In recent times, the utilization of AI features to assist in composing or enhancing text in various UI interfaces has been on the rise. For instance, in the email composition page of Gmail or Microsoft Editor. However, the use of these features often requires specific app usage that highlights these features as selling points. For general programmers not affiliated with major companies, easily accessing such features may still be a challenge.
Microsoft is currently experimenting with expanding these features to general programmers by introducing Smart Component in .NET, providing pre-built UI components that can be seamlessly integrated and used to enhance text with AI capabilities instantly. The Smart Component offers three main features: Smart Paste, Smart Text Area with autocomplete, and Smart ComboBox with semantic matching for quick and efficient text input.
Behind the scenes, Smart Component relies on Azure OpenAI for server-side processing. This experimental feature is currently compatible with web apps in the Blazor, MVC, and Razor Pages groups, with plans for future expansion to other UI systems like .NET MAUI, WPF, and Windows Forms.
TLDR: Microsoft is integrating AI features into .NET through Smart Component, making text composition and enhancement more efficient and accessible to a wider range of programmers.
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