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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 25/09/2026

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v5! It is finally here. As we've been saying (for ~2 years), this is not just a drop-in replacement for v4. But we have a lot of docs and an MCP server to help you migrate. See www.fluentui-blazor.net for more information. Packages are on NuGet Now!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 09/08/2026

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v5 RC5! This is the last RC before the final ships in September. New AreaChart, master/detail in DataGrid, Overflow overhaul and much more... See v5.fluentui-blazor.net. Packages are on NuGet.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 20/05/2026

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v5 RC3! Lots of refinements, bug fixes and even 2 new components: Wizard and ColorPicker For the next RCs and final release I'm creating something new that I think a lot of devs will like...a Charts package. Stay tuned!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 08/04/2026

Packages are available on NuGet now. Use Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components --prerelease Demo and docs site: fluentui-blazor-v5.azurewebsites.net The v5 ToDo list: github.com/microsoft/fl... Currently working on for RC3: DataGrid reorderable columns (also showing pinned columns)(2/2)

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 18/02/2026

See baaijte.net/blog/microso... for more information and some highlights

Screenshot of the v5 demo and documentation site

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 13/02/2026

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.14.0! Yes, that's a new v4 version in spite of all the v5 work we're doing. Highly demanded addition is support for hierarchical data in the DataGrid! See www.fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the overview. Packages are on NuGet now.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 22/01/2026

Coming soon to the Fluent UI #Blazor library... Hierarchical data. Finally, nesting rows will be possible! Oh, and I am now allowed to tag this with #MVPBuzz 😁

Image showing a DataGrid with nested, hierarchical rows

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 02/01/2026

Very happy to have been accepted into the MVP Program! Strong motivator to continue the work on the Fluent UI #Blazor library #MVPBuzz #MVPAward

Image showing the email I received which tells I have been accepted into the MVP Program

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 17/07/2025

I was made aware that this is actually our 100th release. Quite a milestone! #blazor

Screenshot showing this is our 100th release

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 16/07/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.12.1! Details at fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew. As the summer break period is here and we are focusing our attention on building the v5 version, updates to v4 will be less frequent moving forward. Stay tuned for more info!

You can now choose from 3 different Tab sizes

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 06/06/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.12.0! 27 PRs merged and 3(!) new contributors. See the image for what this version will bring to a future #Aspire Dashboard release. All the details at fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew. An in-depth blog will come next week.

Example of using the new Fluent UI Blazor library version in the Aspire Dashboard

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 21/05/2025

For the upcoming release of the Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library, we greatly improved the UI for resizing a DataGrid when using your mouse. Now you can start a resize action on any row (instead of just on the header). A resize indicator bar will be shown across the whole colum!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 08/05/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.11.9! Porting changes made in Aspire over to the components (see image). Lots of other fixes and, of course, new icons. See fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the details. Packages are available on NuGet now.

Take screen width and height into account when positioning menu

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 11/04/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.11.8! ~24h after release, we have support for .NET 10 preview 3. Demo site runs on it already. Also added: icons in the DataGrid column menu's. See www.fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the details. Packages are available on NuGet now.

We've added icons in the DataGrid column menu

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 22/03/2025

Responsive version rolling out soon...

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/03/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.11.7! The demo site is all grown up now and has a real cookie consent flow. Also new icons and 14 PRs merged. See fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the details. Packages are available on NuGet now.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 12/02/2025

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.11.4! Standout (contributed) feature: automatically adjust the number of items per page in a DataGrid. In total 28 PRs merged, new icons and more. See fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the details. Packages are available on NuGet now.

Animated screengrab that shows how the number of items per page in a DataGrid are automatically adjusted when the size of the container changes.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 12/01/2025

That's the repo, yes. It should still be private... 🤔

Snip from the GitHub app showing the repo as private

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 10/01/2025

It even works on mobile 😂

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 10/01/2025

Another thing @dvoituron.bsky.social and I are working on (privately, not from Microsoft)...https://try.fluentui-blazor.net. It's still early days, but saving, loading and running snippets, installing NuGet packages works. Everything running locally in your browser by the magic of WebAssembly!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/12/2024

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.11.0! Just in time before the end-of-year holiday, we bring you a new version. Please read the blog before installing. There are breaking changes! See baaijte.net/blog/microso...

Visual Studio's 'Create new project' dialog showing all Fluent templates

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 05/12/2024

Fluent UI #Blazor v4.11.0 beta packages are available on NuGet now! Please see preview.fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew (and upgrade guide, DataGrid and Icons/Emoji pages) for important info about (breaking) changes.

Picture showing the new Fluent template options

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 03/12/2024

I approve this roast! Try yours at blueskyroast.com

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 21/11/2024

Also coming soon to the Fluent UI #Blazor Template package: A Fluent .NET Aspire Starter App template

A new project template for a Fluent .NET Aspire Starter App

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 20/11/2024

Coming soon in the Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor 4.11 templates:

Screenshot of the File->New project dialog with the new .NET Maui Fluent Blazor Hybrid and Web App option

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 12/11/2024

Look ma. I'm in the Aspire session!...#dotnetconf

Screenshot captured from the .NET Conf Aspire session

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 28/10/2024

Out now! To celebrate receiving 3.8k stars on GitHub, we've released the Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.10.3. 22 PRs merged including new features like a horizontal AppBar, custom color labels and a Stack that can stretch to name a few. We even managed to fix some bugs as well.

