diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
deleted file mode 100644
index a389e5f941..0000000000
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="[2024,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations" Version="[10.2.149,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 79faf752f2..0000000000
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);DIMAUTO</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Example/Example.cs b/Example/Example.cs
index 630e6560ff..13c7b9138b 100644
--- a/Example/Example.cs
+++ b/Example/Example.cs
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 using System;
 using Terminal.Gui;
 
-var app = Application.Run<ExampleWindow> ();
-
-Console.WriteLine ($"Username: {app.UserNameText.Text}");
-
-app.Dispose ();
+Application.Run<ExampleWindow> ().Dispose ();
 
 // Before the application exits, reset Terminal.Gui for clean shutdown
 Application.Shutdown ();
 
+// To see this output on the screen it must be done after shutdown,
+// which restores the previous screen.
+Console.WriteLine ($@"Username: {ExampleWindow.UserName}");
+
 // Defines a top-level window with border and title
 public class ExampleWindow : Window
 {
-    public TextField UserNameText;
+    public static string UserName;
 
     public ExampleWindow ()
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public ExampleWindow ()
         // Create input components and labels
         var usernameLabel = new Label { Text = "Username:" };
 
-        UserNameText = new TextField
+        var userNameText = new TextField
         {
             // Position text field adjacent to the label
             X = Pos.Right (usernameLabel) + 1,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public ExampleWindow ()
             Secret = true,
 
             // align with the text box above
-            X = Pos.Left (UserNameText),
+            X = Pos.Left (userNameText),
             Y = Pos.Top (passwordLabel),
             Width = Dim.Fill ()
         };
@@ -64,19 +64,20 @@ public ExampleWindow ()
 
         // When login button is clicked display a message popup
         btnLogin.Accept += (s, e) =>
-                            {
-                                if (UserNameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
-                                {
-                                    MessageBox.Query ("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
-                                    Application.RequestStop ();
-                                }
-                                else
-                                {
-                                    MessageBox.ErrorQuery ("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
-                                }
-                            };
+                           {
+                               if (userNameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
+                               {
+                                   MessageBox.Query ("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
+                                   UserName = userNameText.Text;
+                                   Application.RequestStop ();
+                               }
+                               else
+                               {
+                                   MessageBox.ErrorQuery ("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
+                               }
+                           };
 
         // Add the views to the Window
-        Add (usernameLabel, UserNameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin);
+        Add (usernameLabel, userNameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin);
     }
 }
diff --git a/FSharpExample/FSharpExample.fsproj b/FSharpExample/FSharpExample.fsproj
index 57b4cc7c00..82b2802e5d 100644
--- a/FSharpExample/FSharpExample.fsproj
+++ b/FSharpExample/FSharpExample.fsproj
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Terminal.Gui\Terminal.Gui.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Update="FSharp.Core" Version="8.0.300" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FSharpExample/Program.fs b/FSharpExample/Program.fs
index bfeaef2ed7..88d801f04f 100644
--- a/FSharpExample/Program.fs
+++ b/FSharpExample/Program.fs
@@ -1,454 +1,48 @@
-open System
-open System.Diagnostics
-open System.Globalization
-open System.IO
-open NStack
-open Terminal.Gui
+open Terminal.Gui
 
