I have a kinda awful problem with my WPF application right now...
I have a custom UserControl used to edit details of a component. It should start by being not enabled, and become enabled as soon as the user chose a component to edit.
The problem is: the IsEnabled property does not even change.
Here is my code:
<my:UcComponentEditor Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
IsEnabled="{Binding EditorEnabled}"
DataContext="{Binding VmComponent}" />
EditorEnabled is a property in my ViewModel (VmComponent), and is by default false, becomes true when the user chose a component or created one
Just for the record, in my ViewModel:
private Boolean _editorEnabled = false;
public Boolean EditorEnabled
{
get { return _editorEnabled; }
set
{
_editorEnabled = value;
OnPropertyChanged("EditorEnabled");
}
}
When I try to launch my app, the UserControl is starting... enabled.
I added breakpoints everywhere, the EditorEnabled is false from the beginning.
I also did a horribly stupid thing to try to figure out what's happening: I created a converter (so useful -- converting a boolean to boolean -- eh), put a breakpoint on it, and... The code is never reached.
<my:UcComponentEditor Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
IsEnabled="{Binding EditorEnabled, Converter={StaticResource BoolConverter}}"
DataContext="{Binding VmComponent}" />
That probably means that the property isEnabled is never set, since the converter is never reached.
Do you see any kind of problem there? I started working in WPF about one week ago and therefore I may have missed something essential...
Thank you very much for your time :-)
You should add a DependencyProperty for the binding to work properly. See here for more information.
Code-behind:
public static readonly DependencyProperty EditorEnabledDependencyProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("EditorEnabled", typeof(bool), typeof(UcComponentEditor), new PropertyMetadata(false));
public bool EditorEnabled
{
get { return (bool)base.GetValue(UcComponentEditor.EditorEnabledDependencyProperty); }
set { base.SetValue(UcComponentEditor.EditorEnabledDependencyProperty, value); }
}
The issue I think is that there is a binding on the DataContext property of the user control. Which means the EditorEnabled property should be a property in the VmComponent object. At least that's what my problem was.
To get around it, I specified a proper source to the binding of IsEnabled. Once I did that the control started working as expected.
Hope that helps.
Encapsulating your control in a DockPanel (for example) will remove the need for a DependencyProperty.
You can then simply do your binding with the dockpanel instead of the custom control. Setting the variable bound to IsEnabled on the Dockpanel will automatically enable or disable the items contained in the Dockpanel.
Related
I've bound many things without issue, but this one isn't working for some reason. I have a base viewmodel that loads a property called User from the login window:
public void LoadUser()
{
if ((LoginState?)Application.Current.Properties["LoginState"] == LoginState.Success)
{
User = new UserModel((string)Application.Current.Properties["UserLName"], (string)Application.Current.Properties["UserFName"], (int)Application.Current.Properties["UserLevel"]);
RaisePropertyChanged("User");
}
}
This part works fine according to the breakpoint values. This property User is in the base of the viewmodel that is attached as the DataContext of my MainWindow. I bind it on the view with this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name, Source=User}"
Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Foreground="Black"/>
I know the text block works as I can bind other properties to it, but it won't display this property for some reason. Can you see why?
TextBlock's Default Binding MAY not be TwoWay. So Can you Set it to be TwoWay explicitly in xaml and check once.
Also, that RaisePropertyChanged is custom implementation right. Can you step into it during debug and see if the Event is Null?
I am currently working on a MVVM project that uses a Window (with my ViewModel) and my own UserControl. The UserControl is nearly empty in the .xaml file because all of its functionality comes from code-behind, which draws different shapes. I wanted to bind a property from ViewModel to a DependencyProperty in the UserControl, but no matter what I do, i cannot get it to work. I have read tons of answers here and on different websites and noticed that it might be something with the UserControl's DataContext, but I eventually failed to fix the problem anyway. The way I raise the PropertyChanged event in my ViewModel is correct. I can successfully bind my property to other controls (like TextBoxes etc.), but not to my one. I would be grateful if you could explain to me why it is not working and how to fix that. Regards!
