Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/Perspex/Perspex

docs/build.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Perspex.Gtk project in Visual Studio.
 
 ### Clone the Perspex repository
 
-    git clone https://github.com/grokys/Perspex.git
+    git clone https://github.com/Perspex/Perspex.git
 
 We currently need to build our own private version of ReactiveUI as it doesn't work on mono. This
 is linked as a submodule in the git repository, so run:

src/Android/Perspex.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ using Perspex.Shared.PlatformSupport;
 using Perspex.Skia;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Perspex.Android.Platform.SkiaPlatform;
 
 namespace Perspex.Android
 {
-    public class AndroidPlatform : IPlatformSettings
+    public class AndroidPlatform : IPlatformSettings, IWindowingPlatform
     {
         public static readonly AndroidPlatform Instance = new AndroidPlatform();
         public Size DoubleClickSize => new Size(4, 4);
@@ -33,11 +34,11 @@ namespace Perspex.Android
                 .Bind<IPlatformSettings>().ToConstant(this)
                 .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(new AndroidThreadingInterface())
                 .Bind<ISystemDialogImpl>().ToTransient<SystemDialogImpl>()
-                .Bind<ITopLevelRenderer>().ToTransient<AndroidTopLevelRenderer>();
+                .Bind<ITopLevelRenderer>().ToTransient<AndroidTopLevelRenderer>()
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(this);
 
             SkiaPlatform.Initialize();
             Application.RegisterPlatformCallback(() => { });
-            PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToSingleton<Platform.SkiaPlatform.MainWindowImpl>();
 
             _scalingFactor = global::Android.App.Application.Context.Resources.DisplayMetrics.ScaledDensity;
 
@@ -50,5 +51,20 @@ namespace Perspex.Android
         {
             SharedPlatform.Register(applicationType.Assembly);
         }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
+        {
+            return new WindowImpl();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
     }
 }

src/Gtk/Perspex.Gtk/GtkPlatform.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Gtk
 {
     using Gtk = global::Gtk;
 
-    public class GtkPlatform : IPlatformThreadingInterface, IPlatformSettings
+    public class GtkPlatform : IPlatformThreadingInterface, IPlatformSettings, IWindowingPlatform
     {
         private static readonly GtkPlatform s_instance = new GtkPlatform();
         private static Thread _uiThread;
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Gtk
         public static void Initialize()
         {
             PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable
-                .Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToTransient<WindowImpl>()
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(s_instance)
-                .Bind<IPopupImpl>().ToTransient<PopupImpl>()
                 .Bind<IClipboard>().ToSingleton<ClipboardImpl>()
                 .Bind<IStandardCursorFactory>().ToConstant(CursorFactory.Instance)
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToConstant(GtkKeyboardDevice.Instance)
@@ -86,5 +85,19 @@ namespace Perspex.Gtk
         public bool CurrentThreadIsLoopThread => Thread.CurrentThread == _uiThread;
 
         public event Action Signaled;
+        public IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
+        {
+            return new WindowImpl();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        public IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
+        {
+            return new PopupImpl();
+        }
     }
 }

src/Markup/Perspex.Markup.Xaml/Perspex.Markup.Xaml.csproj

@@ -272,10 +272,6 @@
       <Project>{D211E587-D8BC-45B9-95A4-F297C8FA5200}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Animation</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Perspex.Application\Perspex.Application.csproj">
-      <Project>{799A7BB5-3C2C-48B6-85A7-406A12C420DA}</Project>
-      <Name>Perspex.Application</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Perspex.Base\Perspex.Base.csproj">
       <Project>{B09B78D8-9B26-48B0-9149-D64A2F120F3F}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Base</Name>