-let ustr (x: string) = ustring.Make(x)
-let mutable ml2 = Unchecked.defaultof<Label>
-let mutable ml = Unchecked.defaultof<Label>
-let mutable menu = Unchecked.defaultof<MenuBar>
-let mutable menuKeysStyle = Unchecked.defaultof<CheckBox>
-let mutable menuAutoMouseNav = Unchecked.defaultof<CheckBox>
-
-type Box10x (x: int, y: int) =
-    inherit View (Rect(x, y, 20, 10))
-    let w = 40
-    let h = 50
-
-    new () =
-        new Box10x ()
-
-    member _.GetContentSize () =
-        Size (w, h)
-
-    member _.SetCursorPosition (_ : Point) =
-        raise (NotImplementedException())
-
-    override this.Redraw (_: Rect) =
-        Application.Driver.SetAttribute this.ColorScheme.Focus
-        do
-        let mutable y = 0
-        while y < h do
-        this.Move (0, y)
-        Application.Driver.AddStr (ustr (string y))
-        do
-        let mutable x = 0
-        while x < w - (y.ToString ()).Length do
-            if (string y).Length < w
-            then Application.Driver.AddStr (ustr " ")
-            x <- x + 1
-        y <- y + 1
-
-type Filler (rect: Rect) =
-    inherit View(rect)
-    new () =
-        new Filler ()
-
-    override this.Redraw (_: Rect) =
-        Application.Driver.SetAttribute this.ColorScheme.Focus
-        let mutable f = this.Frame
-        do
-        let mutable y = 0
-        while y < f.Width do
-        this.Move (0, y)
-        do
-        let mutable x = 0
-        while x < f.Height do
-            let r =
-                match x % 3 with
-                | 0 ->
-                    Application.Driver.AddRune ((Rune ((string y).ToCharArray (0, 1)).[0]))
-                    if y > 9 then
-                        Application.Driver.AddRune ((Rune ((string y).ToCharArray (1, 1)).[0]))
-                    Rune '.'
-                | 1 -> Rune 'o'
-                | _ -> Rune 'O'
-            Application.Driver.AddRune r
-            x <- x + 1
-        y <- y + 1
-
-let ShowTextAlignments () =
-    let okButton = new Button (ustr "Ok", true)
-    okButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
-    let cancelButton = new Button (ustr "Cancel", true)
-    cancelButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
-
-    let container = new Dialog (ustr "Text Alignments", 50, 20, okButton, cancelButton)
-    let txt = "Hello world, how are you doing today"
-    container.Add (
-        new Label (Rect(0, 1, 40, 3), ustr ((sprintf "%O-%O" 1) txt), TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Left),
-        new Label (Rect(0, 3, 40, 3), ustr ((sprintf "%O-%O" 2) txt), TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Right),
-        new Label (Rect(0, 5, 40, 3), ustr ((sprintf "%O-%O" 3) txt), TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Centered),
-        new Label (Rect(0, 7, 40, 3), ustr ((sprintf "%O-%O" 4) txt), TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Justified))
-    Application.Run container
-
-let ShowEntries (container: View) =
-    let scrollView = 
-        new ScrollView (Rect (50, 10, 20, 8),
-            ContentSize = Size (20, 50),
-            ShowVerticalScrollIndicator = true,
-            ShowHorizontalScrollIndicator = true)
-    scrollView.Add (new Filler (Rect (0, 0, 40, 40)))
-    let scrollView2 = 
-        new ScrollView (Rect (72, 10, 3, 3),
-            ContentSize = Size (100, 100),
-            ShowVerticalScrollIndicator = true,
-            ShowHorizontalScrollIndicator = true)
-    scrollView2.Add (new Box10x (0, 0))
-    let progress = new ProgressBar (Rect(68, 1, 10, 1))
-    let timer = Func<MainLoop, bool> (fun _ ->
-        progress.Pulse ()
-        true)
-
-    Application.MainLoop.AddTimeout (TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds (300.), timer) |> ignore
-
-    let login =
-        new Label (ustr "Login: ",
-            X = Pos.At 3,
-            Y = Pos.At 6)
-    let password =
-        new Label (ustr "Password: ",
-            X = Pos.Left login,
-            Y = Pos.Bottom login + Pos.At 1)
-    let loginText =
-        new TextField (ustr "",
-            X = Pos.Right password,
-            Y = Pos.Top login,
-            Width = Dim.op_Implicit 40)
-    let passText =
-        new TextField (ustr "",
-            Secret = true,
-            X = Pos.Left loginText,
-            Y = Pos.Top password,
-            Width = Dim.Width loginText)
-    let tf = new Button (3, 19, ustr "Ok")
-    container.Add (login, loginText, password, passText,
-        new FrameView (Rect (3, 10, 25, 6), ustr "Options",
-            [| new CheckBox (1, 0, ustr "Remember me")
-               new RadioGroup (1, 2, 
-                [| ustr "_Personal"; ustr "_Company"|])|]),
-        new ListView (Rect (59, 6, 16, 4),
-                [| "First row"
-                   "<>"
-                   "This is a very long row that should overflow what is shown"
-                   "4th"
-                   "There is an empty slot on the second row"
-                   "Whoa"
-                   "This is so cool" |]),
-        scrollView, scrollView2, tf,
-        new Button (10, 19, ustr "Cancel"),
-        new TimeField (3, 20, DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay),
-        new TimeField (23, 20, DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay, true),
-        new DateField (3, 22, DateTime.Now),
-        new DateField (23, 22, DateTime.Now, true),
-        progress,
-        new Label (3, 24, ustr "Press F9 (on Unix, ESC+9 is an alias) to activate the menubar"),
-        menuKeysStyle,
-        menuAutoMouseNav)
-    container.SendSubviewToBack tf
-
-let NewFile () =
-    let okButton = new Button (ustr "Ok", true)
-    okButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
-    let cancelButton = new Button (ustr "Cancel", true)
-    cancelButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
-
-    let d = new Dialog (ustr "New File", 50, 20, okButton, cancelButton)
-    ml2 <- new Label (1, 1, ustr "Mouse Debug Line")
-    d.Add ml2
-    Application.Run d
-
-let GetFileName () =
-    let mutable fname = Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-    for s in [| "/etc/passwd"; "c:\\windows\\win.ini" |] do
-        if File.Exists s
-        then fname <- s
-    fname
-
-let Editor (top: Toplevel) =
-    let tframe = top.Frame
-    let ntop = new Toplevel(tframe)
-    let menu = 
-        new MenuBar(
-            [| MenuBarItem (ustr "_File",
-                 [| MenuItem (ustr "_Close", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> Application.RequestStop ())) |]);
-                    MenuBarItem (ustr "_Edit",
-                        [| MenuItem (ustr "_Copy", ustring.Empty, Unchecked.defaultof<_>)
-                           MenuItem (ustr "C_ut", ustring.Empty, Unchecked.defaultof<_>)
-                           MenuItem (ustr "_Paste", ustring.Empty, Unchecked.defaultof<_>) |]) |])
-    ntop.Add menu
-    let fname = GetFileName ()
-    let win = 
-        new Window (
-            ustr (if not (isNull fname) then fname else "Untitled"),
-            X = Pos.At 0,
-            Y = Pos.At 1,
-            Width = Dim.Fill (),
-            Height = Dim.Fill ())
-    ntop.Add win
-    let text = new TextView (Rect(0, 0, (tframe.Width - 2), (tframe.Height - 3)))
-    if fname <> Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-    then text.Text <- ustr (File.ReadAllText fname)
-    win.Add text
-    Application.Run ntop
-
-let Quit () =
-    MessageBox.Query (50, 7, ustr "Quit Demo", ustr "Are you sure you want to quit this demo?", ustr "Yes", ustr "No") = 0
-
-let Close () =
-    MessageBox.ErrorQuery (50, 7, ustr "Error", ustr "There is nothing to close", ustr "Ok")
-    |> ignore
-
-let Open () =
-    let d = new OpenDialog (ustr "Open", ustr "Open a file", AllowsMultipleSelection = true)
-    Application.Run d
-    if not d.Canceled
-        then MessageBox.Query (50, 7, ustr "Selected File", ustr (String.Join (", ", d.FilePaths)), ustr "Ok") |> ignore
-
-let ShowHex (top: Toplevel) =
-    let tframe = top.Frame
-    let ntop = new Toplevel (tframe)
-    let menu = 
-        new MenuBar (
-            [| MenuBarItem (ustr "_File",
-                 [| MenuItem (ustr "_Close", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> Application.RequestStop ())) |]) |])
-    ntop.Add menu
-    let win =
-        new Window (ustr "/etc/passwd",
-            X = Pos.At 0,
-            Y = Pos.At 1,
-            Width = Dim.Fill (),
-            Height = Dim.Fill ())
-    ntop.Add win
-    let fname = GetFileName ()
-    let source = File.OpenRead fname
-    let hex = 
-        new HexView (source,
-            X = Pos.At 0,
-            Y = Pos.At 0,
-            Width = Dim.Fill (),
-            Height = Dim.Fill ())
-    win.Add hex
-    Application.Run ntop
-
-type MenuItemDetails () =
-    inherit MenuItem ()
-    new (title: ustring, help: ustring, action: Action) as this =
-        MenuItemDetails ()
-        then
-            this.Title <- title
-            this.Help <- help
-            this.Action <- action
-
-    static member Instance (mi: MenuItem) =
-        (mi.GetMenuItem ()) :?> MenuItemDetails
-
-type MenuItemDelegate = delegate of MenuItemDetails -> MenuItem
-
-let ShowMenuItem (mi: MenuItemDetails) =
-    MessageBox.Query (70, 7, ustr (mi.Title.ToString ()),
-        ustr ((sprintf "%O selected. Is from submenu: %O" (mi.Title.ToString ())) (mi.GetMenuBarItem ())), ustr "Ok")
-    |> ignore
-
-let MenuKeysStyleToggled (_: bool) =
-    menu.UseKeysUpDownAsKeysLeftRight <- menuKeysStyle.Checked
-
-let MenuAutoMouseNavToggled (_: bool) =
-    menu.WantMousePositionReports <- menuAutoMouseNav.Checked
-
-let Copy () =
-    let textField = menu.LastFocused :?> TextField
-    if textField <> Unchecked.defaultof<_> && textField.SelectedLength <> 0
-    then textField.Copy ()
+type ExampleWindow() as this =
+    inherit Window()
+    
+    do
+        this.Title <- sprintf "Example App (%O to quit)" Application.QuitKey
 
-let Cut () =
-    let textField = menu.LastFocused :?> TextField
-    if textField <> Unchecked.defaultof<_> && textField.SelectedLength <> 0
-    then textField.Cut ()
+        // Create input components and labels
+        let usernameLabel = new Label(Text = "Username:")
 
-let Paste () =
-    let textField = menu.LastFocused :?> TextField
-    if textField <> Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-    then textField.Paste ()
+        let userNameText = new TextField(X = Pos.Right(usernameLabel) + Pos.op_Implicit(1), Width = Dim.Fill())
 
-let Help () =
-    MessageBox.Query (50, 7, ustr "Help", ustr "This is a small help\nBe kind.", ustr "Ok")
-    |> ignore
+        let passwordLabel = new Label(Text = "Password:", X = Pos.Left(usernameLabel), Y = Pos.Bottom(usernameLabel) +  Pos.op_Implicit(1))
 
