microsoft/WinUI-Gallery
Apr 2025 – Feb 2026
9 Months active
Languages Used
XAMLC#JSON
Technical Skills
UI DevelopmentXAMLBug FixingClean CodeCode RefactoringData Modeling
Zakaria Tahri
PROFILE
Zakaria Tahri
Worked extensively on the microsoft/WinUI-Gallery repository, delivering features and fixes that enhanced user experience, accessibility, and maintainability for Windows applications. Focused on UI/UX improvements, personalization features, and robust settings management, leveraging C#, XAML, and Windows App SDK. Addressed layout and theme consistency, introduced dynamic navigation transitions, and streamlined code through refactoring and code cleanup. Integrated new API capabilities, improved accessibility documentation, and resolved interop issues to ensure compatibility and stability. Demonstrated a methodical approach to code quality, traceability, and compliance, resulting in a more reliable, visually consistent, and developer-friendly gallery for both end users and contributors.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
67%Features
Repository Contributions
32Total
Bugs
7
Commits
32
Features
14
Lines of code
10,960
Activity Months9
Your Network
19 peopleWork History
February 2026
5 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 focused on delivering polished samples, stabilizing interop, and cleaning up the demo codebase in microsoft/WinUI-Gallery. The work improved usability and readability of samples, added actionable customization demos, fixed a critical interop issue, and reduced maintenance overhead by consolidating duplicated pages, driving faster onboarding for developers and clearer demonstrations for stakeholders.
5 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 focused on delivering polished samples, stabilizing interop, and cleaning up the demo codebase in microsoft/WinUI-Gallery. The work improved usability and readability of samples, added actionable customization demos, fixed a critical interop issue, and reduced maintenance overhead by consolidating duplicated pages, driving faster onboarding for developers and clearer demonstrations for stakeholders.
February 2026
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery focused on delivering a key visual UX improvement by introducing RepositionThemeTransition to ensure smooth layout updates during page navigation, complemented by targeted integration and manual validation to ensure visual consistency across sample pages.
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery focused on delivering a key visual UX improvement by introducing RepositionThemeTransition to ensure smooth layout updates during page navigation, complemented by targeted integration and manual validation to ensure visual consistency across sample pages.
October 2025
2 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Focused on UI polish and stability in the Samples, delivering two visual rendering fixes that improve consistency and fidelity. The changes address TextBlock word spacing in the TextBlock sample and the corner radius alignment in ControlExample options, aligning visuals with design guidelines and reducing edge-case rendering bugs. Commits completed: 73075ea1b2e95181a18aa73fa44b046faa831a58 (Fix `TextBlock` words spacing in TextBlock sample (#2067)) and 06d8c16d9f46fff6b75a073b25552887ff0c4df9 (fix: correct corner radius of options display in ControlExample (#2064)). Impact includes improved sample correctness, smoother developer onboarding, and a stronger demonstration of UI polish in WinUI Gallery.
2 Commits
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Focused on UI polish and stability in the Samples, delivering two visual rendering fixes that improve consistency and fidelity. The changes address TextBlock word spacing in the TextBlock sample and the corner radius alignment in ControlExample options, aligning visuals with design guidelines and reducing edge-case rendering bugs. Commits completed: 73075ea1b2e95181a18aa73fa44b046faa831a58 (Fix `TextBlock` words spacing in TextBlock sample (#2067)) and 06d8c16d9f46fff6b75a073b25552887ff0c4df9 (fix: correct corner radius of options display in ControlExample (#2064)). Impact includes improved sample correctness, smoother developer onboarding, and a stronger demonstration of UI polish in WinUI Gallery.
October 2025
September 2025
5 Commits • 4 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Delivered UI polish and theme-aware Password validation, integrated CsWin32 reference in Settings, migrated to WinAppSDK 1.8 storage pickers with page rename and new usage examples, and enhanced icon tagging with British variants to improve discoverability. These changes modernized the UI, improved theme consistency, reduced friction for developers exploring the project, and kept the gallery in sync with the latest WinUI/WinAppSDK capabilities. Overall impact: improved UX consistency, faster adopter experience, and maintainable alignment with current platform APIs; business value includes higher user satisfaction and easier contribution/testing workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated include WinUI styling, theme-aware validation, WinAppSDK 1.8 integration, CsWin32 referencing, and tagging/metadata strategy for discoverability.
September 2025
5 Commits • 4 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Delivered UI polish and theme-aware Password validation, integrated CsWin32 reference in Settings, migrated to WinAppSDK 1.8 storage pickers with page rename and new usage examples, and enhanced icon tagging with British variants to improve discoverability. These changes modernized the UI, improved theme consistency, reduced friction for developers exploring the project, and kept the gallery in sync with the latest WinUI/WinAppSDK capabilities. Overall impact: improved UX consistency, faster adopter experience, and maintainable alignment with current platform APIs; business value includes higher user satisfaction and easier contribution/testing workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated include WinUI styling, theme-aware validation, WinAppSDK 1.8 integration, CsWin32 referencing, and tagging/metadata strategy for discoverability.
August 2025
7 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 (microsoft/WinUI-Gallery): UI polish, theme reliability, and maintainability improvements focused on delivering a consistent and accessible user experience across themes and dialogs, with targeted cleanup to reduce technical debt.
