I have a DependencyObject that's inside an attached dependency property (that's a collection). Binding to that object does not work for some reason.
In my example, I am binding two things, a basic attached property (local:CollHolder.BasicProperty
) and a regular dependent property (local:MyItem.MyData
) - both are bound to the Text
of a TextBox
control.
The XAML looks like this:
<ListView ItemsSource="{x:Bind Items}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:DataType="x:String">
<StackPanel x:Name="stack" local:CollHolder.BasicProperty="{Binding ElementName=text, Path=Text}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" >
<TextBox Text="" x:Name="text"/>
<local:CollHolder.Coll>
<local:MyItem MyData="{Binding ElementName=text, Path=Text}"/>
</local:CollHolder.Coll>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
When changes happen the Text
property, they propagate to the attached property, but not to the dependency property.
CollHolder:
public class CollHolder : DependencyObject
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty BasicPropertyProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("BasicProperty", typeof(string), typeof(CollHolder), new PropertyMetadata("", DPC));
public static readonly DependencyProperty CollProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Coll", typeof(Coll), typeof(CollHolder), new PropertyMetadata(null));
public static Coll GetColl(DependencyObject obj)
{
var coll = (Coll)obj.GetValue(CollProperty);
if (coll == null)
{
obj.SetValue(CollProperty, coll = new Coll());
}
return coll;
}
public static void SetColl(DependencyObject obj, Coll value)
{
obj.SetValue(CollProperty, value);
}
public static string GetBasicProperty(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (string)obj.GetValue(BasicPropertyProperty);
}
public static void SetBasicProperty(DependencyObject obj, string value)
{
obj.SetValue(BasicPropertyProperty, value);
}
private static void DPC(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Basic Property changed");
}
}
MyItem:
public class MyItem : DependencyObject
{
public string MyData
{
get { return (string)GetValue(MyDataProperty); }
set { SetValue(MyDataProperty, value); }
}
// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for MyData. This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty MyDataProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("MyData", typeof(string), typeof(MyItem), new PropertyMetadata("", DPC));
private static void DPC(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("CHANGED!!");
}
}
And the collection is pretty simple:
public class Coll : List<MyItem>
{
}
When changes happen the Text property, they propagate to the attached property, but not to the dependency property.
<TextBox Text="" x:Name="text"/>
<local:CollHolder.Coll>
<local:MyItem MyData="{Binding ElementName=text, Path=Text}"/>
</local:CollHolder.Coll>
The TextBox
and local:MyItem
in the same DataContext
, you could use {x:Bind }
to get the text value directly.
<TextBox Text="{x:Bind }" x:Name="text" />
<local:CollHolder.Coll>
<local:MyItem MyData="{x:Bind }" />
</local:CollHolder.Coll>
Update
I tried to replace MyItem
with Control
to test whether DependencyProperty
works in Binding
mode. It works as expected. So, you could use Control
as MyItem's base class.
public class MyItem : Control
{
public string MyData
{
get { return (string)GetValue(MyDataProperty); }
set { SetValue(MyDataProperty, value); }
}
// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for MyData. This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty MyDataProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("MyData", typeof(string), typeof(MyItem), new PropertyMetadata("", DPC));
private static void DPC(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("CHANGED!!");
}
}