MainWindow.xaml binding:
<Grid Margin="10">
<local:FretboardControl Grid.Row="0" Fretboard="{Binding CurrentFretboard, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
</Grid>
FretboardControl.xaml:
<UserControl ...>
<Grid>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Fretboard, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=local:FretboardControl}}"/>
//the TextBlock above is just a test
<Canvas.../>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
FretboardControl.xaml.cs (code-behind):
public static readonly DependencyProperty FretboardProperty = DependencyProperty.Register
(nameof(Fretboard), typeof(Fretboard), typeof(FretboardControl), new PropertyMetadata(new Fretboard(), PropertyChangedCallback));
public Fretboard Fretboard {
get {
return GetValue(FretboardProperty) as Fretboard;
}
set {
SetValue(FretboardProperty, value);
}
}
protected static void PropertyChangedCallback(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e) {
//breakpoint here. It is reached only once during runtime:
//at start, when the default value is inserted
if (o is FretboardControl) {
(o as FretboardControl).RefreshFretboard();
}
}
Okay, so apparently i probably found the seed of my problem. My CurrentFretboard setter raised the PropertyChanged event, but i did not change the reference of the object itself. The object was modified, but it was still the same object. I thought that this would not matter and it would be sent anyway to the binding, but it looks like the PropertyChangedCallback is called only if the reference was changed. I guess i can replace the reference on each set or just listen to the PropertyChanged event already in the UserControl. Thanks for help!
Using Xamarin forms -pcl v 2.3.4.267 -Debug on Android Device
I have an Image that is being used as button
<Image Source="loginbutton.png"
Aspect="AspectFit"
HorizontalOptions="Fill"
Margin="50,20,50,0"
fe:TappedGestureAttached.Command="{Binding Login}"
IsVisible ="{Binding user.IsSubmitEnabled}"<---works fine
IsEnabled="{Binding user.IsSubmitEnabled}"<---Does nothing
/>
as i mentioned in the code the Is Visible Works Great But Is Enabled does nothing.
note:-if there is any workaround please share it .
This is a known issue in Xamarin, already reported here and should be fixed in a future version of Xamarin.Forms, more specifically version 2.4.0-pre.
As a Workaround you can use the IsSubmitEnabled as the parameter for the CanExecute parameter in your Command.
Something like this:
public MyViewModel()
{
Login = new Command(() => OnLogin(), () => IsSubmitEnabled);
}
But you will need to add a line Login.CanExecute(null); in your Property setter too.
private bool _isSubmitEnabled;
public bool IsSubmitEnabled
{
get { return _isSubmitEnabled; }
set
{
_isSubmitEnabled= value;
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(IsSubmitEnabled));
Login.CanExecute(null);
}
}
This should work in the mean time. Till the fix is in production.
Note: just for information, this issue seems only to be happening on Android while on iOS seems to be working correctly.
Hope this helps.-
Are you using both statements in parallel?
IsVisible ="{Binding user.IsSubmitEnabled}"<---works fine
IsEnabled="{Binding user.IsSubmitEnabled}"<---Does nothing
Then IsEnabled=false is only active if the button is invisible, because both are binding to the same boolean property => IsSubmitEnabled.
Maybe you have to use a second boolean binding property?
If you want unclickable when you enable property false you do as following
As First binding property of IsVisible and IsEnable must be different.
<Image Source="loginbutton.png"
Aspect="AspectFit"
HorizontalOptions="Fill"
Margin="50,20,50,0"
fe:TappedGestureAttached.Command="{Binding Login}"
IsVisible ="{Binding user.IsSubmitVisible}"
IsEnabled="{Binding user.IsSubmitEnabled}"
/>
And you change the code in ViewModel like:
public void Login()
{
If(IsSubmitEnabled){
// Put your code here
}
}
According to this post, if we bind IsEnabled property before binding commands, the properties wont' trigger. I ran in to same problem and moved IsEnabled binding after Command binding, and IsEnabled property was set correctly.
Hope that helps
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I have some strange problem with DependecyProperty-binding.
