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IsMouseOver within a Button

Hi all, I'm creating a button with a down arrow: The arrow is actually a button within a button. When the mouse is at the location I pointed out with a red dot it looks like this (which is good): The inner button lights up okay. But when going slightly up it looks like the following picture (not good, the inner-button is not sel...

Grid Splitter problem in WPF

I want a layout like VS 2008. In which I want two columns and second columns is again split into two. I done that in the xaml mentioned below, but the GridSplitter is not visible vertically ( which split two columns). I want both the GridSplitter to resizable. One GridSplitter Resize the Left Hand Pane and Right Hand Pane and another G...

WPF Grid ellipse overlay position

Sor far I have: <Grid x:Name="MainLibraryGrid"> <TabControl Name="TabControl1" TabStripPlacement="Bottom"> <TabItem Header="300s"> <Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> <ColumnDefini...

How can I bind a command of a control in template to my ViewModel

Hi guys, Right, what I have is: <Window x:Class="WpfGettingThingsDone.View.MainWindow" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" AllowsTransparency="True" Background="Transparent" WindowStyle="None" Title="{Binding Title}" Height...

TextBoxColumn in DevexpressGridControl (WPF)

Hello. In Windows grid is sucha a thing like DataGridViewTextBoxColumn col = new DataGridViewTextBoxColumn(); Is something like that in DevExpress GridControll for WPF?Or maybe is possible to do some workaround? ...

WPF CommandParameter binding and canExecute

I have a template for treeView item: <HierarchicalDataTemplate x:Key="RatesTemplate"> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ID}"/> <Button CommandParameter="{Binding Path=ID}" Command="{Binding ElementName=CalcEditView, ...

Why is UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged not triggering an element changed?

I have this WPF Window: public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); this.Content = new TheForm(); } Which loads this UserControl: <UserControl x:Class="TestAutomaticUpdate82828.TheForm" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Height="30...

Bind objects to XAML collection

Is it possible to use binding to add objects to a XAML collection. something like <x:Array Type="sys:Int32"> <Binding Source="obj", Path="Prop1"/> <Binding Source="obj", Path="Prop2"/> </x:Array> ...

WPF ReadOnly Dependency Properties using MVVM

Hi, I've recently overridden the DevXpress WPF grid to give myself a SelectedObject property that I can access from my loosely bound ViewModel. I've made a SelectedObject dependency property and have it bound OneWayToSource in my XAML. Everthing works fine, but if I try to make it ReadOnly (for completeness) I get a compile error and ...

WPF MVVM controls sharing info

I'm learning WPF and MVVM and trying to stress good design. I have lots of experience with WinForms and C#. This is conceptual so I don't think I need to post code. I have a xaml Window that manages "Profiles". On the left half is a custom Control treeview bound to a ViewModel that reads a database and creates a heirarchy of profiles. T...

What are the exact languages supported by the WPF in-built spell checking?

I understand only 4 languages are supported within WPF in-built spelling, English, German, French and Spanish are available. But is only en-US supported, how about en-GB? Documentation on this topic in MSDN docs. seems sparse at best. Where can I locate exact details on the languages supported? The reason I ask this is that I would l...

How can I set a property of a DropShadowEffect via a Trigger in a ControlTemplate?

I have a Button ControlTemplate and I'm trying to modify a DropShadowEffect on a Border by using a Trigger. Here is my Xaml: <Button.Template> <ControlTemplate TargetType="Button"> <Border x:Name="ButtonBorder" Margin="10" CornerRadius="5" Background="Gray"> <Border.Effect> <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="5" x:Name="B...

looping through an image folder in a wpf application

I currently am loading all images in a folder in my "MyPictures" folder on my machine which works fine... foreach (string filename in Directory.GetFiles(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures))) What I really want to be able to do, though, is load all the images in my Images folder within my solution project. C...

Modify the main screen so that all controls resize Proportionally when the form is resized

Hi All I need help in acomplishing this in wpf : "Modify the main screen so that all controls resize Proportionally when the form is resized" Thanks Marius ...

how to use DynamicResource in the code behind ?

I'd like to be able to set a property to a dynamic resource programmatically. myControl.Property = this.Resource[key] is not a valid response, since if the resource with the key 'key' is replaced, the property is not updated automatically. Thanks for you response, ...

WPF synchronize Listview with some ViewCollection

hi there, I have a WPF Listview databound to an ObeservableCollection named "FilteredAppendixes". Now I create a view with: CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(FilteredAppendixes); The currentItemProperty of it will not be in sync with the Item I choose by Mouseclick in the listview. the CurrentITem property always remains the same fi...

Manage complex UI with MVVM

Hi My question is actually about starting an application with MVVM : My main screen will host many screens. I understand that they will be UserControls. But i don't see where i instantiate then when i want, when i show them and when i hide them ? The logic is not clear to me. Can someone explain me or point me to a simple and clear e...

how to get the wpf toolkit datagrid to show new rows when bound to dataset

Is there a way to get the wpf toolkit datagrid to show new rows when its bound to a dataset? In other words, I have a datagrid, I've set its Itemssource to a DataTable, and everything seems to work fine, except I can't get the grid to show rows that I add to the DataTable programatically. ...

CommandManager.InvalidateRequerySuggested() isn't fast enough. What can I do?

Short Version Calls to CommandManager.InvalidateRequerySuggested() take far longer to take effect than I would like (1-2 second delay before UI controls become disabled). Long Version I have a system where I submit tasks to a background-thread based task processor. This submit happens on the WPF UI thread. When this submit happens, t...

Hierarchical Data Structure WPF TreeListView DataTriggers

Hi I am trying to make a tree list view that displays different information compared to the parent. From what i have now, the Children display the same information as the parent. I was wondering, how i would do this. The last post i had didn't really quite make sense to me, it didn't work really well. I was wondering if anyone can expl...