Hello.

I revisited my Internet Explorer 7 Favorites guide now that Beta 2 is available. Previously, Beta 1 had two major issues: the favorites menu would crash and, if the menu was large, it would fill and obscure the screen. Thankfully, both problems seem resolved in Beta 2; the menu is scrollable like in IE6 and no longer crashes.

My IE7 Beta 1 keeps crashing when I try to expand my favorites list, although it works fine in collapsed view. This might be related to the large number of unsorted favorites I have, as mentioned in my previous post. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a solution? Please email me if you have any suggestions. I also plan to re-add searches to the sections below soon.

DoubleAnimation crashes in XAMLPad (May CTP) when animating Width or Height without specifying both "From" and "To" values, or when a base value isn't set. This is because the animation infers these values from the base value, which may not be available until layout execution. Setting the Width or Height on the element or in a style usually resolves the issue. However, I encountered a case where animating a MenuItem's width failed even after attempting to set a default width through a style. A suggested solution involved explicitly setting the width on the element, as the animation infers the 'To' value from the base value, which needs to be available for a smooth transition. I then tried setting a default Width on the MenuItem Style and the crash still occurs in XAMLPad. My next step is to test this in a WinFX application.

I've encountered a crash in XAMLPad (May CTP) when animating the width of a MenuItem. Specifically, if I remove the "From" attribute in a DoubleAnimation within a SetterTimeline, XAMLPad crashes. I expected the animation to start from the MenuItem's default width. Is this the correct way to use DoubleAnimation without specifying "From"? The crash occurs in a specific context: the Timeline is defined within a Style applied to a HeaderTemplate's DataTemplate element for a custom-drawn control. See the linked XAML for a complete example.