What do I have to change to the following code so that the background is red, neither of the 2 ways I tried worked:
(source: deviantsart.com)
XAML:
<Window x:Class="TestBackground88238.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Message}" Background="{Binding Background}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Message}">
<TextBlock.Background>
<SolidColorBrush Color="{Binding Background}"/>
</TextBlock.Background>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
Code Behind:
using System.Windows;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace TestBackground88238
{
public partial class Window1 : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
#region ViewModelProperty: Background
private string _background;
public string Background
{
get
{
return _background;
}
set
{
_background = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Background");
}
}
#endregion
#region ViewModelProperty: Message
private string _message;
public string Message
{
get
{
return _message;
}
set
{
_message = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Message");
}
}
#endregion
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = this;
Background = "Red";
Message = "This is the title, the background should be " + Background + ".";
}
#region INotifiedProperty Block
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
#endregion
}
}
I tried Aviad's answer which didn't seem to work. I can do this manually with x:Name as shown here but I want to be able to bind the color to a INotifyPropertyChanged property, how can I do this?
(source: deviantsart.com)
XAML:
<Window x:Class="TestBackground88238.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Message}" Background="{Binding Background}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="Message2" Text="This one is manually orange."/>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
Code Behind:
using System.Windows;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Media;
namespace TestBackground88238
{
public partial class Window1 : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
#region ViewModelProperty: Background
private Brush _background;
public Brush Background
{
get
{
return _background;
}
set
{
_background = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Background");
}
}
#endregion
#region ViewModelProperty: Message
private string _message;
public string Message
{
get
{
return _message;
}
set
{
_message = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Message");
}
}
#endregion
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = this;
Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
Message = "This is the title, the background should be " + Background + ".";
Message2.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Orange);
}
#region INotifiedProperty Block
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
#endregion
}
}
Important:
Make sure you're using System.Windows.Media.Brush
and not System.Drawing.Brush
They're not compatible and you'll get binding errors.
The color enumeration you need to use is also different
System.Windows.Media.Colors.Aquamarine (class name isColors
) <--- use this one System.Drawing.Color.Aquamarine (class name isColor
)
If in doubt use Snoop
and inspect the element's background property to look for binding errors - or just look in your debug log.