Is it possible to use the current value of a WPF Slider control (Slider.Value) as an input to a Indexing Binding on another control?
Use case: A collection of items is set as the DataContext for a control, and the slider is used to select which item from a collection is displayed.
<Slider x:Name="selector" Minimum="1" Maximum="{Binding Count}"/>
<!-- How to grab the value of selector and use as indexer?? -->
<StackPanel DataContext="{Binding [??????]}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding name}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding job}" />
</StackPanel>
Is it possible to use the current value of a WPF Slider control (Slider.Value) as an input to a Indexing Binding on another control?
No, not directly. ?????? in {Binding [??????]} has to be a compile-time constant.
You could bind to both the DataContext and the Value property of the Slider and use a converter to perform the lookup though:
public class MultiConverter : IMultiValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
var yourDataContext = values[0] as IDictionary<double, object>; //cast to whatever the type of your DataContext is
double value = (double)values[1];
return yourDataContext[value];
}
public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, CultureInfo culture) =>
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
XAML:
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.DataContext>
<MultiBinding>
<MultiBinding.Converter>
<local:MultiConverter />
</MultiBinding.Converter>
<Binding Path="." />
<Binding Path="Value" ElementName="selector" />
</MultiBinding>
</StackPanel.DataContext>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding name}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding job}" />
</StackPanel>
Declare two dependency properties on your data context: SliderIndex and SelectedItem (you can name them whatever you want, but those are the names I'll use for my answer).
Bind Slider.Value to SliderIndex. Then use a PropertyChangedCallback to update the SelectedItem property based on the new value of SliderIndex. Finally, bind StackPanel.DataContext to SelectedItem.
This is the best way I know of to do this. There is no easy way to bind the two directly since you can't use a variable as an index for collection binding. The other option is to use an IValueConverter or IMultiValueConverter, but the above is cleaner in my opinion.
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I would like to bind the Visibility of a TextBox based on SelectedItem of a ComboBoxin same TreeViewItemContainer. I think I can use a Converter for the Binding but I don't know how to send the ComboBox item as a parameter of the TextBox Binding. Can this be done?
<TreeView>
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ComboBox Margin="2,0" Name="SkillSelectCB" ItemsSource="{Binding PotentialChildren}" />
<TextBox Margin="2,0" Width="50" Visibility="{Binding ??}" />
<Button Margin="2,0" Content="Add" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
This is actually in a HierarchicalDataTemplate, the example above is very minimal. The "Add" Button will add new children to the ViewModel for the TreeView based on what's selected in the ComboBox. And the visibility is the TextBox will change depending on some property of the ComboBox's SelectedItem.
So the Xaml for the TextBox:
<TextBox Margin="2,0"Width="50" Visibility="{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=SkillSelectCB, Converter={StaticResource SkillToVisibilityConverter}}" />
And the Converter:
public class SkillToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
var s = (Skill)value;
return (s == null || !s.Specialized) ? "Hidden" : "Visible";
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
I have an object with several properties. Two of these are used to control the width and height of the target text box. Here is a simple example...
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type proj:SourceObject}">
<TextBox Width="{Binding ObjWidth}" Height="{Binding ObjHeight}"/>
</DataTemplate>
I also want to bind the Text property of the TextBox. The actual property to bind against is not fixed but instead is named in a field of the SourceObject. So ideally I would want to do this...
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type proj:SourceObject}">
<TextBox Width="{Binding ObjWidth}" Height="{Binding ObjHeight}"
Text="{Binding Path={Binding ObjPath}"/>
</DataTemplate>
Here the ObjPath is a string that returns a path that would be perfectly valid for the binding. But this does not work because you cannot use a binding against the Binding.Path. Any ideas how I can achieve the same thing?
For more context I will point out that the SourceObject is user customizable and hence the ObjPath can be updated over time and hence I cannot simply put a fixed path in the data template.
You could implement an IMultiValueConverter and use this one as BindingConverter for your Text Property. But then you have the problem, that the value of the Textbox is only updated if your ObjPath property changes (the path itself), not the value where the path is pointing to. If that's, okay you can go with a BindingConverter which returns the value of your binding Path using Reflection.
class BindingPathToValue : IMultiValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
if (value[0] is string && value[1] != null)
{
// value[0] is the path
// value[1] is SourceObject
// you can use reflection to get the value and return it
return value[1].GetType().GetProperty(value.ToString()).GetValue(value[1], null).ToString();
}
return null;
}
public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[], object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
Have the converter in your Resources:
<proj:BindingPathToValue x:Key="BindingPathToValue" />
and use it in XAML:
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type proj:SourceObject}">
<TextBox Width="{Binding ObjWidth}" Height="{Binding ObjHeight}">
<TextBox.Text>
<MultiBinding Mode="OneWay" Converter="{StaticResource BindingPathToValue}">
<Binding Mode="OneWay" Path="ObjPath" />
<Binding Mode="OneWay" Path="." />
</MultiBinding>
</TextBox.Text>
</TextBox>
</DataTemplate>
Is it possible to bind the IsChecked property of a checkbox to a custom method?
