Add firewall application along with other small improvements.

[labre-rdc]

Changes proposed in this pull request

• Add firewall application.
• Fix a few potential null dereferences in some validators and converters.
• Add ValidationErrorTemplate for checkboxes.
• Allow ValidationError to be clicked out of the way (restores on hovering/keyboard focus).
• Fix ChildWindowStyle restricting the window size to 500 height instead of setting a default height.
• Reuse existing validators in empty variants where applicable.
• Make ListHelper.Modify generic. Avoid duplicates.
• PowershellHelper: Support commands exceeding command line length limit.
• NetworkInterfaceView: Fix all XAML warnings.
• ProfileChildWindow: Always scale to 85% of main window width. Required for wider content.
• Localized enum conversion (to/from int/string)
• Fixed 2 warnings in ProfileView while being at it.

Related issue(s)

• Fixes [New App] Firewall module/application #3259

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• Update documentation to reflect this changes
• Update changelog to reflect this changes
• Replace PR number placeholders in changelog.

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[BornToBeRoot]

@labre-rdc thanks, i will review it when i have some time 😄

[labre-rdc]

Sorry for the reference error. I’ll handle it tomorrow.

[BornToBeRoot]

No worries. I don't think I'll be able to review it until next week.

[BornToBeRoot]

OK - after some rebasing fun, i will start to review 😄

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR introduces a new Firewall application/module to manage Windows Defender Firewall rules (including profile integration), alongside a set of UI/validation improvements and some refactoring in helpers/converters/validators across the codebase.

Changes:

• Adds Firewall application UI (rule grid + settings) and profile support for storing/applying firewall rules.
• Introduces new validators/converters (incl. localized enum conversion) and improves validation UX (error templates, dismissable popups).
• Refactors utilities (generic ListHelper.Modify) and improves PowerShell command execution for long commands.

