Callisto:A control suite for some common things a Windows 8 XAML application might want to include such as a Flyout, Menu, Rating, Settings Pane, and Pivot control

Callisto:A control suite for some common things a Windows 8 XAML application might want to include such as a Flyout, Menu, Rating, Settings Pane, and Pivot control


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Callisto is a library for use in Windows 8 XAML applications (aka Metro style apps).  The XAML framework in Windows.UI.Xaml is great, but has some functionality that isn't provided in-the-box in a few controls and APIs.  Callisto serves to provided added functionality on top of the XAML UI framework for Windows.
What's In It?
So far Callisto includes:
* `Flyout` - a primitive that includes positioning and 'light dismiss' logic
* `Menu` - primarily to be used from AppBar, contains the base for providing, well, a Menu
* `MenuItem` - an item for a menu, including separators and contains the command point for the menu item
* `SettingsFlyout` - an item to create a custom settings pane UI
* `LiveTile` - an in-app tile experience to give you animated or 'live' tiles
* `Tilt` - an effect to provide the tilt experience when clicked on edges/corners
* OAuth helpers - a set of helpers to create OAuth 1.0 signatures/headers for those sites that hate OAuth 2.0 :-)
* `BooleanToVisibilityConverter` - a converter to well, convert boolean to visibility, very common use
* `LengthToBooleanConverter` - a converter to examine a string length to convert to boolean (simple validation helper)
* `RelativeTimeConverter` - a converter to show time as relative string, i.e., 'about an hour ago'
* Extensions - some extension method helpers