I am wiring up a WPF calendar to an MVVM view model. I'm not sure how to bind date selections and month changes to MVVM ICommand objects. For example to process a selected date change, what object would I bind in XAML to the appropriate command property in my view model?
As nearly as I can tell, I am stuck with event handling in code-behind. For example, it looks like the only way to detect a date selection change is to write a SelectedDatesChanged event handler. I can invoke the command property in my view model from the event handler, like this:
private void Calendar_SelectedDatesChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
var viewModel = (CalendarViewModel) DataContext;
viewModel.GetDateNotes.Execute();
}
But I sense a code smell to that approach, unless there is no better approach available. Can anyone tell me how to bind a WPF Calendar to MVVM commands directly from XAML? Is there a better approach than the one I am taking? Thanks for your help.