, pack.sh)
├── .github/workflows/            # CI/CD (release.yml)
├── CHANGELOG.md                  # Version changelog
└── NuGet.Config                  # NuGet source configuration

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK or later

Build

# Linux/macOS
./scripts/build.sh

# Windows
.\scripts\build.ps1

Local Test Pack (for development testing)

# Pack as release version (e.g., 1.0.2)
./scripts/pack.sh 1.0.2

# Pack with pre-release suffix (e.g., 1.0.2-beta1)
./scripts/pack.sh 1.0.2 beta1

Packages will be produced in the nupkgs/ directory.

Automated Publishing

Pushing a v* tag triggers GitHub Actions to automatically:

1. Build all projects in Release
2. Pack NuGet packages
3. Push to NuGet.org
4. Create a GitHub Release with notes from CHANGELOG.md

# Tag and push to trigger CI/CD
git tag v1.0.2
git push origin v1.0.2

Run Demo

cd demo/Xieyi.Demo.Desktop
dotnet run

Documentation

• Getting Started
• Controls
  • TagInput
  • Avatar
  • Badge
  • Breadcrumb
  • Timeline
• Flux Theme

Version Compatibility

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Acknowledgments

• Avalonia UI - The cross-platform UI framework
• Semi.Avalonia - Inspiration for project structure
• Ursa.Avalonia - Inspiration for custom controls architecture