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File	Description
Website/docs/changelog/next-release.md	Updates upcoming release notes (currently includes duplicate entries).
Website/docs/application/firewall.md	Adds documentation for the new Firewall module.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/ProfilesView.xaml	Adds Firewall-enabled column and adjusts empty-collection triggers.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/ProfileChildWindow.xaml.cs	Adds firewall focus handling + tab-selection focus logic.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/ProfileChildWindow.xaml	Adds Firewall tab and validation wiring for profile editor.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/NetworkInterfaceView.xaml	Cleans up XAML warnings and resource usage.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/FirewallView.xaml.cs	Adds code-behind wiring for Firewall view focus and events.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/FirewallView.xaml	Adds main Firewall application view layout.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/FirewallSettingsView.xaml.cs	Adds code-behind for Firewall settings view.
Source/NETworkManager/Views/FirewallSettingsView.xaml	Adds Firewall settings UI (history, max length, syntax).
Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs	Hooks Firewall settings view into settings navigation.
Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/ProfileViewModel.cs	Adds firewall profile integration + rules extraction.
Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/FirewallSettingsViewModel.cs	Implements Firewall settings state and commands.
Source/NETworkManager/ViewModels/FirewallRuleViewModel.cs	Adds firewall rule view-model with validation/history behavior.
Source/NETworkManager/Resources/Templates/ValidationErrorTemplates.xaml	Updates validation popup behavior and adds outer-offset template.
Source/NETworkManager/Resources/Styles/ChildWindowStyles.xaml	Fixes child window style default sizing behavior.
Source/NETworkManager/Resources/Styles/CheckBoxStyles.xaml	Applies validation error template to checkboxes.
Source/NETworkManager/ProfileDialogManager.cs	Persists firewall profile settings and rules.
Source/NETworkManager/NETworkManager.csproj	Adds new XAML/control compile items and references Interfaces project.
Source/NETworkManager/MainWindow.xaml.cs	Adds Firewall view routing (show/hide) and profile load callback.
Source/NETworkManager/Controls/FirewallRuleGrid.xaml.cs	Adds rule-grid behaviors: hotkeys, focus restore, history updates.
Source/NETworkManager/Controls/FirewallRuleGrid.xaml	Adds rule grid UI with details panel and validation bindings.
Source/NETworkManager/Controls/FirewallRuleEnumTranslations.cs	Adds enum translation helpers for Firewall rule comboboxes.
Source/NETworkManager.sln	Adds NETworkManager.Interfaces project to solution.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/ProgramNameLengthValidator.cs	Adds program path length validator.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/NETworkManager.Validators.csproj	Adds reference to Interfaces project.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/FirewallRuleNoPipeValidator.cs	Adds validator to block `
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/FirewallRuleNameValidator.cs	Adds length validator for user-defined firewall rule names.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/FileNameValidator.cs	Refactors regex validation using GeneratedRegex.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/EmptyOrInt32Validator.cs	Adds “empty or int32” validator wrapper.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/EmptyOrFirewallPortRangeValidator.cs	Adds firewall port range validator (currently has logic issues).
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/EmptyOrFilePathValidator.cs	Adds “empty or file path” validator wrapper.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/EmptyOrFileIsExeValidator.cs	Adds “empty or exe path” validator wrapper.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/EmptyOrFileExistsValidator.cs	Refactors file-exists validation to reuse existing validator.
Source/NETworkManager.Validators/AnyNetworkProfileValidator.cs	Adds validator ensuring at least one network profile is selected.
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities/PowerShellHelper.cs	Supports long PowerShell commands by writing a temp script.
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities/ListHelper.cs	Refactors history list modifier into a generic method.
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/ValidationHelper.cs	Adds attached-property helper to propagate validation state to VM.
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/TypedBindingProxies/ProfileViewModelProxy.cs	Adds typed binding proxy (currently returns wrong Freezable type).
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/TypedBindingProxies/FrameworkElementProxy.cs	Adds typed binding proxy (currently returns wrong Freezable type).
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/TypedBindingProxies/FirewallViewModelProxy.cs	Adds typed binding proxy (currently returns wrong Freezable type).
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF.csproj	Adds reference to Interfaces project.
Source/NETworkManager.Utilities.WPF/BindingProxy.cs	Improves docs and uses nameof(Data) for DP registration.
Source/NETworkManager.Settings/SettingsViewManager.cs	Adds Firewall settings entry to settings list.
Source/NETworkManager.Settings/SettingsName.cs	Adds Firewall settings enum entry.
Source/NETworkManager.Settings/SettingsManager.cs	Inserts Firewall app into application list during upgrade (needs dedupe guard).
Source/NETworkManager.Settings/SettingsInfo.cs	Adds Firewall settings persistence fields.
Source/NETworkManager.Profiles/ProfileViewManager.cs	Adds Firewall to profile views list.
Source/NETworkManager.Profiles/ProfileName.cs	Adds Firewall profile name enum entry.
Source/NETworkManager.Profiles/ProfileInfo.cs	Adds firewall-enabled flag and rules storage to profiles.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Network/NetworkProfiles.cs	Adds Windows network profile enum.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Network/NetworkInterfaceInfo.cs	Adds Profiles (network profile/category) to interface info.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallRuleProgram.cs	Adds program model for firewall rules (currently has persistence issue).
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallRuleDirection.cs	Adds firewall direction enum.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallRuleAction.cs	Adds firewall action enum.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallRule.cs	Adds core firewall rule model + ports string formatter.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallProtocol.cs	Adds firewall protocol enum (incl. numeric protocol IDs).
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallPortSpecification.cs	Adds port/range model.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallPortLocation.cs	Adds local/remote port location enum.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/FirewallInterfaceType.cs	Adds interface-type enum for firewall rules.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/Firewall/Firewall.cs	Adds PowerShell-based apply/clear logic for NwM_* rules.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/ApplicationName.cs	Adds Firewall application enum value.
Source/NETworkManager.Models/ApplicationManager.cs	Adds Firewall icon mapping.
Source/NETworkManager.Localization/Resources/Strings.resx	Adds localization strings for Firewall UI/validation.
Source/NETworkManager.Interfaces/ViewModels/IProfileViewModel.cs	Adds interface used by validators/converters for profile VMs.
Source/NETworkManager.Interfaces/ViewModels/IFirewallViewModel.cs	Adds firewall VM interface (currently uses invalid static instance pattern).
Source/NETworkManager.Interfaces/ViewModels/IFirewallRuleViewModel.cs	Adds rule VM interface for validators/converters.
Source/NETworkManager.Interfaces/NETworkManager.Interfaces.csproj	Adds new Interfaces project.
Source/NETworkManager.Documentation/DocumentationManager.cs	Adds firewall doc page mapping (also adds an unused using).
Source/NETworkManager.Documentation/DocumentationIdentifier.cs	Adds firewall documentation identifier.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/SizeFactorConverter.cs	Adds converter to scale sizes by factor.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/PortRangeToPortSpecificationConverter.cs	Adds converter for port range text ⇄ structured ports (needs trimming fix).
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/NETworkManager.Converters.csproj	Adds reference to Interfaces project.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/IntZeroToFalseConverter.cs	Adds converter for enabling/disabling buttons based on counts.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/FirewallRuleProgramConverter.cs	Adds converter between program model and string path.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/EnumToStringConverter.cs	Adds localized enum ⇄ string converter.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/EnumToIntConverter.cs	Adds enum ⇄ index converter for comboboxes.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/EmptyToIntMaxValueConverter.cs	Adds converter mapping empty to int.MaxValue and back.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/CollectionPropertyVisibilityConverter.cs	Adds collection-property visibility converter for rule grid columns.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/CollectionPropertyBooleanOrConverter.cs	Adds collection-property boolean “any-true” converter.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/BooleansOrConverter.cs	Makes OR multi-converter null-safe.
Source/NETworkManager.Converters/BoolArrayToFwRuleCategoriesConverter.cs	Adds converter for translating selected network profiles to display text.

