Switch to dark mode automatically on Windows

switch to dark mode

In this post, I talk about to switch to dark mode automatically on Windows. Why? Although Windows 11 comes with an option to switch between the light and dark modes, it’s a manual process that requires several steps. Auto Dark Mode X is an open-source application that allows you to configure a schedule to switch between the light and dark modes (and vice versa) automatically. Furthermore, the application also includes exceptions to prevent the switch while you are gaming or running on battery. You can even specify whether apps, including…

DataTable component for Blazor

DataTable for Blazor

I have just released a new DataTable component for Blazor WebAssembly and Blazor Server. The NuGet package is available here. The source code will be available soon on GitHub. This component supports client/server side paging, filtering and sorting. DataTable in action Installation So, first install the package from NuGet or execute this command or Then, open your index.html or _Host.cshtml and add the CSS in the head of the page and then the script at the bottom of the page Then, add in your _Imports.razor file the following using: Also, in the…

How to Export Data to Excel in Blazor

In this new post, I’m going to show how to export data to Excel in Blazor WebAssembly or Server. Creating and exporting data to Excel file is one of the frequently used feature in web apps. First, for creating an export in Excel, I will use a free library that is a NuGet package. ClosedXML is a .NET library for reading, manipulating and writing Excel 2007+ (.xlsx, .xlsm) files. It aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface to dealing with the underlying OpenXML API. So, you can download the full source…

Blazor using HttpClient with authentication

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Today, we are going to learn how to create a secure connection in Blazor using HttpClient with authentication to gain access to the protected resources on the Web API’s side. Everything is based on IdentityServer. Until now, we secure Blazor WebAssembly With IdentityServer4 and enabled login and logout actions. After successful login, IdentityServer sends us the id_token and the access_token. But we are not using that access_token yet. So, in this article, we are going to change that. But, using the access token with Blazor WebAssembly is not going to be our…