For future stumblers on this question, this page is what ultimately worked for me: http://blog.alner.net/archive/2010/04/25/cancelling-selection-change-in-a-bound-wpf-combo-box.aspx It’s for a combobox, but works for a listbox just fine, since in MVVM you don’t really care what type of control is calling the setter. The glorious secret, as the author mentions, is to actually change the underlying value … Read more
You’d need to set the label’s text property to DateTime.Now: labelName.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString(); You can format it in a variety of ways by handing ToString() a format string in the form of “MM/DD/YYYY” and the like. (Google Date-format strings).
Try this, First check for a physical keyboard presence: KeyboardCapabilities keyboardCapabilities = new Windows.Devices.Input.KeyboardCapabilities(); return keyboardCapabilities.KeyboardPresent != 0 ? true : false; If you do not find a physical keyboard, use the in-built virtual keyboard of windows: Process.Start(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + “osk.exe”); Got help from here: link 1 link 2
Set the ItemsPanel to a Canvas and bind the containers instead of the TextBlock in the DataTemplate <ItemsControl ItemsSource=”{Binding Path=ItemsToShowInCanvas}”> <ItemsControl.ItemsPanel> <ItemsPanelTemplate> <Canvas/> </ItemsPanelTemplate> </ItemsControl.ItemsPanel> <ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle> <Style TargetType=”ContentPresenter”> <Setter Property=”Canvas.Left” Value=”{Binding Left}”/> <Setter Property=”Canvas.Top” Value=”{Binding Top}”/> </Style> </ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle> <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBlock Text=”{Binding Path=Text}” /> </DataTemplate> </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate> </ItemsControl>
Use a ToggleButton, it has all the functionality you see in a CheckBox since it is derived from it.
UniformGrid contains two properties, Rows and Columns, for setting the number of rows and columns. Controls are added to the grid in the order that they are declared. So there will not be any column in between them. In your example you have declared Columns=3 and you have added only two controls. But if you … Read more
You are mistaken that Rectangle does not support this: <Rectangle StrokeDashArray=”0.5 1.0 0.3″ Stroke=”Black” StrokeThickness=”2″ RadiusX=”10″ RadiusY=”10″/>
First, download Font Awesome, extract the ZIP file and copy fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf into a Fonts folder in your solution. Set the Build Action in the properties to Resource if it isn’t already Next, add a Style to the Resources in App.xaml. Don’t forget the # at the front of the font name and remember to use … Read more
Don’t set the ItemTemplate but use an ItemTemplateSelector. DataTriggers would be fine too of course, spares you the extra class for the selector. e.g. <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <ContentControl Content=”{Binding}”> <ContentControl.Style> <Style TargetType=”ContentControl”> <Style.Triggers> <DataTrigger Binding=”{Binding ThatProperty}” Value=”1″> <Setter Property=”ContentTemplate” Value=”{StaticResource myDataTemplate1}” /> </DataTrigger> <DataTrigger Binding=”{Binding ThatProperty}” Value=”2″> <Setter Property=”ContentTemplate” Value=”{StaticResource myDataTemplate2}” /> </DataTrigger> </Style.Triggers> </Style> </ContentControl.Style> … Read more
Maybe Wrap panel will help. <WrapPanel Orientation=”Horizontal”> <Button Margin=”3″>Button 1</Button> <Button Margin=”3″>Button 2</Button> <Button Margin=”3″>Button 3</Button> <Button Margin=”3″>Button 4</Button> <Button Margin=”3″>Button 5</Button> </WrapPanel>