PageLoop

PageLoop is a lightweight WPF application that cycles through a list of web pages in fullscreen or windowed mode. It uses WebView2 for rendering and supports YAML-based configuration, preloading pages for smooth transitions, and an easy exit hotkey.

✨ Features

• YAML Configuration – Define pages and their display durations in a simple pages.yaml file.
• Smooth Page Rotation – Preloads the next page to minimize load flicker.
• Fullscreen or Windowed Mode – Launch in fullscreen for kiosk-style use or windowed mode for development.
• Exit Hotkey (CTRL + C) – Quickly exit the app from fullscreen without needing a mouse.
• Portable single-file executable (no installation required).

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🖥️ Usage

1. Edit or create the pages.yaml file in the executable directory:

   pages:
     - url: "https://www.google.com"
       duration: 30
     - url: "https://www.github.com"
       duration: 20

2. Launch the application.

   PageLoop.exe

3. (Optional) Launch in fullscreen:

   PageLoop.exe --fullscreen

4. Press CTRL + C to exit at any time.

Configuration

Edit the Yaml Configuration file to include an unlimited number of entries, Place the Yaml file in the same directory has the exe.

• url: The web page URL to display.
• duration: The display duration for the page in seconds.

📂 Project Structure

PageLoop/
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├── PageLoop.sln
├── MainWindow.xaml
├── MainWindow.xaml.cs
├── pages.yaml                # Main configuration file (generated if missing)
└── README.md

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⚙️ Dev Enviroment Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 6.0 or later
• WebView2 Runtime (required for rendering)
• YamlDotNet (NuGet package)

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🚀 Development / Contributing

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/PageLoop.git
   cd PageLoop

2. Install dependencies

   dotnet restore

3. Build and run

   dotnet build
   dotnet run

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🛠️ Configuration

Setting	Description	Default
pages.url	URL to display	https://www.duckduckgo.com
pages.duration	Time in seconds before rotating to next page	30

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🖼️ Example

Here’s a sample pages.yaml:

pages:
  - url: "https://news.ycombinator.com"
    duration: 15
  - url: "https://www.bbc.com"
    duration: 20
  - url: "https://www.reddit.com"
    duration: 25

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🧰 Development

To work on PageLoop:

1. Open PageLoop.sln in Visual Studio 2022 or later.
2. Make changes to the MainWindow.xaml and MainWindow.xaml.cs.
3. Use the pages.yaml for testing rotation behavior.

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🔑 Hotkeys

Key Combo	Action
CTRL + C	Exit application

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🛡 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

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