To keep the question simpler i´ve created some dummy-control, that has the same unwanted behaviour
I have a UserControl, that has a DependencyProperty defined in code behind:
public static readonly DependencyProperty TestValueProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("TestValue", typeof(string), typeof(Test), new PropertyMetadata(default(string)));
public string TestValue
{
get { return (string)GetValue(TestValueProperty); }
set { SetValue(TestValueProperty, value); }
}
This property is used in XAML:
<Label Content="{Binding TestValue}" />
This control should be used in another control like this:
<views:Test TestValue="{Binding Settings.Setting123}" />
Settings is defined in viewmodel as property.
But the content of Settings.Setting123 is not visible in my usercontrol´s label.
When writing some fixes value instead of the binding it works fine:
<views:Test TestValue="Test" />
But of course i do not want a fixed value, but the content of the bound object.
Any hint what is going wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
You didn't share enough code for anybody to recreate the issue, but reading between the lines, I'm guessing that Label is in your UserControl XAML. If TestValue is a property of your UserControl, this will probably work:
<Label Content="{Binding TestValue, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}" />
However, one reason you might have done that (and had it semi-work, with literal strings) is if you made your UserControl its own DataContext. In that case, then the problem is that you made your UserControl its own DataContext. If you did that, that Binding on the bound one is being evaluated in the context of the UserControl, which does not have a Settings.Setting123 property.
What a control's DataContext means, is that when you have a Binding on one of the controls properties or inside its XAML, that's where the Binding goes to look for the property you bind to. You're explicitly telling it to look in the wrong place.
If you make your UserControl its own DataContext, you can't bind anything to it. That's why you shouldn't do that. It's like one of those machines that does nothing but unplug itself from the wall. Instead, use {RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl} bindings as above inside the UserControl XAML.
I shouldn't have to guess. You claim you created a minimal verifiable example, but didn't bother sharing it. If you share it, we can solve your problem with confidence.
I'm trying to bind the IsEnabled property of a ToggleButton with no success.
once the NotifyOfPropertyChange is fired, I'm getting the following exception:
Value does not fall within the expected range.
Using a simple Button, the above configurations works as expected.
I wonder if there any workaround for that one?
Thanks
UPDATE:
well it took me a while to pinpoint the problem, but finally managed to understand the behavior:
I've created a simple tester where I use a button to enable/disable a ToggleButton.
when the ToggleButton control does not contain anything, all works properly; however, after adding sub controls to it (in our case I just added a StackPanel) an exception is raised:
Value does not fall within the expected range - right after NotifyOfPropertyChange() is called.
Here is the problematic view I'm using:
<StackPanel>
<ToggleButton x:Name="SayHello" Grid.Column="1" IsEnabled="{Binding HasValue}" Height="190">
<StackPanel x:Name="sp"> </StackPanel>
</ToggleButton>
<Button x:Name="Click"></Button>
</StackPanel>
The ViewModel:
private bool _hasvalue;
public bool HasValue
{
get { return _hasvalue; }
set
{
_hasvalue = value;
NotifyOfPropertyChange(() => HasValue);
}
}
public void Click()
{
HasValue = !HasValue;
}
Any way to workaround that one? - the platforms is WP8.
I couldn't replicate the error from the example above, is there additional information in your ViewModel?
you should also be able to get the effect you want (although I'd still be interested to see the root cause of your error), by using the Caliburn.Micro conventions. Is x:Name=sp causing anything to be bound?
If you have a method SayHello, with a UI element bound to the method via a convention: x:Name="SayHello"
You can create a bool property on your ViewModel called CanSayHello, which Caliburn.Micro will use to Enable/Disable the control; although you will have to call NotifyPropertyChanged when that property changes (so the UI is aware and can update the control).
E.g.
<!-- Your existing Control, Note `IsEnabled` is not bound -->
<ToggleButton x:Name="SayHello" Height="40">
// On your ViewModel
public bool CanSayHello
{
get
{
return HasValue;
}
}
public void Click()
{
HasValue = !HasValue;
NotifyOfPropertyChange(() => CanSayHello);
}
Some additional info.