I created a list of checkboxes bound to a collection of objects. I have a second collection of objects which is a subset of the first one. I'd like to bind the IsChecked porperty of the checkbox to a method that determines if the object is contained in the second list or not
EDIT:
<ListBox Height="auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Name="listBox" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="auto" ItemsSource="{Binding DataSources}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox Name="CheckBoxZone"
Content="{Binding Name}"
Tag="{Binding Id}"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
You can bind the checkbox Command property to a ICommand on your model. This means every time the check is changed the command will be invoked.
Example:
<CheckBox Name="CheckBoxZone"
Content="{Binding Name}"
Tag="{Binding Id}"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
Command={Binding CheckBoxChangedCommand}
/>
You may bind IsChecked to both the data object and the subset collection by means of a MultiBinding in conjunction with a multi-value converter that converts into a bool (or Nullable<bool> for IsChecked) value:
<CheckBox.IsChecked>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource ObjectInListConverter}" Mode="OneWay">
<Binding />
<Binding Source="{StaticResource SubsetCollection}" />
</MultiBinding>
</CheckBox.IsChecked>
The converter:
class ObjectInListConverter : IMultiValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
IList subset = values[1] as IList;
Nullable<bool> result = subset.Contains(values[0]);
return result;
}
public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
In addition to Pop Catalin's answer, you will want to bind IsChecked to a property in the VM and modify that VM property when command is executed.
I'm trying to get around the fact that I can't specify a dynamic value for ConverterParameter. See my other question for why I need to bind a dynamic value to ConverterParameter - I don't like the solutions currently posted because they all require what I feel should be unnecessary changes to my View Model.
To attempt to solve this, I have created a custom converter, and exposed a dependency property on that converter:
public class InstanceToBooleanConverter : DependencyObject, IValueConverter
{
public object Value
{
get { return (object)GetValue(ValueProperty); }
set { SetValue(ValueProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("Value", typeof(object), typeof(InstanceToBooleanConverter), null);
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
return value != null && value.Equals(Value);
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
return value.Equals(true) ? Value : Binding.DoNothing;
}
}
Is there a way to set this value using a binding (or style setter, or other crazy method) in my XAML?
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Properties}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:SomeClass}">
<DataTemplate.Resources>
<!-- I'd like to set Value to the item from ItemsSource -->
<local:InstanceToBooleanConverter x:Key="converter" Value="{Binding Path=???}" />
</DataTemplate.Resources>
<!- ... ->
The examples I've seen so far only bind to static resources.
Edit:
I got some feedback that there is only one converter instance with the XAML I posted.
I can work around this by placing the resource in my control:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Properties}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:SomeClass}">
<RadioButton Content="{Binding Name}" GroupName="Properties">
<RadioButton.Resources>
<!-- I'd like to set Value to the item from ItemsSource -->
<local:InstanceToBooleanConverter x:Key="converter"
Value="{Binding Path=???}" />
</RadioButton.Resources>
<RadioButton.IsChecked>
<Binding Path="DataContext.SelectedItem"
RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Window}}"
Converter="{StaticResource converter}" />
</RadioButton.IsChecked>
</RadioButton>
<!- ... ->
So this problem isn't blocked by having to share an instance of the converter :)
Unfortunately this isn't going to work - I've been down this road before and it turns out all the Items in the ItemsControl share the same Converter. I think this is due to the way the XAML parser works.
Firstly you can specify the converter at a higher level resource dictionary and set x:Shared to false, secondly if you want to "set the Value to the item from ItemsSource" as you annotated you can just specify an empty binding (Value="{Binding}").
I have a UserControl that contains other controls and a TextBox. It has a Value property that is bound to the TextBox text and has ValidatesOnDataErrors set to True.
When a validation error occurs in the Value property binding, the error template (standard red border) is shown around the entire UserControl.
Is there a way to show it around the TextBox only?
I'd like to be able to use any error template so simply putting border around textbox and binding its color or something to Validation.HasError is not an option.
Here's my code:
<DataTemplate x:Key="TextFieldDataTemplate">
<c:TextField DisplayName="{Binding Name}" Value="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}"/>
</DataTemplate>
<controls:FieldBase x:Name="root">
<DockPanel DataContext="{Binding ElementName=root}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding DisplayName}"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtBox"
Text="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}"
IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly}"/>
</DockPanel>
UserControl (FieldBase) is than bound to ModelView which performs validation.
to accomplish this task I've used this solution. It uses converter, that "hides" border by converting (Validation.Errors).CurrentItem to Thickness.
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<data:ValidationBorderConverter
x:Key="ValidationBorderConverter" />
</Grid.Resources>
<Border
BorderBrush="#ff0000"
BorderThickness="{Binding
ElementName=myControl,
Path=(Validation.Errors).CurrentItem,
onverter={StaticResource ValidationBorderConverter}}">
<TextBox
ToolTip="{Binding
ElementName=myControl,
Path=(Validation.Errors).CurrentItem.ErrorContent}" />
</Border>
</Grid>
ValidationBorderConverter class is pretty simple:
[ValueConversion(typeof(object), typeof(ValidationError))]
public sealed class ValidationBorderConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
return (value == null) ? new Thickness(0) : new Thickness(1);
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}