[Settings / OOBE] Upgrade to WinUI 2.6

[niels9001]

📝 Provide a description of the new feature

Just to keep track of it:

Upgrade to WinUI 2.6 for settings: this version contains a lot of visual updates to the default WinUI controls addressing multiple accessibility issues and to be in line with other Fluent toolkits. It should roll out in the coming weeks / months.

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[Jay-o-Way]

Hoping winUI 3 will be finished soon though :) On Twitter they say March :)

[mdtauk]

@niels9001 The OOBE will be out of place compared to those WPF UIs which match inbox Xaml and WinUI 2.5 - so maybe you want to consider sticking with the WinUI_2dot5 visual look, if you upgrade to 2.6 until other things can match?

[crutkas]

We're viewing this as 'blocked' until their release? correct?

[niels9001]

@crutkas I put in Blocked because WinUI 2.6 is not yet stable, with missing styles here and there. Preview packages are out, but we shouldn't migrate (yet). @mdtauk makes another good point that ModernWPF is not yet adopting any of the new styles to be included in 2.6.

This is not related to WinUI 3.

[crutkas]

Newb q, can I see an example of the difference

[mdtauk]

Newb q, can I see an example of the difference

An example of some of the new Visual Styles

And current buttons, checkboxes, slider

[crutkas]

I don't think the diff between the two systems will be drastically different. Us holding back on upgrading WinUI as well as bug fix impact as well from that team.

[crutkas]

Settings is the only spot that uses WinUI. I think everything is independent enough where the small diffs won't be blaring

[Aaron-Junker]

Fixed in #12470 and will be integrated in the next major release of PowerToys

[dedavis6797]

Resolved with the release of v0.45.