-let Load () =
-    MessageBox.Query (50, 7, ustr "Load", ustr "This is a small load\nBe kind.", ustr "Ok")
-    |> ignore
+        let passwordText = new TextField(Secret = true, X = Pos.Left(userNameText), Y = Pos.Top(passwordLabel), Width = Dim.Fill())
 
-let Save () =
-    MessageBox.Query (50, 7, ustr "Save ", ustr "This is a small save\nBe kind.", ustr "Ok")
-    |> ignore
+        // Create login button
+        let btnLogin = new Button(Text = "Login", Y = Pos.Bottom(passwordLabel) +  Pos.op_Implicit(1), X = Pos.Center(), IsDefault = true)
 
-let ListSelectionDemo (multiple: bool) =
-    let okButton = new Button (ustr "Ok", true)
-    okButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
-    let cancelButton = new Button (ustr "Cancel")
-    cancelButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
+        // When login button is clicked display a message popup
+        btnLogin.Accept.Add(fun _ ->
+            if userNameText.Text = "admin" && passwordText.Text = "password" then
+                MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok") |> ignore
+                ExampleWindow.UserName <- userNameText.Text.ToString()
+                Application.RequestStop()
+            else
+                MessageBox.ErrorQuery("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok") |> ignore
+        )
 
-    let d = new Dialog (ustr "Selection Demo", 60, 20, okButton, cancelButton)
-    let animals = ResizeArray<_> ()
-    animals.AddRange([| "Alpaca"; "Llama"; "Lion"; "Shark"; "Goat" |])
-    let msg =
-        new Label (ustr "Use space bar or control-t to toggle selection",
-            X = Pos.At 1,
-            Y = Pos.At 1,
-            Width = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit 1,
-            Height = Dim.op_Implicit 1)
-    let list =
-        new ListView (animals,
-            X = Pos.At 1,
-            Y = Pos.At 3,
-            Width = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit 4,
-            Height = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit 4,
-            AllowsMarking = true,
-            AllowsMultipleSelection = multiple)
-    d.Add (msg, list)
-    Application.Run d
-    let mutable result = ""
-    do
-        let mutable i = 0
-        while i < animals.Count do
-        if list.Source.IsMarked i
-        then result <- result + animals.[i] + " "
-        i <- i + 1
-    MessageBox.Query (60, 10, ustr "Selected Animals", ustr (if result = "" then "No animals selected" else result), ustr "Ok") |> ignore
+        // Add the views to the Window
+        this.Add(usernameLabel, userNameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin)
 
-let OnKeyDownPressUpDemo () =
-    let closeButton = new Button (ustr "Close")
-    closeButton.add_Clicked (Action (Application.RequestStop))
+    static member val UserName = "" with get, set
 
-    let container = new Dialog (ustr "KeyDown & KeyPress & KeyUp demo", 80, 20, closeButton, Width = Dim.Fill (), Height = Dim.Fill ())
+[<EntryPoint>]
+let main argv =
+    Application.Init()
+    Application.Run<ExampleWindow>().Dispose()
     
-    let list = ResizeArray<_> ()
-    let listView = 
-        new ListView (list,
-            X = Pos.At 0,
-            Y = Pos.At 0,
-            Width = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit 1,
-            Height = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit 2,
-            ColorScheme = Colors.TopLevel)
-    container.Add (listView)
+    // Before the application exits, reset Terminal.Gui for clean shutdown
+    Application.Shutdown()
     
-    let keyDownPressUp (keyEvent: KeyEvent, updown: string) =
-        match updown with
-        | "Down"
-        | "Up"
-        | "Press" -> 
-            list.Add (keyEvent.ToString ())    
-        | _ -> failwithf "Unknown: %s" updown
-        listView.MoveDown ()
-
-    container.add_KeyDown(Action<View.KeyEventEventArgs> (fun (e: View.KeyEventEventArgs) -> keyDownPressUp (e.KeyEvent, "Down") |> ignore))
-    container.add_KeyPress(Action<View.KeyEventEventArgs> (fun (e: View.KeyEventEventArgs) -> keyDownPressUp (e.KeyEvent, "Press") |> ignore))
-    container.add_KeyUp(Action<View.KeyEventEventArgs> (fun (e: View.KeyEventEventArgs) -> keyDownPressUp (e.KeyEvent, "Up") |> ignore))
-    Application.Run (container)
-
-let Main () =
-    if Debugger.IsAttached then
-        CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture <- CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo ("en-US")
-    Application.Init()
-    let top = Application.Top
-    let margin = 3
-    let win = 
-        new Window (ustr "Hello",
-            X = Pos.At 1,
-            Y = Pos.At 1,
-            Width = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit margin,
-            Height = Dim.Fill () - Dim.op_Implicit margin)
-    let menuItems =
-        [|MenuItemDetails (ustr "F_ind",ustr "", Unchecked.defaultof<_>);
-            MenuItemDetails (ustr "_Replace", ustr "", Unchecked.defaultof<_>);
-            MenuItemDetails (ustr "_Item1", ustr "", Unchecked.defaultof<_>);
-            MenuItemDetails (ustr "_Also From Sub Menu", ustr "", Unchecked.defaultof<_>)|]
-    menuItems.[0].Action <- fun _ -> ShowMenuItem (menuItems.[0])
-    menuItems.[1].Action <- fun _ -> ShowMenuItem (menuItems.[1])
-    menuItems.[2].Action <- fun _ -> ShowMenuItem (menuItems.[2])
-    menuItems.[3].Action <- fun _ -> ShowMenuItem (menuItems.[3])
-    menu <-
-        new MenuBar (
-            [| MenuBarItem(ustr "_File",
-                    [| MenuItem (ustr "Text _Editor Demo", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> Editor top))
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_New", ustr "Creates new file", fun () -> NewFile())
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Open", ustring.Empty, fun () -> Open())
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Hex", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> ShowHex top))
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Close", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> Close()))
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Disabled", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> ()), (fun () -> false))
-                       Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Quit", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> if Quit() then top.Running <- false)) |])
-               MenuBarItem (ustr "_Edit",
-                    [| MenuItem (ustr "_Copy", ustring.Empty, fun () -> Copy())
-                       MenuItem (ustr "C_ut", ustring.Empty, fun () -> Cut())
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_Paste", ustring.Empty, fun () -> Paste())
-                       MenuBarItem (ustr "_Find and Replace",
-                           [| menuItems.[0] :> MenuItem
-                              menuItems.[1] :> MenuItem |]) :> MenuItem
-                       menuItems.[3] :> MenuItem
-                    |])
-               MenuBarItem (ustr "_List Demos", 
-                    [| MenuItem (ustr "Select _Multiple Items", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> ListSelectionDemo true))
-                       MenuItem (ustr "Select _Single Item", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> ListSelectionDemo false)) |])   
-               MenuBarItem (ustr "A_ssorted",
-                    [| MenuItem (ustr "_Show text alignments", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> ShowTextAlignments())) 
-                       MenuItem (ustr "_OnKeyDown/Press/Up", ustring.Empty, (fun () -> OnKeyDownPressUpDemo())) |])
-               MenuBarItem (ustr "_Test Menu and SubMenus",
-                    [| MenuBarItem (ustr "SubMenu1Item_1",
-                            [| MenuBarItem (ustr "SubMenu2Item_1",
-                                    [| MenuBarItem (ustr "SubMenu3Item_1",
-                                            [| menuItems.[2] :> MenuItem |]) :> MenuItem
-                                    |]) :> MenuItem
-                            |]) :> MenuItem
-                    |])
-               MenuBarItem (ustr "_About...", ustr "Demonstrates top-level menu item", (fun () -> MessageBox.ErrorQuery (50, 7, ustr "Error", ustr "This is a demo app for gui.cs", ustr "Ok") |> ignore)) |])
-    menuKeysStyle <- new CheckBox (3, 25, ustr "UseKeysUpDownAsKeysLeftRight", true)
-    menuKeysStyle.add_Toggled (Action<bool> (MenuKeysStyleToggled))
-    menuAutoMouseNav <- new CheckBox (40, 25, ustr "UseMenuAutoNavigation", true)
-    menuAutoMouseNav.add_Toggled (Action<bool> (MenuAutoMouseNavToggled))
-    ShowEntries win
-    let mutable count = 0
-    ml <- new Label (Rect (3, 17, 47, 1), ustr "Mouse: ")
-    Application.RootMouseEvent <- Action<MouseEvent> (
-            fun (me: MouseEvent) ->
-                ml.Text <- ustr (
-                     (((sprintf "Mouse: (%O,%O) - %O %O" me.X) me.Y) me.Flags) (count <- count + 1; count)))
-    let test = new Label (3, 18, ustr "Se iniciará el análisis")
-    win.Add test
-    win.Add ml
-    let drag = new Label (ustr "Drag: ", X = Pos.At 70, Y = Pos.At 24)
-    let dragText = 
-        new TextField (ustr "",
-            X = Pos.Right drag,
-            Y = Pos.Top drag,
-            Width = Dim.op_Implicit 40)
-    let statusBar = new StatusBar ([|
-        StatusItem(Key.F1, ustr "~F1~ Help", Action Help)
-        StatusItem(Key.F2, ustr "~F2~ Load", Action Load)
-        StatusItem(Key.F3, ustr "~F3~ Save", Action Save)
-        StatusItem(Key.Q, ustr "~^Q~ Quit", fun () -> if (Quit()) then top.Running <- false) |])
-    win.Add (drag, dragText)
-    let bottom = new Label (ustr "This should go on the bottom of the same top-level!")
-    win.Add bottom
-    let bottom2 = new Label (ustr "This should go on the bottom of another top-level!")
-    top.Add bottom2
-    top.add_LayoutComplete (Action<View.LayoutEventArgs>
-        (fun e ->
-            bottom.X <- win.X
-            bottom.Y <- Pos.Bottom win - Pos.Top win - Pos.At margin
-            bottom2.X <- Pos.Left win
-            bottom2.Y <- Pos.Bottom win)
-        )
-    top.Add win
-    top.Add (menu, statusBar)
-    Application.Run ()
-    Application.Shutdown ();
-
-module Demo =
-    [<EntryPoint>]
-    let main _ =
-        Main ()
-        0
\ No newline at end of file
+    // To see this output on the screen it must be done after shutdown,
+    // which restores the previous screen.
+    printfn "Username: %s" ExampleWindow.UserName
+    
+    0 // return an integer exit code
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a15ce91c9e..307df9f9fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ dotnet run
 
