### YamlMime:Landing

title: Windows Presentation Foundation documentation
summary: Learn about using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), an open-source, graphical user interface for Windows, on .NET.

metadata:
  title: Windows Presentation Foundation for .NET documentation
  description: Learn about using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), an open-source, graphical user interface for Windows, on .NET.
  ms.topic: landing-page
  ms.date: 04/10/2026
  ms.service: dotnet-desktop

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview
#               quickstart | reference | sample | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:

  # Card
  - title: Learn about WPF
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: WPF overview
            url: overview/index.md
      - linkListType: whats-new
        links:
          - text: Differences from .NET Framework
            url: migration/differences-from-net-framework.md
      - linkListType: tutorial
        links:
          - text: Create a new app
            url: get-started/create-app-visual-studio.md
          - text: Migrate from .NET Framework
            url: /dotnet/core/porting/upgrade-assistant-wpf-framework
      - linkListType: download
        links:
          - text: Visual Studio 2022
            url: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/?utm_medium=microsoft&utm_source=learn.microsoft.com&utm_campaign=inline+link&utm_content=download+vs2019+desktopguide+wpf

  - title: WPF windows
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: About WPF windows
            url: windows/index.md
          - text: About dialog boxes
            url: windows/dialog-boxes-overview.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Open a message box
            url: windows/how-to-open-message-box.md
          - text: Open a common dialog box
            url: windows/how-to-open-common-system-dialog-box.md
          - text: Get or set the main app window
            url: windows/how-to-get-set-main-application-window.md

  - title: Control styles and templates
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: About styles and templates
            url: controls/styles-templates-overview.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Create a style
            url: controls/how-to-create-apply-style.md
          - text: Create a template
            url: controls/how-to-create-apply-template.md

  - title: Data binding
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: About data binding
            url: data/index.md
          - text: Declare bindings
            url: data/binding-declarations-overview.md

  - title: XAML in WPF
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: About XAML
            url: xaml/index.md