7 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 (microsoft/WinUI-Gallery): UI polish, theme reliability, and maintainability improvements focused on delivering a consistent and accessible user experience across themes and dialogs, with targeted cleanup to reduce technical debt.
August 2025
July 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Delivered two key enhancements and a settings refactor that improve UX, reliability, and maintainability. Key features delivered: 1) Iconography Page UX improvements, including a warning when Fluent-only icons are unavailable on Windows 10 and removal of the SettingsExpander header to simplify the page. 2) Settings Management Centralization: migrated to Microsoft.Windows.Storage.ApplicationData, centralized all settings keys in a SettingsKeys class, and updated ScratchPadPage XAML content storage to use composite values. Major bugs fixed: UI edge-case handling for Fluent-only icons and cleaner UI by removing obsolete expander; improved consistency and stability via centralized settings storage. Overall impact: better user experience, reduced cognitive load, and a scalable settings architecture that lowers future maintenance costs. Technologies demonstrated: C#, XAML, Windows.Storage APIs, settings refactoring, UI/UX simplification, commit traceability.
July 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Delivered two key enhancements and a settings refactor that improve UX, reliability, and maintainability. Key features delivered: 1) Iconography Page UX improvements, including a warning when Fluent-only icons are unavailable on Windows 10 and removal of the SettingsExpander header to simplify the page. 2) Settings Management Centralization: migrated to Microsoft.Windows.Storage.ApplicationData, centralized all settings keys in a SettingsKeys class, and updated ScratchPadPage XAML content storage to use composite values. Major bugs fixed: UI edge-case handling for Fluent-only icons and cleaner UI by removing obsolete expander; improved consistency and stability via centralized settings storage. Overall impact: better user experience, reduced cognitive load, and a scalable settings architecture that lowers future maintenance costs. Technologies demonstrated: C#, XAML, Windows.Storage APIs, settings refactoring, UI/UX simplification, commit traceability.
June 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly recap for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery focusing on user experience enhancements and code quality improvements. Delivered key features and maintenance work aligned with business value: Personalization Features (Favorites and Recently Viewed) with a refactored home page, new UI controls, and settings to manage/clear lists, driving increased user engagement. Implemented Iconography Improvements including corner radius refinements, smoother grid transitions, added missing icons, and corrected icon name typos to align with Segoe Fluent Icons. Executed Codebase Hygiene and Licensing Update to refresh copyright headers and licensing metadata across C# files to ensure compliance; no functional changes. All changes tracked in commits b68128fa24726436b8d7353386fea006e5d21e0d, 3c9cbe63c8924920e26cd8b28e2f5eac74308cb4, 8d4e06aa058062e9638d9532785784516f6a76d7, and 673179befaa1477459ac6e93ab8a3473a6bf7a07. These efforts reduce technical debt, improve user engagement, visual polish, and maintainability for future releases.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly recap for microsoft/WinUI-Gallery focusing on user experience enhancements and code quality improvements. Delivered key features and maintenance work aligned with business value: Personalization Features (Favorites and Recently Viewed) with a refactored home page, new UI controls, and settings to manage/clear lists, driving increased user engagement. Implemented Iconography Improvements including corner radius refinements, smoother grid transitions, added missing icons, and corrected icon name typos to align with Segoe Fluent Icons. Executed Codebase Hygiene and Licensing Update to refresh copyright headers and licensing metadata across C# files to ensure compliance; no functional changes. All changes tracked in commits b68128fa24726436b8d7353386fea006e5d21e0d, 3c9cbe63c8924920e26cd8b28e2f5eac74308cb4, 8d4e06aa058062e9638d9532785784516f6a76d7, and 673179befaa1477459ac6e93ab8a3473a6bf7a07. These efforts reduce technical debt, improve user engagement, visual polish, and maintainability for future releases.
June 2025
May 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025: Focused delivery on microsoft/WinUI-Gallery with an emphasis on maintainability, accessibility, and correctness. Delivered two features and one bug fix, with clear commits enabling traceability and reproducibility.
May 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025: Focused delivery on microsoft/WinUI-Gallery with an emphasis on maintainability, accessibility, and correctness. Delivered two features and one bug fix, with clear commits enabling traceability and reproducibility.
April 2025
1 Commits
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 — microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Bug fix and UI polish focused on improving reliability of the gallery demo. No new user-facing features delivered this month; key effort centered on fixing a UI layout bug and reinforcing consistency across pages. Result: improved end-user experience and reduced layout regressions.
1 Commits
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 — microsoft/WinUI-Gallery: Bug fix and UI polish focused on improving reliability of the gallery demo. No new user-facing features delivered this month; key effort centered on fixing a UI layout bug and reinforcing consistency across pages. Result: improved end-user experience and reduced layout regressions.
April 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.8%
Maintainability91.6%
Architecture87.6%
Performance88.2%
AI Usage23.2%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C#JSONXAML
Technical Skills
API IntegrationApplication Settings ManagementBug FixBug FixingC#C# developmentCOM interopClean CodeCode CleanupCode OrganizationCode RefactoringConfiguration ManagementCustom Control DevelopmentData ManagementData Modeling
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