src/Perspex.Application/Designer/Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using OmniXaml;
+using Perspex.Controls;
+using Perspex.Controls.Platform;
+using Perspex.Markup.Xaml;
+using Perspex.Themes.Default;
+
+namespace Perspex.Designer
+{
+    class Designer
+    {
+        class DesignerApp : Application
+        {
+            public DesignerApp()
+            {
+                RegisterServices();
+                //For now we only support windows
+                InitializeSubsystems(2);
+                Styles = new DefaultTheme();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static DesignerApi Api { get; set; }
+        
+        public static void Init(Dictionary<string, object> shared)
+        {
+            Api = new DesignerApi(shared) {UpdateXaml = UpdateXaml, SetScalingFactor = SetScalingFactor};
+            new DesignerApp();
+        }
+
+        private static void SetScalingFactor(double factor)
+        {
+            PlatformManager.SetDesignerScalingFactor(factor);
+            if (s_currentWindow != null)
+                s_currentWindow.PlatformImpl.ClientSize = s_currentWindow.ClientSize;
+        }
+
+        static Window s_currentWindow;
+
+        private static void UpdateXaml(string xaml)
+        {
+
+            Window window;
+            using (PlatformManager.DesignerMode())
+            {
+                var obj = ((XamlXmlLoader)new PerspexXamlLoader()).Load(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xaml)));
+                window = obj as Window;
+                if (window == null)
+                {
+                    window = new Window() {Content = obj};
+                }
+            }
+            s_currentWindow?.Close();
+            s_currentWindow = window;
+            window.Show();
+            Api.OnWindowCreated?.Invoke(window.PlatformImpl.Handle.Handle);
+            Api.OnResize?.Invoke();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Perspex.Application/Designer/DesignerApi.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Perspex.Designer
+{
+    class DesignerApi
+    {
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, object> _inner;
+
+        public DesignerApi(Dictionary<string, object> inner)
+        {
+            _inner = inner;
+        }
+
+        object Get([CallerMemberName] string name = null)
+        {
+            object rv;
+            _inner.TryGetValue(name, out rv);
+            return rv;
+        }
+
+        void Set(object value, [CallerMemberName] string name = null)
+        {
+            _inner[name] = value;
+        }
+
+        public Action<string> UpdateXaml
+        {
+            get { return (Action<string>) Get(); }
+            set {Set(value); }
+        }
+
+        public Action OnResize
+        {
+            get { return (Action) Get(); }
+            set { Set(value);}
+        }
+
+        public Action<IntPtr> OnWindowCreated
+        {
+            set { Set(value); }
+            get { return (Action<IntPtr>) Get(); }
+        }
+
+        public Action<double> SetScalingFactor
+        {
+            set { Set(value);}
+            get { return (Action<double>) Get(); }
+        }
+
+    }
+}

src/Perspex.Application/Perspex.Application.csproj

@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- A reference to the entire .NET Framework is automatically included -->
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Markup\Perspex.Markup.Xaml\Perspex.Markup.Xaml.csproj">
+      <Project>{3e53a01a-b331-47f3-b828-4a5717e77a24}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Markup.Xaml</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Markup\Perspex.Markup\Perspex.Markup.csproj">
+      <Project>{6417e941-21bc-467b-a771-0de389353ce6}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Markup</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Perspex.Animation\Perspex.Animation.csproj">
+      <Project>{d211e587-d8bc-45b9-95a4-f297c8fa5200}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Animation</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Perspex.Base\Perspex.Base.csproj">
       <Project>{B09B78D8-9B26-48B0-9149-D64A2F120F3F}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Base</Name>
@@ -67,13 +79,18 @@
       <Project>{F1BAA01A-F176-4C6A-B39D-5B40BB1B148F}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Styling</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Perspex.Themes.Default\Perspex.Themes.Default.csproj">
+      <Project>{3E10A5FA-E8DA-48B1-AD44-6A5B6CB7750F}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Themes.Default</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="..\Shared\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs">
       <Link>Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Application.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Platform\IAssetLoader.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Designer\Designer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Designer\DesignerApi.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>

src/Perspex.Base/Perspex.Base.csproj

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     <Compile Include="PerspexObjectExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PerspexPropertyRegistry.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PerspexProperty`1.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Platform\IAssetLoader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Platform\IPclPlatformWrapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BindingPriority.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PriorityBindingEntry.cs" />

