This sample shows how to use and style several commonly used controls: button, checkbox, file upload, progress, range/slider, radio button, select, and text controls.
For more info about the concepts and APIs demonstrated in this sample, see:
- Coding basic apps
- Controls list
- Quickstart: adding HTML controls and handling events
- Quickstart: adding Windows Library for JavaScript controls and styles
- Quickstart: styling controls
This sample is written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. For the XAML version, see the XAML essential controls sample.
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Related topics
- Controls list
- Quickstart: Adding controls and handling events
- Windows 8 app samples
- Guidelines and checklist for button
- Guidelines and checklist for check boxes
- Guidelines and checklist for radio buttons
- Guidelines and checklist for progress controls
- Guidelines and checklist for sliders
- Guidelines and checklist for text and typography
- Roadmap for apps using JavaScript
- Plan for branding apps
Related technologies
Windows 8 apps using JavaScriptOperating system requirements
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Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.