Question

I am new to WPF so after reading for a while I deduce that my problem needs to be handled with this pattern: DependencyProperty.

I want my ToggleButton to have another boolean property.

My problem is where should I assign this property, and how? Inside the object that is bound to the ToggleButton?

Let’s say I have a class cell (which is bound to this Button) that when clicked I want that from this point on, it would hold new face with trigger on.

My new property will be:

 bool wasClick 

Can someone explain to me how I should write it and tell me more about this new concept?

EDIT:
The main topic is where should I define it so I want it asoocited to a Button but where should I write the code. Lets say I have a class that is bound to a Button. Should I write:

public static readonly DependencyProperty IsSpinningProperty = 
       DependencyProperty.Register(
...    "IsSpinning", typeof(Boolean),

in this class or should I write it in my view model? If so, where and how?

Answer 1

As the name implies (kind of poorly), a dependency property is a property whose value can depend on something else. Generally, this means a property whose value gets determined automatically (and dynamically) by the WPF framework under certain conditions. The most common conditions are:

• The property has a default value, or inherits its value from an ancestor in the visual tree. In this case, the property’s value is determined without it ever being set.
• The property is the target of data binding.
• The property’s value is set by an animation.

Not all properties whose value gets set by the WPF framework need to be dependency properties. Any CLR property with a public getter and setter can be the source of a two-way data binding.

In your case, it sounds like you don’t really need a dependency property, not if you’re using a view model. You could just do this (assuming that you’ve implemented property-change notification in your class):

private bool _IsChecked;

public bool IsChecked
{
   get { return _IsChecked; } }
   set
   {
      if (value == _IsChecked)
      {
         return;
      }
      _IsChecked = value;
      WasChecked = WasChecked || value;
      OnPropertyChanged("IsChecked");
   }
}

private bool _WasChecked;

public bool WasChecked
{
   get { return _WasChecked; }
   private set
   {
      if (value == _WasChecked)
      {
         return;
      }
      _WasChecked = value;
      OnPropertyChanged("WasChecked");
   }
}