Question

In WPF, I want to create a hyperlink that navigates to the details of an object, and I want the text of the hyperlink to be the name of the object. Right now, I have this:

<TextBlock><Hyperlink Command='local:MyCommands.ViewDetails' CommandParameter='{Binding}'>Object Name</Hyperlink></TextBlock> 

But I want ‘Object Name’ to be bound to the actual name of the object. I would like to do something like this:

<TextBlock><Hyperlink Command='local:MyCommands.ViewDetails' CommandParameter='{Binding}' Text='{Binding Path=Name}'/></TextBlock> 

However, the Hyperlink class does not have a text or content property that is suitable for data binding (that is, a dependency property).

Any ideas?

Answer 1

It looks strange, but it works. We do it in about 20 different places in our app. Hyperlink implicitly constructs a <Run/> if you put text in its "content", but in .NET 3.5 <Run/> won’t let you bind to it, so you’ve got to explicitly use a TextBlock.

<TextBlock>     <Hyperlink Command="local:MyCommands.ViewDetails" CommandParameter="{Binding}">         <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}"/>     </Hyperlink> </TextBlock> 

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Update: Note that as of .NET 4.0 the Run.Text property can now be bound:

<Run Text="{Binding Path=Name}" />