Avalonia Layout Zafiro

This one's all about cleaning up Avalonia XAML using the Zafiro.Avalonia library. It pushes you toward semantic containers like HeaderedContainer and EdgePanel instead of manually nesting Borders and Grids everywhere. The skill includes a structured content map covering themes, icons, behaviors, and components, plus it references the Angor project as a working example. The core philosophy is clear: use shared styles, avoid converters when ViewModels can handle it, and stop repeating yourself in markup. If you're tired of maintaining bloated XAML files or you're adopting Zafiro specifically, this gives you the patterns and anti-patterns to keep layouts maintainable.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill avalonia-layout-zafiro --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Avalonia Layout with Zafiro.Avalonia

Master modern, clean, and maintainable Avalonia UI layouts. Focus on semantic containers, shared styles, and minimal XAML.

🎯 Selective Reading Rule

Read ONLY files relevant to the layout challenge!

📑 Content Map

File	Description	When to Read
`themes.md`	Theme organization and shared styles	Setting up or refining app themes
`containers.md`	Semantic containers (`HeaderedContainer`, `EdgePanel`, `Card`)	Structuring views and layouts
`icons.md`	Icon usage with `IconExtension` and `IconOptions`	Adding and customizing icons
`behaviors.md`	`Xaml.Interaction.Behaviors` and avoiding Converters	Implementing complex interactions
`components.md`	Generic components and avoiding nesting	Creating reusable UI elements