I want to enable/disable a ComboBox based on if there is an item selected in another ComboBox. I was able to get it working by setting a trigger on the Style, but that overrides my custom global style for the combobox. Is there another way to get the same functionality without losing my style?
<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"
Name="AnalysisComboBox"
MinWidth="200"
VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=AvailableAnalysis}">
<ComboBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="True" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding SelectedItem,ElementName=ApplicationComboBox}" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ComboBox.Style>
</ComboBox>
You don't need to do this via a Style, you can bind the IsEnabled property directly using a value converter as follows:
<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"
Name="AnalysisComboBox"
MinWidth="200"
VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
IsEnabled={Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=ApplicationComboBox, Converter={StaticResource NullToFalseConverter}}"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=AvailableAnalysis}"/>
Where NullToFalseConverter is a key to an instance of the followsing converter:
public class NullToFalseConverter: IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
return value == null;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}