src/Perspex.Controls/Perspex.Controls.csproj

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DockPanel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HotkeyManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Platform\ITopLevelRenderer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Platform\IWindowingPlatform.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Platform\PlatformManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SelectionMode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Separator.cs" />

src/Perspex.Controls/Platform/IWindowingPlatform.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Perspex.Platform
+{
+    public interface IWindowingPlatform
+    {
+        IWindowImpl CreateWindow();
+        IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow();
+        IPopupImpl CreatePopup();
+    }
+}

src/Perspex.Controls/Platform/PlatformManager.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reactive.Disposables;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Perspex.Input;
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Platform
         static IPlatformSettings GetSettings()
             => PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformSettings>();
 
+        static bool s_designerMode;
+        private static double _designerScalingFactor = 1;
+
         public static IRenderTarget CreateRenderTarget(ITopLevelImpl window)
         {
             return
@@ -24,6 +28,19 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Platform
                     PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformRenderInterface>().CreateRenderer(window.Handle), window);
         }
 
+        public static IDisposable DesignerMode()
+        {
+            s_designerMode = true;
+            return Disposable.Create(() => s_designerMode = false);
+        }
+
+        public static void SetDesignerScalingFactor(double factor)
+        {
+            _designerScalingFactor = factor;
+        }
+
+        static double RenderScalingFactor => (GetSettings()?.RenderScalingFactor ?? 1)*_designerScalingFactor;
+        static double LayoutScalingFactor => (GetSettings()?.LayoutScalingFactor ?? 1) * _designerScalingFactor;
 
         class RenderTargetDecorator : IRenderTarget
         {
@@ -45,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Platform
             {
                 var cs = _window.ClientSize;
                 var ctx = _target.CreateDrawingContext();
-                var factor = GetSettings()?.RenderScalingFactor ?? 1;
+                var factor = RenderScalingFactor;
                 if (factor != 1)
                 {
                     ctx.PushPostTransform(Matrix.CreateScale(factor, factor));
@@ -62,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Platform
             private readonly IPopupImpl _popup;
 
             public ITopLevelImpl TopLevel => _tl;
-            double ScalingFactor => GetSettings()?.LayoutScalingFactor ?? 1;
+            double ScalingFactor => LayoutScalingFactor;
 
             public WindowDecorator(ITopLevelImpl tl)
             {
@@ -165,12 +182,14 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Platform
 
         public static IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
         {
-            return new WindowDecorator(PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IWindowImpl>());
+            var platform = PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IWindowingPlatform>();
+            return
+                new WindowDecorator(s_designerMode ? platform.CreateEmbeddableWindow() : platform.CreateWindow());
         }
 
         public static IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
         {
-            return new WindowDecorator(PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IPopupImpl>());
+            return new WindowDecorator(PerspexLocator.Current.GetService<IWindowingPlatform>().CreatePopup());
         }
     }
 }

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/HostedAppModel.cs

@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Media;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 
 namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
 {
     public class HostedAppModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
     {
+        private readonly PerspexAppHost _host;
         private IntPtr _nativeWindowHandle;
         private string _error;
         private string _errorDetails;
 
+        internal HostedAppModel(PerspexAppHost host)
+        {
+            _host = host;
+            Background = Settings.Background;
+        }
+
         public IntPtr NativeWindowHandle
         {
             get { return _nativeWindowHandle; }
@@ -48,12 +56,39 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             }
         }
 
+        public string Background
+        {
+            get { return _background; }
+            set
+            {
+                if (value == _background) return;
+                _background = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public IReadOnlyList<double> AvailableScalingFactors => new List<double>() {1, 2, 4, 8};
+
+        public double CurrentScalingFactor
+        {
+            get { return _currentScalingFactor; }
+            set
+            {
+                _currentScalingFactor = value;
+                _host.Api.SetScalingFactor(value);
+            }
+        }
+
         public void SetError(string error, string details = null)
         {
             Error = error;
             ErrorDetails = details;
         }
 
