Embed Firefox/Gecko in WPF/C#

Question

I want to embed the current Gecko in my WPF-Project. I know there is the possibility with the Winforms-Host and the Skybound-Gecko-Library.

But I do not use the standard

Answer 1

Here is my answer. As stated by Roman, Gecko is Winforms-based, not WPF-based and so has to be incorporated via the WindowsFormsHost.

1. After creating the Visual Studio project, install the Gecko package via NuGet, using the command: Install-Package Geckofx45

2. Make sure the WindowsFormsIntegration and System.Windows.Forms references have been added to your project.

3. In your Configuration Manager, set your configuration to 32-bit, to get rid of the compiler warnings.

4. Update MainWindow.xaml 'Grid' element to give it a name and the handler for the 'Loaded' event

5. Modify MainWindow.xaml.cs to incorporate the Gecko as well as make it navigate to a page on loading:

     public MainWindow()
     {
        InitializeComponent();
        Gecko.Xpcom.Initialize("Firefox");
     }
   
     private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
        WindowsFormsHost host = new WindowsFormsHost();
        GeckoWebBrowser browser = new GeckoWebBrowser();
        host.Child = browser;
        GridWeb.Children.Add(host);
        browser.Navigate("http://www.google.com");
     }
   

I struggle using the SO code editor, so for more detailed explanations and screenshots, see this blog page.