 ## Showcase & Examples
 
-* **[UI Catalog](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/tree/master/UICatalog)** - The UI Catalog project provides an easy to use and extend sample illustrating the capabilities of **Terminal.Gui**. Run `dotnet run --project UICatalog` to run the UI Catalog.
-* **[C# Example](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/tree/master/Example)** - Run `dotnet run` in the `Example` directory to run the C# Example.
-* **[F# Example](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/tree/master/FSharpExample)** - An example showing how to build a Terminal.Gui app using F#.
-* **[Reactive Example](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/tree/master/ReactiveExample)** - A sample app that shows how to use `System.Reactive` and `ReactiveUI` with `Terminal.Gui`. The app uses the MVVM architecture that may seem familiar to folks coming from WPF, Xamarin Forms, UWP, Avalonia, or Windows Forms. In this app, we implement the data bindings using ReactiveUI `WhenAnyValue` syntax and [Pharmacist](https://github.com/reactiveui/pharmacist) — a tool that converts all events in a NuGet package into observable wrappers.
+* **[UI Catalog](./UICatalog/README.md)** - The UI Catalog project provides an easy to use and extend sample illustrating the capabilities of **Terminal.Gui**. Run `dotnet run --project UICatalog` to run the UI Catalog.
+* **[C# Example](./Example/README.md)** - Run `dotnet run` in the `Example` directory to run the C# Example.
+* **[F# Example](./FSharpExample/)** - An example showing how to build a Terminal.Gui app using F#.
+* **[Reactive Example](./ReactiveExample/README.md)** - A sample app that shows how to use `System.Reactive` and `ReactiveUI` with `Terminal.Gui`. The app uses the MVVM architecture that may seem familiar to folks coming from WPF, Xamarin Forms, UWP, Avalonia, or Windows Forms. In this app, we implement the data bindings using ReactiveUI `WhenAnyValue` syntax and [Pharmacist](https://github.com/reactiveui/pharmacist) — a tool that converts all events in a NuGet package into observable wrappers.
+* **[CommunityToolkit Example](./CommunityToolkitExample/README.md)** - A example of using the `CommunityToolkit.MVVM` framework's `ObservableObject`, `ObservableProperty`, and `IRecipient<T>` in conjunction with `Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection`.
+* **[C# SelfContained](./SelfContained/README.md)** - An example showing how to publish a Terminal.Gui app using C# self-contained single file.
 * **[PowerShell's `Out-ConsoleGridView`](https://github.com/PowerShell/GraphicalTools)** - `OCGV` sends the output from a command to an interactive table. 
 * **[F7History](https://github.com/gui-cs/F7History)** - Graphical Command History for PowerShell (built on PowerShell's `Out-ConsoleGridView`).
 * **[PoshRedisViewer](https://github.com/En3Tho/PoshRedisViewer)** - A compact Redis viewer module for PowerShell written in F#.
@@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ dotnet run
 
 ## Contributing
 
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
-Debates on architecture and design can be found in Issues tagged with [design](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.GuiV2Docs/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Adesign).
+Debates on architecture and design can be found in Issues tagged with [design](https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Av2+label%3Adesign).
 
