How can I change the Visibility of a TextBlock with a Trigger?

Question

When I try to compile the following code, I get the error 'Visibility' member is not valid because it does not have a qualifying type name.

What do I have to change so that I can make the TextBlock disappear when Status=off?

XAML:

<Window x:Class="TestTrigger123345.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="This is a sentence.">
            <TextBlock.Triggers>
                <Trigger Property="{Binding Status}" Value="off">
                    <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
                </Trigger>
            </TextBlock.Triggers>
        </TextBlock>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Status}"/>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Code Behind:

using System.Windows;

namespace TestTrigger123345
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = this;
            Status = "off";
        }

        public string Status { get; set; }

    }
}

I changed to DataTrigger and Dependency Properties and it gets the same error:

XAML:

<Window x:Class="TestTrigger123345.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 HorizontalAlignment="Left">
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Status}">
            <TextBlock.Triggers>
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Status}" Value="off">
                    <Setter Property="TextBlock.Background" Value="Tan"/>
                </DataTrigger>
            </TextBlock.Triggers>
        </TextBlock>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Code Behind:

using System.Windows;

namespace TestTrigger123345
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = this;
            Status = "off";
        }

        #region DependencyProperty: Status
        public string Status
        {
            get
            {
                return (string)GetValue(StatusProperty);
            }
            set
            {
                SetValue(StatusProperty, value);
            }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty StatusProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("Status", typeof(string), typeof(Window1),
            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata());
        #endregion


    }
}

I redid this with a ViewModel that has a property Status that implements INotifyPropertyChanged, and it gets that same error:

WindowViewModel.cs:

using System.ComponentModel;

namespace TestTrigger123345
{
    class WindowViewModel
    {
        #region ViewModelProperty: Status
        private string _status;
        public string Status
        {
            get
            {
                return _status;
            }

            set
            {
                _status = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Status");
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region PropertChanged Block
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        private void OnPropertyChanged(string property)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
            {
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

Code Behind:

using System.Windows;

namespace TestTrigger123345
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            WindowViewModel windowViewModel = new WindowViewModel();
            windowViewModel.Status = "off";
            DataContext = windowViewModel;
        }

    }
}

Surely there is a way to do this with a trigger somehow.

Answer 1

Maybe you need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged and raise PropertyChange when Status change ?

Instead of using a trigger, you can use a Converter between Visibility and your Status string.

Answer 2

For Bindings use DataTrigger, for properties you can use Trigger.. Also make sure the Status Property notifies ;) Either make it a dependency property or use the INotifyPropertyChanged interface.

DataTrigger on MSDN

Nice article how to combine all these trigger goodness

Answer 3

The answer to this is to use a style as explained here.

Answer 4

You need to specify the Type on which the visibility should be set

<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.Visibility" Value="Visible"/>