+        double _currentScalingFactor = 1;
+        private string _color;
+        private string _background;
+
         public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
 
         [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/PerspexAppHost.cs

@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
     class PerspexAppHost
     {
         private string _appDir;
-        private CommChannel _comm;
+        private readonly CommChannel _comm;
         private string _lastXaml;
         private string _currentXaml;
-        private Func<Stream, object> _xamlReader;
         private bool _initSuccess;
-        private HostedAppModel _appModel = new HostedAppModel();
+        private HostedAppModel _appModel;
         private Control _window;
 
         public PerspexAppHost(CommChannel channel)
         {
             _comm = channel;
+            _appModel = new HostedAppModel(this);
         }
 
         public void Start()
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
 
         PerspexDesignerMetadata BuildMetadata(List<Assembly> asms, Type xmlNsAttr)
         {
-            
-
             var rv = new PerspexDesignerMetadata()
             {
                 
@@ -200,34 +198,10 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             log("Looking up Perspex types");
             BuildMetadataAndSendMessageAsync(asms);
 
-            var syncContext = LookupType("Perspex.Threading.PerspexSynchronizationContext");
+            log("Initializing built-in designer");
-            syncContext.GetProperty("AutoInstall", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static).SetValue(null, false);
+            var dic = new Dictionary<string, object>();
-
+            Api = new DesignerApi(dic) {OnResize = OnResize, OnWindowCreated = OnWindowCreated};
-            var app = Activator.CreateInstance(LookupType("Perspex.Application"));
+            LookupStaticMethod("Perspex.Designer.Designer", "Init").Invoke(null, new object[] {dic});
-            app.GetType()
-                .GetMethod("RegisterServices", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance)
-                .Invoke(app, null);
-
-            LookupStaticMethod("Perspex.Direct2D1.Direct2D1Platform", "Initialize").Invoke(null, null);
-            LookupStaticMethod("Perspex.Win32.Win32Platform", "InitializeEmbedded").Invoke(null, null);
-
-            app.GetType().GetProperty("Styles").GetSetMethod(true)
-                .Invoke(app, new[] {Activator.CreateInstance(LookupType("Perspex.Themes.Default.DefaultTheme"))});
-            
-
-            dynamic dispatcher =
-                LookupType("Perspex.Threading.Dispatcher")
-                    .GetProperty("UIThread", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public)
-                    .GetValue(null);
-            
-
-
-            var xamlFactory = Activator.CreateInstance(LookupType("Perspex.Markup.Xaml.Context.PerspexParserFactory"));
-            
-            dynamic xamlLoader =
-                LookupType("OmniXaml.XamlLoader", "OmniXaml.XamlXmlLoader").GetConstructors().First().Invoke(new object[] {xamlFactory});
-
-            _xamlReader = (stream) => xamlLoader.Load(stream);
 
             _window = new Control
             {
@@ -242,15 +216,19 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             };
             _window.CreateControl();
             
-            new Timer {Interval = 10, Enabled = true}.Tick += delegate
-            {
-                dispatcher.RunJobs();
-            };
             new Timer {Interval = 200, Enabled = true}.Tick += delegate { XamlUpdater(); };
             _comm.SendMessage(new WindowCreatedMessage(_window.Handle));
             _initSuccess = true;
         }
 
+        private void OnWindowCreated(IntPtr hWnd)
+        {
+            _appModel.NativeWindowHandle = hWnd;
+        }
+
+
+        public DesignerApi Api { get; set; }
+
 
         bool ValidateXml(string xml)
         {
@@ -269,6 +247,11 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             return true;
         }
 
+        private void OnResize()
+        {
+            
+        }
+
         void XamlUpdater()
         {
             if (!_initSuccess)
@@ -282,27 +265,10 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
                 _appModel.SetError("Invalid markup");
                 return;
             }
-
-
             try
             {
-                const string windowType = "Perspex.Controls.Window";
+                Api.UpdateXaml(_currentXaml);
-                
-                var root = _xamlReader(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_currentXaml)));
-                dynamic window = root;
-                if (root.GetType().FullName != windowType)
-                {
-                    window = Activator.CreateInstance(LookupType(windowType));
-                    window.Content = root;
-                }
 