 ## History
 
diff --git a/SelfContained/Program.cs b/SelfContained/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b723bcbd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// This is a simple example application for a self-contained single file.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using Terminal.Gui;
+
+namespace SelfContained;
+
+public static class Program
+{
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.Application.Run<T>(Func<Exception, Boolean>, ConsoleDriver)")]
+    private static void Main (string [] args)
+    {
+        Application.Run<ExampleWindow> ().Dispose ();
+
+        // Before the application exits, reset Terminal.Gui for clean shutdown
+        Application.Shutdown ();
+
+        // To see this output on the screen it must be done after shutdown,
+        // which restores the previous screen.
+        Console.WriteLine ($@"Username: {ExampleWindow.UserName}");
+    }
+}
+
+// Defines a top-level window with border and title
+public class ExampleWindow : Window
+{
+    public static string? UserName;
+
+    public ExampleWindow ()
+    {
+        Title = $"Example App ({Application.QuitKey} to quit)";
+
+        // Create input components and labels
+        var usernameLabel = new Label { Text = "Username:" };
+
+        var userNameText = new TextField
+        {
+            // Position text field adjacent to the label
+            X = Pos.Right (usernameLabel) + 1,
+
+            // Fill remaining horizontal space
+            Width = Dim.Fill ()
+        };
+
+        var passwordLabel = new Label
+        {
+            Text = "Password:", X = Pos.Left (usernameLabel), Y = Pos.Bottom (usernameLabel) + 1
+        };
+
+        var passwordText = new TextField
+        {
+            Secret = true,
+
+            // align with the text box above
+            X = Pos.Left (userNameText),
+            Y = Pos.Top (passwordLabel),
+            Width = Dim.Fill ()
+        };
+
+        // Create login button
+        var btnLogin = new Button
+        {
+            Text = "Login",
+            Y = Pos.Bottom (passwordLabel) + 1,
+
+            // center the login button horizontally
+            X = Pos.Center (),
+            IsDefault = true
+        };
+
+        // When login button is clicked display a message popup
+        btnLogin.Accept += (s, e) =>
+                           {
+                               if (userNameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
+                               {
+                                   MessageBox.Query ("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
+                                   UserName = userNameText.Text;
+                                   Application.RequestStop ();
+                               }
+                               else
+                               {
+                                   MessageBox.ErrorQuery ("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
+                               }
+                           };
+
+        // Add the views to the Window
+        Add (usernameLabel, userNameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Debug.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Debug.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1df9aed21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Debug.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Debug\net8.0\publish\linux-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>linux-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Release.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Release.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6a8e89804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_linux-x64_Release.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Release\net8.0\publish\linux-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>linux-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Debug.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Debug.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e5bf17198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Debug.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Debug\net8.0\publish\osx-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Release.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Release.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..669139a88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_osx-x64_Release.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Release\net8.0\publish\osx-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Debug.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Debug.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14d28cd963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Debug.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Debug\net8.0\publish\win-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>false</PublishReadyToRun>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Release.pubxml b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Release.pubxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fadc2fd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile_net8.0_win-x64_Release.pubxml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
+-->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Release\net8.0\publish\win-x64\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>false</PublishReadyToRun>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/README.md b/SelfContained/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91cc1eb5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Terminal.Gui C# SelfContained
+
+This example shows how to use the `Terminal.Gui` library to create a simple `self-contained` `single file` GUI application in C#.
+
+With `Debug` the `.csproj` is used and with `Release` the latest `nuget package` is used, either in `Solution Configurations` or in `Profile Publish`.
+
+To publish the self-contained single file in `Debug` or `Release` mode, it is not necessary to select it in the `Solution Configurations`, just choose the `Debug` or `Release` configuration in the `Publish Profile`.
+
+When executing the file directly from the self-contained single file and needing to debug it, it will be necessary to attach it to the debugger, just like any other standalone application. However, when trying to attach the file running on `Linux` or `macOS` to the debugger, it will issue the error "`Failed to attach to process: Unknown Error: 0x80131c3c`". This issue has already been reported on [Developer Community](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Failed-to-attach-to-process:-Unknown-Err/10694351). Maybe it would be a good idea to vote in favor of this fix because I think `Visual Studio for macOS` is going to be discontinued and we need this fix to remotely attach a process running on `Linux` or `macOS` to `Windows 11`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SelfContained/SelfContained.csproj b/SelfContained/SelfContained.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4ffbe0302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SelfContained/SelfContained.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+    <TrimMode>Link</TrimMode>
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+    <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
+    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Terminal.Gui\Terminal.Gui.csproj" />
+    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Terminal.Gui" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Terminal.Gui" Version="[2.0.0-pre.1788,3)" />
+    <TrimmerRootAssembly Include="Terminal.Gui" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.cs
index 947cab271b..4775532637 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Application/Application.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Reflection;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ internal static List<CultureInfo> GetSupportedCultures ()
         string assemblyLocation = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
 
         // Find the resource file name of the assembly
-        var resourceFilename = $"{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension (assembly.Location)}.resources.dll";
+        var resourceFilename = $"{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension (AppContext.BaseDirectory)}.resources.dll";
 
         // Return all culture for which satellite folder found with culture code.
         return culture.Where (
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ internal static void ResetState (bool ignoreDisposed = false)
     ///     <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> to use. If neither <paramref name="driver"/> or <paramref name="driverName"/> are
     ///     specified the default driver for the platform will be used.
     /// </param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static void Init (ConsoleDriver driver = null, string driverName = null) { InternalInit (driver, driverName); }
 
     internal static bool _initialized;
@@ -206,6 +209,8 @@ internal static void ResetState (bool ignoreDisposed = false)
     // Unit Tests - To initialize the app with a custom Toplevel, using the FakeDriver. calledViaRunT will be false, causing all state to be reset.
     // 
     // calledViaRunT: If false (default) all state will be reset. If true the state will not be reset.
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     internal static void InternalInit (
         ConsoleDriver driver = null,
         string driverName = null,
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ internal static void InternalInit (
 
     /// <summary>Gets of list of <see cref="ConsoleDriver"/> types that are available.</summary>
     /// <returns></returns>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
     public static List<Type> GetDriverTypes ()
     {
         // use reflection to get the list of drivers
@@ -660,6 +666,8 @@ internal static bool PositionCursor (View view)
     ///     </para>
     /// </remarks>
     /// <returns>The created <see cref="Toplevel"/> object. The caller is responsible for disposing this object.</returns>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static Toplevel Run (Func<Exception, bool> errorHandler = null, ConsoleDriver driver = null) { return Run<Toplevel> (errorHandler, driver); }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -683,6 +691,8 @@ internal static bool PositionCursor (View view)
     ///     <see langword="null"/> if <see cref="Init"/> has already been called.
     /// </param>
     /// <returns>The created T object. The caller is responsible for disposing this object.</returns>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static T Run<T> (Func<Exception, bool> errorHandler = null, ConsoleDriver driver = null)
         where T : Toplevel, new()
     {
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/AttributeJsonConverter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/AttributeJsonConverter.cs
index d1e922a64c..e14748fd91 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/AttributeJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/AttributeJsonConverter.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace Terminal.Gui;
 
-/// <summary>Json converter fro the <see cref="Attribute"/> class.</summary>
+/// <summary>Json converter from the <see cref="Attribute"/> class.</summary>
 internal class AttributeJsonConverter : JsonConverter<Attribute>
 {
     private static AttributeJsonConverter _instance;
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ public override Attribute Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, J
             switch (propertyName?.ToLower ())
             {
                 case "foreground":
-                    foreground = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Color> (color, options);
+                    foreground = JsonSerializer.Deserialize (color, _serializerContext.Color);
 
                     break;
                 case "background":
-                    background = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Color> (color, options);
+                    background = JsonSerializer.Deserialize (color, _serializerContext.Color);
 
                     break;
 
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ColorSchemeJsonConverter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ColorSchemeJsonConverter.cs
index 86f4a5f29a..ae0742b5f4 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ColorSchemeJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ColorSchemeJsonConverter.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public override ColorScheme Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert,
 
             string propertyName = reader.GetString ();
             reader.Read ();
-            var attribute = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Attribute> (ref reader, options);
+            var attribute = JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, _serializerContext.Attribute);
 
             switch (propertyName.ToLower ())
             {
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
index 1c9f54089e..68c8c184c6 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -106,9 +106,12 @@ public enum ConfigLocations
         },
 
         // Enables Key to be "Ctrl+Q" vs "Ctrl\u002BQ"
-        Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping
+        Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping,
+        TypeInfoResolver = SourceGenerationContext.Default
     };
 
