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Re:Windows 11: a survey of text boxes by ectopod on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:50AM (#28405761)
WPF is nuts. It appeared to have native controls but in reality they reimplemented everything, with a unique style definition for every control on every supported version of Windows. It would have been a huge amount of work. It seems like they haven't bothered to keep up with it as control styles have evolved though.
Re:Windows 11: a survey of text boxes by pjmlp on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:28PM (#28406978)
If you check the github issues and community talks on YouTube, it is quite clear that when Microsoft went full steam with WinRT, most likely the remaining UI teams got ramped down.

As they pivoted back into Reunion and merging Win32 and UWP worlds, new teams were created, so....