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[labre]

Thanks for the review. I'm currently in vacation until excluding Friday.

Regarding localization: I assumed, that I can (at least) add keys as required, but apparently they are supposed to be added within Transifex. Reverting that commit was not enough, because I already tried to rebase/merge as required to stay out of merge conflicts. I will remove the keys and try to provide something importable for Transifex. Can you point me to some documentation on supported formats for key imports? I can provide them with German localization or without it. Just state your preference.

Since real testing (and screenshots) was not really possible without language changes, the commit was at least temporarily required.

[BornToBeRoot]

The default strings (English) must be added to “Strings.resx” (and “Strings.Designer.cs”). Transifex regularly checks for changes in this file in the repository. When changes are made, Transifex is updated and the new strings can be translated.
When a language is fully translated (or during a manual synchronization), Transifex sends a PR with the file Strings..resx, which is automatically validated by AppVeyor and then merged by Mergify.

I only commit these two files and discard the rest (Visual Studio automatically updates them with an empty string...).

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But I restored it and pushed it to this branch, so you don't need to make any changes to the language 😄 I'll try to review the rest over the weekend. I think i will make some minor changes to the UI to align it with the other tools (like moving the buttons to the bottom so it will also resize correct)

[labre-rdc]

The default strings (English) must be added to “Strings.resx” (and “Strings.Designer.cs”). Transifex regularly checks for changes in this file in the repository. When changes are made, Transifex is updated and the new strings can be translated. When a language is fully translated (or during a manual synchronization), Transifex sends a PR with the file Strings..resx, which is automatically validated by AppVeyor and then merged by Mergify.

I only commit these two files and discard the rest (Visual Studio automatically updates them with an empty string...).

I see. Well I considered it unreliable for testing, because the empty strings did apparently not fall back to the default culture for me in WPF (maybe I missed something), which means I was presented with empty buttons and headers when a non-English display language was used. For that reason I added the English translation and translated to German while being at it. This was also reasonable, because the UI elements would scale/wrap differently with other string lengths etc. As a side note, I think, you use Visual Studio in German language, because Strings.Designer.cs contains auto-generated german comments. This causes merge conflicts, when other contributors use IDEs in different languages.

But I restored it and pushed it to this branch, so you don't need to make any changes to the language 😄 I'll try to review the rest over the weekend. I think i will make some minor changes to the UI to align it with the other tools (like moving the buttons to the bottom so it will also resize correct)

Okay, fine for me, if you want to handle that. I might process a few of the Copilot review notes today or in the next few days.