+    internal static readonly SourceGenerationContext _serializerContext = new (_serializerOptions);
+
     [SuppressMessage ("Style", "IDE1006:Naming Styles", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     internal static StringBuilder _jsonErrors = new ();
 
@@ -150,6 +153,8 @@ public enum ConfigLocations
     /// </summary>
     public static SettingsScope? Settings
     {
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
         get
         {
             if (_settings is null)
@@ -181,6 +186,8 @@ public static SettingsScope? Settings
     public static event EventHandler<ConfigurationManagerEventArgs>? Applied;
 
     /// <summary>Applies the configuration settings to the running <see cref="Application"/> instance.</summary>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static void Apply ()
     {
         var settings = false;
@@ -222,7 +229,7 @@ public static string GetEmptyJson ()
         var emptyScope = new SettingsScope ();
         emptyScope.Clear ();
 
-        return JsonSerializer.Serialize (emptyScope, _serializerOptions);
+        return JsonSerializer.Serialize (emptyScope, typeof (SettingsScope), _serializerContext);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -235,6 +242,8 @@ public static string GetEmptyJson ()
     ///     If <see langword="true"/> the state of <see cref="ConfigurationManager"/> will be reset to the
     ///     defaults.
     /// </param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static void Load (bool reset = false)
     {
         Debug.WriteLine ("ConfigurationManager.Load()");
@@ -322,6 +331,8 @@ public static void PrintJsonErrors ()
     ///     <see langword="true"/>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks></remarks>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public static void Reset ()
     {
         Debug.WriteLine (@"ConfigurationManager.Reset()");
@@ -475,6 +486,8 @@ where destProp.CanWrite
     ///         make sure you copy the Theme definitions from the existing <c>Terminal.Gui.Resources.config.json</c> file.
     ///     </para>
     /// </remarks>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     internal static void GetHardCodedDefaults ()
     {
         if (_allConfigProperties is null)
@@ -496,6 +509,7 @@ internal static void GetHardCodedDefaults ()
     ///     Initializes the internal state of ConfigurationManager. Nominally called once as part of application startup
     ///     to initialize global state. Also called from some Unit Tests to ensure correctness (e.g. Reset()).
     /// </summary>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
     internal static void Initialize ()
     {
         _allConfigProperties = new ();
@@ -585,16 +599,20 @@ from p in enumerable
 
     /// <summary>Creates a JSON document with the configuration specified.</summary>
     /// <returns></returns>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     internal static string ToJson ()
     {
         //Debug.WriteLine ("ConfigurationManager.ToJson()");
 
-        return JsonSerializer.Serialize (Settings!, _serializerOptions);
+        return JsonSerializer.Serialize (Settings!, typeof (SettingsScope), _serializerContext);
     }
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     internal static Stream ToStream ()
     {
-        string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize (Settings!, _serializerOptions);
+        string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize (Settings!, typeof (SettingsScope), _serializerContext);
 
         // turn it into a stream
         var stream = new MemoryStream ();
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/DictionaryJsonConverter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/DictionaryJsonConverter.cs
index 29963c56b7..bed7f874b4 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/DictionaryJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/DictionaryJsonConverter.cs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ JsonSerializerOptions options
                 {
                     string key = reader.GetString ();
                     reader.Read ();
-                    var value = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T> (ref reader, options);
-                    dictionary.Add (key, value);
+                    var value = JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, typeof (T), _serializerContext);
+                    dictionary.Add (key, (T)value);
                 }
             }
             else if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.EndArray)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public override void Write (Utf8JsonWriter writer, Dictionary<string, T> value,
 
             //writer.WriteString (item.Key, item.Key);
             writer.WritePropertyName (item.Key);
-            JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, item.Value, options);
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, item.Value, typeof (T), _serializerContext);
             writer.WriteEndObject ();
         }
 
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/KeyCodeJsonConverter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/KeyCodeJsonConverter.cs
index c7b7053113..9b24c7d0a6 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/KeyCodeJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/KeyCodeJsonConverter.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public override KeyCode Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, Jso
                                 }
 
                                 // The enum uses "D0..D9" for the number keys
-                                if (Enum.TryParse (reader.GetString ().TrimStart ('D', 'd'), false, out key))
+                                if (Enum.TryParse (reader.GetString ()!.TrimStart ('D', 'd'), false, out key))
                                 {
                                     break;
                                 }
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ScopeJsonConverter.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ScopeJsonConverter.cs
index 5419619e2e..a23216ea00 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ScopeJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ScopeJsonConverter.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui;
 ///     data to/from <see cref="ConfigurationManager"/> JSON documents.
 /// </summary>
 /// <typeparam name="scopeT"></typeparam>
-internal class ScopeJsonConverter<scopeT> : JsonConverter<scopeT> where scopeT : Scope<scopeT>
+internal class ScopeJsonConverter<[DynamicallyAccessedMembers (DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicParameterlessConstructor)] scopeT> : JsonConverter<scopeT> where scopeT : Scope<scopeT>
 {
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("Calls System.Type.MakeGenericType(params Type[])")]
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public override scopeT Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     {
         if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
         {
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ public override scopeT Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, Json
                     try
                     {
                         scope! [propertyName].PropertyValue =
-                            JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, propertyType!, options);
+                            JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, propertyType!, _serializerContext);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ public override scopeT Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, Json
                 if (property is { })
                 {
                     PropertyInfo prop = scope.GetType ().GetProperty (propertyName!)!;
-                    prop.SetValue (scope, JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, prop.PropertyType, options));
+                    prop.SetValue (scope, JsonSerializer.Deserialize (ref reader, prop.PropertyType, _serializerContext));
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -160,7 +164,8 @@ public override void Write (Utf8JsonWriter writer, scopeT scope, JsonSerializerO
         foreach (PropertyInfo p in properties)
         {
             writer.WritePropertyName (ConfigProperty.GetJsonPropertyName (p));
-            JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, scope.GetType ().GetProperty (p.Name)?.GetValue (scope), options);
+            object? prop = scope.GetType ().GetProperty (p.Name)?.GetValue (scope);
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, prop, prop!.GetType (), _serializerContext);
         }
 
         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, ConfigProperty> p in from p in scope
@@ -205,7 +210,8 @@ SerializableConfigurationProperty scp
             }
             else
             {
-                JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, p.Value.PropertyValue, options);
+                object? prop = p.Value.PropertyValue;
+                JsonSerializer.Serialize (writer, prop, prop!.GetType (), _serializerContext);
             }
         }
 
@@ -221,6 +227,8 @@ internal abstract class ReadHelper
     internal class ReadHelper<converterT> : ReadHelper
     {
         private readonly ReadDelegate _readDelegate;
+
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls System.Delegate.CreateDelegate(Type, Object, String)")]
         public ReadHelper (object converter) { _readDelegate = (ReadDelegate)Delegate.CreateDelegate (typeof (ReadDelegate), converter, "Read"); }
 
         public override object? Read (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options)
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SettingsScope.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SettingsScope.cs
index 145ad3cdc7..8ce37bbbcf 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SettingsScope.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SettingsScope.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
@@ -37,12 +38,14 @@ public class SettingsScope : Scope<SettingsScope>
     /// <summary>Updates the <see cref="SettingsScope"/> with the settings in a JSON string.</summary>
     /// <param name="stream">Json document to update the settings with.</param>
     /// <param name="source">The source (filename/resource name) the Json document was read from.</param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public SettingsScope? Update (Stream stream, string source)
     {
         // Update the existing settings with the new settings.
         try
         {
-            Update (JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SettingsScope> (stream, _serializerOptions)!);
+            Update ((SettingsScope)JsonSerializer.Deserialize (stream, typeof (SettingsScope), _serializerOptions)!);
             OnUpdated ();
             Debug.WriteLine ($"ConfigurationManager: Read configuration from \"{source}\"");
             if (!Sources.Contains (source))
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ public class SettingsScope : Scope<SettingsScope>
 