-                var w = ((object) (window.PlatformImpl)).Prop("Handle");
-                if (!(w is IntPtr))
-                    w = w.Prop("Handle");
-
-                var hWnd = (IntPtr) w;
-                _appModel.NativeWindowHandle = hWnd;
-                window.Show();
                 _appModel.SetError(null);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -310,6 +276,8 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
                 _appModel.SetError("XAML load error", e.ToString());
             }
         }
+
+        
         
         private Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
         {

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/WindowHost.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,19 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             Text = "ScrollableArea";
             Controls.Add(_windowHost);
             _windowHost.Anchor = AnchorStyles.None;
-            _timer.Tick += delegate { FixWindow(); };
+            _timer.Tick += delegate
+            {
+                ReloadSettings();
+                FixWindow();
+            };
+        }
+
+        private void ReloadSettings()
+        {
+            var bkg = Settings.Background;
+            var color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(bkg);
+            if (BackColor != color)
+                BackColor = color;
         }
 
         private Control _windowHost = new Control() {Text = "WindowWrapper"};
@@ -43,6 +55,12 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             base.WndProc(ref m);
         }
 
+        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
+        {
+            using (var b = new SolidBrush(BackColor))
+                e.Graphics.FillRectangle(b, e.ClipRectangle);
+        }
+
         void FixPosition()
         {
             var newScrollSize =  new Size(_desiredWidth, _desiredHeight);

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/Comm/CommChannel.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using System.Windows.Threading;
 
 namespace Perspex.Designer.Comm
 {
-    internal class CommChannel : IDisposable
+    class CommChannel : IDisposable
     {
         private readonly BinaryReader _input;
         private readonly BinaryWriter _output;

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/InProcDesigner/InProcDesignerView.xaml

@@ -4,17 +4,31 @@
              xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
              xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
              xmlns:appHost="clr-namespace:Perspex.Designer.AppHost"
+             xmlns:system="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
              mc:Ignorable="d" 
              d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300" d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance appHost:HostedAppModel}">
     <DockPanel>
-        <Border x:Name="ErrorPanel" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="3" Padding="3">
+        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
-            <StackPanel   Orientation="Horizontal">
+            <ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding AvailableScalingFactors}" SelectedItem="{Binding CurrentScalingFactor, Mode=TwoWay}">
-                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Error}" FontSize="16"/>
+                <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
-                <TextBlock x:Name="DetailsBlock" FontSize="16">
+                    <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type system:Double}">
+                        <TextBlock><Run Text="{Binding .}"/>00%</TextBlock>
+                    </DataTemplate>
+                </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
+            </ComboBox>
+
+            <Rectangle Cursor="Hand" Stroke="Black" Width="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=ActualHeight}" Fill="{Binding Background}" 
+                       Margin="3" MouseDown="ColorPicker_OnClick"/>
+
+            <Border x:Name="ErrorPanel" BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="3" Padding="3">
+                <StackPanel   Orientation="Horizontal">
+                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Error}" FontSize="16"/>
+                    <TextBlock x:Name="DetailsBlock" FontSize="16">
                 <Run> (</Run><Hyperlink Click="Hyperlink_OnClick">View details</Hyperlink><Run>)</Run>
-                </TextBlock>
+                    </TextBlock>
-            </StackPanel>
+                </StackPanel>
-        </Border>
+            </Border>
+        </StackPanel>
         <WindowsFormsHost x:Name="WindowHostControl"/>
     </DockPanel>
 </UserControl>

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/InProcDesigner/InProcDesignerView.xaml.cs