An image showing the horizontal AppBar in action

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 09/10/2024

Out now! Hot on the heels of .NET 9 RC2 (demo site is running on it already!), we bring you the Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.10.2. About 25 PRs merged and updated icons, including a new set of **colored** icons

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 26/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #65,663!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #65,663, Vincent Baaij ‪@vnbaaij.bsky.social‬, joined on May 8, 2023"

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 06/09/2024

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.10.0. Inspired by Aspire, I've added a new way of working with column actions in the DataGrid. There is more of course. See baaijte.net/blog/microso... and fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for the full list of changes, additions and fixes.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 04/07/2024

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.9.0. You can finally start giving us those 5-star reviews because we've added a rating component! See baaijte.net/blog/microso... for the details and fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for full list of changes, additions and fixes.

An example of the rating component in action

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 17/06/2024

Out now: The Microsoft Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.8. We added Calendar range selection, enhanced list components and much, much more (43 PRs without demo changes!). See the blog baaijte.net/blog/microso... and demo site www.fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew. Packages at www.nuget.org/packages?q=M...

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 13/06/2024

Out now: The Microsoft #Fluent UI #Blazor library v3.7.2 for .NET 6 & 7. Some fixes, backports and (a11y) enhancements. See aka.ms/fluentui-bla.... Packages: www.nuget.org/profiles/fast

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/05/2024

Out now: Version 3.7.1 of the #FluentUI #Blazor library. For .NET 6, (6 months of support left, you should really start upgrade to .NET 8), and .NET 7 (out of support) Some backported and a11y fixes again. See calm-sea-053fa6a03-archivesv3.westeurope.3.azurestaticapps.net/WhatsNew for the full list.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 03/05/2024

Out now: The Microsoft #FluentUI #Blazor library v4.7.2. We (finally) added multi-select AND row hover to the DataGrid! See fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for all the other changes, additions and fixes. Packages are available on NuGet.

Image showing DataGrid multi-select capabilities and row hover

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 30/04/2024

Out now: Version 3.7.0 of the #FluentUI #Blazor library. This time some updates for .NET 6 & 7 (15 days of support left!). We backported 1 new component and quite a few of other (a11y) changes and fixes. See calm-sea-053fa6a03-archivesv3.westeurope.3.azurestaticapps.net/WhatsNew for the full list.

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 23/04/2024

Out now: The Microsoft #Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.6 (and v3.6.2). No new components this time but los of new features, parameters, (a11y) fixes and enhancements. All information at baaijte.net/blog/microso... and fluentui-blazor.net

Image showing keyboard support for DataGrid column resizing

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/03/2024

And a PullToRefresh component (2/2) #Blazor #FluentUI

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/03/2024

Some new Some new components coming in the next Fluent UI Blazor library version...ProfileMenu (1/2) #Blazor # FluentUI

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 07/03/2024

Out now: new releases of the Microsoft #Fluent UI #Blazor library for .NET 6, 7 and 8! Version 4.5 comes with a new AppBar component and is packed with fixes (60 PRs from 13 contributors!). Almost half those PRs were back-ported to version 3.6. Details at baaijte.net/blog/microso...

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 26/02/2024

Getting published on the .NET Blog...mission accomplished: devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/the-f...

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 02/02/2024

Out now: the Microsoft #Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.4. With new SortableList, (experimental) MultiSplitter and KeyCode components, new icons and a lot of other fixes and changes. As always, all details in my blog at baaijte.net/blog/microso.... Packages are available on NuGet now!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 19/01/2024

Major milestone (b)reached. Combined downloads count of all #Fluent UI #Blazor library packages crossed 1 MILLION 🤯! At just 3 months old, v4 is already accounting for 13% of the total. Big part of that of course thanks to the .NET #Aspire Dashboard depending on it.

Screenshot showing NuGet downloads count

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 08/01/2024

Out now: the Microsoft #Fluent UI #Blazor library v4.3. With a new Wizard component, 45+ fixes and changes and a restructured docs site . All details in my blog at baaijte.net/blog/microso.... Packages are available on NuGet now!

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 13/12/2023

Out now: the Microsoft Fluent UI Blazor library v4.2. With a new, easy-to-use, Theme component, a much improved grid and updated templates, to name just a few. All details in my blog at baaijte.net/blog/microso.... Packages available on NuGet now! (www.nuget.org/packages?q=M...) #Blazor

Example of the new Theme component in action

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 28/11/2023

Out now: the Fluent UI Blazor library v4.1. New DatePicker views, Tri-state Checkbox, Updated Splitter, Updated templates (uninstall them first!) to name just a few. See www.fluentui-blazor.net/WhatsNew for more details. #FluentUI #Blazor

New DatePicker components views for month/year selection

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Vincent Baaij @baaijte.net · 28/11/2023

Attention all .NET 6 & 7 #FluentUI #Blazor library users: We haven't forgotten about you! V3.4.0 release is available on NuGet now. We managed to include a nice set of additions and changes. See calm-sea-053fa6a03-archivesv3.westeurope.3.azurestaticapps.net/WhatsNew

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