     /// <summary>Updates the <see cref="SettingsScope"/> with the settings in a JSON file.</summary>
     /// <param name="filePath"></param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public SettingsScope? Update (string filePath)
     {
         string realPath = filePath.Replace ("~", Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile));
@@ -93,6 +98,8 @@ public class SettingsScope : Scope<SettingsScope>
     /// <summary>Updates the <see cref="SettingsScope"/> with the settings in a JSON string.</summary>
     /// <param name="json">Json document to update the settings with.</param>
     /// <param name="source">The source (filename/resource name) the Json document was read from.</param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public SettingsScope? Update (string json, string source)
     {
         var stream = new MemoryStream ();
@@ -107,6 +114,8 @@ public class SettingsScope : Scope<SettingsScope>
     /// <summary>Updates the <see cref="SettingsScope"/> with the settings from a Json resource.</summary>
     /// <param name="assembly"></param>
     /// <param name="resourceName"></param>
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
     public SettingsScope? UpdateFromResource (Assembly assembly, string resourceName)
     {
         if (resourceName is null || string.IsNullOrEmpty (resourceName))
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SourceGenerationContext.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SourceGenerationContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed93b68cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/SourceGenerationContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Terminal.Gui;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Allow AOT and self-contained single file applications with the <see cref="System.Text.Json.Serialization"/>
+/// </summary>
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (Attribute))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (Color))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (ThemeScope))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (ColorScheme))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (SettingsScope))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (AppScope))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (Key))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (GlyphDefinitions))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (ConfigProperty))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (ShadowStyle))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (string))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (bool))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (bool?))]
+[JsonSerializable (typeof (Dictionary<ColorName, string>))]
+internal partial class SourceGenerationContext : JsonSerializerContext
+{ }
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ThemeManager.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ThemeManager.cs
index 9787daa8d6..e6efe32e08 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ThemeManager.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Configuration/ThemeManager.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace Terminal.Gui;
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ private ThemeManager () { } // Prevent instantiation outside
     public string Theme
     {
         get => SelectedTheme;
+
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
         set => SelectedTheme = value;
     }
 
@@ -73,9 +77,14 @@ public string Theme
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (SettingsScope), OmitClassName = true)]
     public static Dictionary<string, ThemeScope>? Themes
     {
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
         get => Settings? ["Themes"]
                        ?.PropertyValue as
                    Dictionary<string, ThemeScope>; // themes ?? new Dictionary<string, ThemeScope> ();
+
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
         set =>
 
             //if (themes is null || value is null) {
@@ -93,6 +102,9 @@ public static Dictionary<string, ThemeScope>? Themes
     internal static string SelectedTheme
     {
         get => _theme;
+
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ConfigurationManager.Settings")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ConfigurationManager.Settings")]
         set
         {
             string oldTheme = _theme;
@@ -109,6 +121,8 @@ internal static string SelectedTheme
     /// <summary>Event fired he selected theme has changed. application.</summary>
     public event EventHandler<ThemeManagerEventArgs>? ThemeChanged;
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
     internal static void GetHardCodedDefaults ()
     {
         //Debug.WriteLine ("Themes.GetHardCodedDefaults()");
@@ -129,6 +143,8 @@ internal void OnThemeChanged (string theme)
         ThemeChanged?.Invoke (this, new ThemeManagerEventArgs (theme));
     }
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
     internal static void Reset ()
     {
         Debug.WriteLine ("Themes.Reset()");
@@ -140,33 +156,130 @@ internal static void Reset ()
     #region IDictionary
 
 #pragma warning disable 1591
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("Trimming", "IL2026:Members annotated with 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' require dynamic access otherwise can break functionality when trimming application code", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     public ICollection<string> Keys => ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).Keys;
+
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("Trimming", "IL2026:Members annotated with 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' require dynamic access otherwise can break functionality when trimming application code", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     public ICollection<ThemeScope> Values => ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).Values;
+
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("Trimming", "IL2026:Members annotated with 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' require dynamic access otherwise can break functionality when trimming application code", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     public int Count => ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).Count;
+
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("Trimming", "IL2026:Members annotated with 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' require dynamic access otherwise can break functionality when trimming application code", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     public bool IsReadOnly => ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).IsReadOnly;
 
     public ThemeScope this [string key]
     {
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
         get => ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!) [key];
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+        [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+        [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
         set => ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!) [key] = value;
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     }
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public void Add (string key, ThemeScope value) { ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).Add (key, value); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public bool ContainsKey (string key) { return ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).ContainsKey (key); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public bool Remove (string key) { return ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).Remove (key); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public bool TryGetValue (string key, out ThemeScope value) { return ((IDictionary<string, ThemeScope>)Themes!).TryGetValue (key, out value!); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public void Add (KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope> item) { ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).Add (item); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public void Clear () { ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).Clear (); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public bool Contains (KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope> item) { return ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).Contains (item); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public void CopyTo (KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope> [] array, int arrayIndex)
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     {
         ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).CopyTo (array, arrayIndex);
     }
 
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public bool Remove (KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope> item) { return ((ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).Remove (item); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("AOT")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("AOT")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>> GetEnumerator () { return ((IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, ThemeScope>>)Themes!).GetEnumerator (); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
+    [RequiresDynamicCode ("Calls Terminal.Gui.ThemeManager.Themes")]
+#pragma warning disable IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning disable IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
     IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator () { return ((IEnumerable)Themes!).GetEnumerator (); }
+#pragma warning restore IL3051 // 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
+#pragma warning restore IL2046 // 'RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute' annotations must match across all interface implementations or overrides.
 #pragma warning restore 1591
 
     #endregion
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/UnmanagedLibrary.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/UnmanagedLibrary.cs
index 6aef4230fd..7400214ecc 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/UnmanagedLibrary.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/UnmanagedLibrary.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #define GUICS
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Unix.Terminal;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ private static string GetUname ()
         }
     }
 
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     static UnmanagedLibrary ()
     {
         PlatformID platform = Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/NetDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/NetDriver.cs
index 0dd0e9038c..86ef134664 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/NetDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/NetDriver.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using static Terminal.Gui.ConsoleDrivers.ConsoleKeyMapping;
 using static Terminal.Gui.NetEvents;
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ ref ConsoleModifiers mod
         HandleKeyboardEvent (newConsoleKeyInfo);
     }
 
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     private MouseButtonState MapMouseFlags (MouseFlags mouseFlags)
     {
         MouseButtonState mbs = default;
@@ -1249,6 +1251,7 @@ public virtual void ResizeScreen ()
     #region Color Handling
 
     // Cache the list of ConsoleColor values.
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     private static readonly HashSet<int> ConsoleColorValues = new (
                                                                    Enum.GetValues (typeof (ConsoleColor))
                                                                        .OfType<ConsoleColor> ()
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
index 3c9ba9261d..89c82dd58a 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public bool WriteToConsole (Size size, ExtendedCharInfo [] charInfoBuffer, Coord
 
             var s = _stringBuilder.ToString ();
 