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Data;
 using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 using System.Windows.Navigation;
 using System.Windows.Shapes;
 using Perspex.Designer.AppHost;
+using TextBox = System.Windows.Controls.TextBox;
+using UserControl = System.Windows.Controls.UserControl;
 
 namespace Perspex.Designer.InProcDesigner
 {
@@ -80,5 +83,16 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.InProcDesigner
             };
             wnd.ShowDialog();
         }
+
+        private void ColorPicker_OnClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
+        {
+            var dlg = new ColorDialog() {Color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(Settings.Background)};
+            if (dlg.ShowDialog(_host) == DialogResult.OK)
+            {
+                var color = ColorTranslator.ToHtml(dlg.Color);
+                _appModel.Background = color;
+                Settings.Background = color;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/Perspex.Designer.csproj

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
     <Reference Include="WindowsFormsIntegration" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\Perspex.Application\Designer\DesignerApi.cs">
+      <Link>AppHost\DesignerApi.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WinApi.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>

src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/Settings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace Perspex.Designer
+{
+    static class Settings
+    {
+        static readonly string Root = @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PerspexUI\Designer";
+        public static string Background
+        {
+            get { return Registry.GetValue(Root, "Background", "#f3f3f3")?.ToString() ?? "#f3f3f3"; }
+            set { Registry.SetValue(Root, "Background", value); }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Windows/Perspex.Win32/Win32Platform.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ using Perspex.Win32.Interop;
 
 namespace Perspex.Win32
 {
-    public class Win32Platform : IPlatformThreadingInterface, IPlatformSettings
+    public class Win32Platform : IPlatformThreadingInterface, IPlatformSettings, IWindowingPlatform
     {
         private static readonly Win32Platform s_instance = new Win32Platform();
         private static Thread _uiThread;
@@ -42,34 +42,22 @@ namespace Perspex.Win32
         public double RenderScalingFactor { get; } = 1;
         public double LayoutScalingFactor { get; } = 1;
 
-        private static void InitializeInternal()
+        public static void Initialize()
         {
             PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable
-                .Bind<IPopupImpl>().ToTransient<PopupImpl>()
                 .Bind<IClipboard>().ToSingleton<ClipboardImpl>()
                 .Bind<IStandardCursorFactory>().ToConstant(CursorFactory.Instance)
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToConstant(WindowsKeyboardDevice.Instance)
                 .Bind<IMouseDevice>().ToConstant(WindowsMouseDevice.Instance)
                 .Bind<IPlatformSettings>().ToConstant(s_instance)
                 .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(s_instance)
-                .Bind<ISystemDialogImpl>().ToSingleton<SystemDialogImpl>();
+                .Bind<ISystemDialogImpl>().ToSingleton<SystemDialogImpl>()
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(s_instance);
 
             SharedPlatform.Register();
             _uiThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
         }
 
-        public static void Initialize()
-        {
-            PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToTransient<WindowImpl>();
-            InitializeInternal();
-        }
-
-        public static void InitializeEmbedded()
-        {
-            PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToTransient<EmbeddedWindowImpl>();
-            InitializeInternal();
-        }
-
         public bool HasMessages()
         {
             UnmanagedMethods.MSG msg;
@@ -169,5 +157,20 @@ namespace Perspex.Win32
                 throw new Win32Exception();
             }
         }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
+        {
+            return new WindowImpl();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+        {
+            return new EmbeddedWindowImpl();
+        }
+
+        public IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
+        {
+            return new PopupImpl();
+        }
     }
 }

src/iOS/Perspex.iOS/PerspexAppDelegate.cs

@@ -42,9 +42,34 @@ namespace Perspex.iOS
                     .Bind<IMouseDevice>().ToConstant(MouseDevice)
                     .Bind<IPlatformSettings>().ToSingleton<PlatformSettings>()
                     .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(PlatformThreadingInterface.Instance)
-                    .Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToConstant(controller.PerspexView);
+                    .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(new WindowingPlatform(controller.PerspexView));
                 SkiaPlatform.Initialize();
             });
         }
+
+        class WindowingPlatform : IWindowingPlatform
+        {
+            private readonly IWindowImpl _window;
+
+            public WindowingPlatform(IWindowImpl window)
+            {
+                _window = window;
+            }
+
+            public IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
+            {
+                return _window;
+            }
+
+            public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+
+            public IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

tests/Perspex.Controls.UnitTests/Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     <Compile Include="BorderTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ListBoxTests_Single.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Primitives\SelectingItemsControlTests_Multiple.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="WindowingPlatformMock.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TreeViewTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mixins\SelectableMixinTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StackPanelTests.cs" />

tests/Perspex.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/PopupTests.cs

