MultiDataTrigger vs DataTrigger with multibinding

mcwyrm picture mcwyrm · Jan 8, 2014 · Viewed 27.2k times · Source

I encountered a situation where I can easily achieve the same functionality by using a MultiDataTrigger or, alternately, using a DataTrigger with a MultiBinding. Are there any substantive reasons to prefer one approach over the other?

With MultiDataTrigger:

<MultiDataTrigger>
    <MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
        <Condition Binding="{Binding Path=SomePath}" Value="SomeValue"/>
        <Condition Binding="{Binding Path=SomeOtherPath, Converter={StaticResource SomeConverter}}" Value="SomeOtherValue"/>
    </MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
    <MultiDataTrigger.EnterActions>
        <BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource MyStoryboard}"/>
    </MultiDataTrigger.EnterActions>
</MultiDataTrigger>

With MultiBinding:

<DataTrigger Value="foo">
    <DataTrigger.Binding>
        <MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource fooConv}"/>
            <Binding Path=SomePath/>
            <Binding Path=SomeOtherPath/>
        </MultiBinding>
    </DataTrigger.Binding>
    <DataTrigger.EnterActions>
        <BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource MyStoryboard}"/>
    </DataTrigger.EnterActions>
</DataTrigger>

Answer

Gusdor picture Gusdor · Jan 8, 2014

Multibinding requires a converter for all but the rarest circumstances (using StringFormat).

MultiTrigger only requires a converter to get your binding results into booleans.