-            result = WriteConsole (_screenBuffer, s, (uint)s.Length, out uint _, null);
+            result = WriteConsole (_screenBuffer, s, (uint)s.Length, out uint _, nint.Zero);
         }
 
         if (!result)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public bool WriteToConsole (Size size, ExtendedCharInfo [] charInfoBuffer, Coord
 
     public bool WriteANSI (string ansi)
     {
-        return WriteConsole (_screenBuffer, ansi, (uint)ansi.Length, out uint _, null);
+        return WriteConsole (_screenBuffer, ansi, (uint)ansi.Length, out uint _, nint.Zero);
     }
 
     public void ReadFromConsoleOutput (Size size, Coord coords, ref SmallRect window)
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ private static extern bool WriteConsole (
         string lpbufer,
         uint NumberOfCharsToWriten,
         out uint lpNumberOfCharsWritten,
-        object lpReserved
+        nint lpReserved
     );
 
     [DllImport ("kernel32.dll")]
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/FileServices/FileDialogStyle.cs b/Terminal.Gui/FileServices/FileDialogStyle.cs
index 83adb448cd..9cc6557f15 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/FileServices/FileDialogStyle.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/FileServices/FileDialogStyle.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Globalization;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
 using Terminal.Gui.Resources;
 using static System.Environment;
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public FileDialogStyle (IFileSystem fileSystem)
     /// </summary>
     public string WrongFileTypeFeedback { get; set; } = Strings.fdWrongFileTypeFeedback;
 
+    [UnconditionalSuppressMessage ("AOT", "IL3050:Calling members annotated with 'RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute' may break functionality when AOT compiling.", Justification = "<Pending>")]
     private Dictionary<IDirectoryInfo, string> DefaultTreeRootGetter ()
     {
         Dictionary<IDirectoryInfo, string> roots = new ();
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj b/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
index 67c2b9887f..4feaf3ae56 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);JETBRAINS_ANNOTATIONS;CONTRACTS_FULL;CODE_ANALYSIS</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);CONTRACTS_FULL;CODE_ANALYSIS</DefineConstants>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <NoLogo>true</NoLogo>
     <SuppressNETCoreSdkPreviewMessage>true</SuppressNETCoreSdkPreviewMessage>
+    <JsonSerializerIsReflectionEnabledByDefault>false</JsonSerializerIsReflectionEnabledByDefault>
+    <IsTrimmable>true</IsTrimmable>
+    <IsAotCompatible>true</IsAotCompatible>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
     <DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug>
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@
   <!-- =================================================================== -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="ColorHelper" Version="[1.8.1,2)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="[2024,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="[2024.2.0,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis" Version="[4.10,5)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="[4.10,5)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="[4.10,5)" PrivateAssets="all" />
@@ -59,11 +62,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="[21.0.22,22)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="[8.0.4,9)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Wcwidth" Version="[2,3)" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Analyzers\Terminal.Gui.Analyzers.Internal\Terminal.Gui.Analyzers.Internal.csproj">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <OutputItemType>Analyzer</OutputItemType>
-      <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- =================================================================== -->
   <!-- Global Usings and Type Aliases -->
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Button.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Button.cs
index f6acd3338f..81d70ba9fc 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Button.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Button.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class Button : View, IDesignable
     /// Gets or sets whether <see cref="Button"/>s are shown with a shadow effect by default.
     /// </summary>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<ShadowStyle>))]
 
     public static ShadowStyle DefaultShadow { get; set; } = ShadowStyle.None;
 
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Dialog.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Dialog.cs
index 7e6d82ffde..bcdca4fa80 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Dialog.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Dialog.cs
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ public class Dialog : Window
     /// <summary>The default <see cref="Alignment"/> for <see cref="Dialog"/>.</summary>
     /// <remarks>This property can be set in a Theme.</remarks>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<Alignment>))]
     public static Alignment DefaultButtonAlignment { get; set; } = Alignment.End;
 
     /// <summary>The default <see cref="Alignment"/> for <see cref="Dialog"/>.</summary>
     /// <remarks>This property can be set in a Theme.</remarks>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<AlignmentModes>))]
     public static AlignmentModes DefaultButtonAlignmentModes { get; set; } = AlignmentModes.StartToEnd | AlignmentModes.AddSpaceBetweenItems;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class Dialog : Window
     /// Gets or sets whether all <see cref="Window"/>s are shown with a shadow effect by default.
     /// </summary>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<ShadowStyle>))]
     public new static ShadowStyle DefaultShadow { get; set; } = ShadowStyle.None;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class Dialog : Window
     /// </summary>
 
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<LineStyle>))]
     public new static LineStyle DefaultBorderStyle { get; set; } = LineStyle.Single;
 
     private readonly List<Button> _buttons = new ();
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/FrameView.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/FrameView.cs
index ca08e45cd4..8e0e73bf40 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/FrameView.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/FrameView.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ private void FrameView_MouseClick (object sender, MouseEventEventArgs e)
     ///     <see cref="FrameView"/>s.
     /// </remarks>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<LineStyle>))]
     public static LineStyle DefaultBorderStyle { get; set; } = LineStyle.Single;
 }
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/MessageBox.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/MessageBox.cs
index 687bdcca6b..bfc070de0f 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/MessageBox.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/MessageBox.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public static class MessageBox
     ///     <see cref="ConfigurationManager"/>.
     /// </summary>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<LineStyle>))]
     public static LineStyle DefaultBorderStyle { get; set; } = LineStyle.Single;
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Window.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Window.cs
index 1b1cea2fcf..1a4caa2665 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Window.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Window.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ public Window ()
     ///     s.
     /// </remarks>
     [SerializableConfigurationProperty (Scope = typeof (ThemeScope))]
-    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter))]
+    [JsonConverter (typeof (JsonStringEnumConverter<LineStyle>))]
     public static LineStyle DefaultBorderStyle { get; set; } = LineStyle.Single;
 }
diff --git a/Terminal.sln b/Terminal.sln
index 0eb947ab4c..550bbe4ed1 100644
--- a/Terminal.sln
+++ b/Terminal.sln
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Docs", "Docs", "{C7A51224-5
 		README.md = README.md
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SelfContained", "SelfContained\SelfContained.csproj", "{524DEA78-7E7C-474D-B42D-52ED4C04FF14}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ Global
 		{58FDCA8F-08F7-4D80-9DA3-6A9AED01E163}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{58FDCA8F-08F7-4D80-9DA3-6A9AED01E163}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{58FDCA8F-08F7-4D80-9DA3-6A9AED01E163}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{524DEA78-7E7C-474D-B42D-52ED4C04FF14}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{524DEA78-7E7C-474D-B42D-52ED4C04FF14}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{524DEA78-7E7C-474D-B42D-52ED4C04FF14}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{524DEA78-7E7C-474D-B42D-52ED4C04FF14}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj b/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
index 5cae087d38..8988e1ef44 100644
--- a/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
+++ b/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   <None Update="./Scenarios/Spinning_globe_dark_small.gif" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="[2024.2.0,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="[1.21,2)" />
     <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="[3.1.4,4)" />
     <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="[33.0.1,34)" />
diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj b/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
index 48df23727a..2a9fbc394a 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="[2024.2.0,)" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="[17.10,18)" />
     <PackageReference Include="ReportGenerator" Version="[5.3.7,6)" />
     <PackageReference Include="TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers" Version="[21.0.22,22)" />