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives
             PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable
                 .Bind<ILayoutManager>().ToTransient<LayoutManager>()
                 .Bind<IGlobalStyles>().ToFunc(() => globalStyles.Object)
-                .Bind<IPopupImpl>().ToConstant(new Mock<IPopupImpl>().Object)
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(new WindowingPlatformMock())
                 .Bind<IStyler>().ToTransient<Styler>();
 
             return result;

tests/Perspex.Controls.UnitTests/Utils/HotKeyManagerTests.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Moq;
 using Perspex.Controls.Presenters;
 using Perspex.Controls.Templates;
+using Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives;
 using Perspex.Input;
 using Perspex.Platform;
 using Perspex.Styling;
@@ -20,11 +21,10 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Utils
         {
             using (PerspexLocator.EnterScope())
             {
-                var windowImpl = new Mock<IWindowImpl>();
                 var styler = new Mock<Styler>();
 
                 PerspexLocator.CurrentMutable
-                    .Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToConstant(windowImpl.Object)
+                    .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(new WindowingPlatformMock())
                     .Bind<IStyler>().ToConstant(styler.Object);
 
                 var gesture1 = new KeyGesture {Key = Key.A, Modifiers = InputModifiers.Control};

tests/Perspex.Controls.UnitTests/WindowingPlatformMock.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using Moq;
+using Perspex.Platform;
+
+namespace Perspex.Controls.UnitTests
+{
+    public class WindowingPlatformMock : IWindowingPlatform
+    {
+        private readonly Func<IWindowImpl> _windowImpl;
+        private readonly Func<IPopupImpl> _popupImpl;
+
+        public WindowingPlatformMock(Func<IWindowImpl> windowImpl = null, Func<IPopupImpl> popupImpl = null )
+        {
+            _windowImpl = windowImpl;
+            _popupImpl = popupImpl;
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateWindow()
+        {
+            return _windowImpl?.Invoke() ?? new Mock<IWindowImpl>().Object;
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public IPopupImpl CreatePopup() => _popupImpl?.Invoke() ?? new Mock<IPopupImpl>().Object;
+    }
+}

tests/Perspex.Layout.UnitTests/FullLayoutTests.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ using Perspex.Controls;
 using Perspex.Controls.Presenters;
 using Perspex.Controls.Primitives;
 using Perspex.Controls.Templates;
+using Perspex.Controls.UnitTests;
+using Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives;
 using Perspex.Diagnostics;
 using Perspex.Input;
 using Perspex.Platform;
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Layout.UnitTests
                 .Bind<IPlatformRenderInterface>().ToConstant(renderInterface)
                 .Bind<IRenderQueueManager>().ToConstant(renderManager)
                 .Bind<IStyler>().ToConstant(new Styler())
-                .Bind<IWindowImpl>().ToConstant(windowImpl.Object);
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(new WindowingPlatformMock(() => windowImpl.Object));
 
             var theme = new DefaultTheme();
             globalStyles.Setup(x => x.Styles).Returns(theme);

tests/Perspex.Layout.UnitTests/Perspex.Layout.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@
       <Project>{3E10A5FA-E8DA-48B1-AD44-6A5B6CB7750F}</Project>
       <Name>Perspex.Themes.Default</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Perspex.Controls.UnitTests\Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.csproj">
+      <Project>{5ccb5571-7c30-4e7d-967d-0e2158ebd91f}</Project>
+      <Name>Perspex.Controls.UnitTests</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />