How to use WebKit browser control in WPF

Question

I want to use WebKit browser control in my WPF application. However, I am not able to add it in design time. Even if I add the WebKit into toolbox it is disabled state.

My question is how to use that control during design time on WPF form?

Thanks, Omkar

Answer 1

As explained in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742735(v=vs.110).aspx , you should first create a WPF grid in your XAML file.

<Grid x:Name="grdBrowserHost">
</Grid>

And add a .NET WebKit in the WPF form by inserting this code into your C# source.

System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost host =new System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost();

// Create the ActiveX control.
WebKit.WebKitBrowser browser = new WebKit.WebKitBrowser();
browser.Navigate("http://www.google.com");

// Assign the ActiveX control as the host control's child.
host.Child = browser;

// Add the interop host control to the Grid 
// control's collection of child controls. 
grdBrowserHost.Children.Add(host);

Do not forget to include these references

System.Windows.Forms

WindowsFormsIntegration

in your project.

Hope this help.