Question

My UserControl contains a TextBox and a Button. The TextBox’s Text is correctly populated by a dependency property called X.

My Goal:
Change the value of X (e.g. Text of the TextBox) when I press the Button.

I have defined the UserControl as follows:

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
    <TextBox Name="Xbox" Text="{Binding Path=X}" Width="50"/>
    <Button Content="Current" Click="InsertCurrentBtnClick" />
</StackPanel>

With codebehind:

    public double X
    {
        get { return (double)GetValue(XProperty); }
        set { SetValue(XProperty, value); }
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty XProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("X", typeof(double), typeof(MyUserControl), new PropertyMetadata(0.0));


    private void InsertCurrentBtnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        X = 0.7;

        //BindingOperations.GetBindingExpression(this, XProperty).UpdateTarget();
        //BindingOperations.GetBindingExpression(Xbox, TextBox.TextProperty).UpdateTarget();
        //BindingOperations.GetBindingExpression(Xbox, XProperty).UpdateTarget();
        //Xbox.GetBindingExpression(TextBox.TextProperty).UpdateTarget();
        //GetBindingExpression(XProperty).UpdateTarget();
    }

I have tried several things – one at a time – (see below X=0.7;) to force the update to the TextBox Text but nothing has helped so far.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I’d write it in this way:

    public double X
    {
        get { return (double)GetValue(XProperty); }
        set { SetValue(XProperty, value); }
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty XProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("X", typeof(double), typeof(MainPage), new PropertyMetadata(new PropertyChangedCallback(Callback)));


    public static void Callback(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        (o as MainPage).Xbox.Text = e.NewValue.ToString();
    }

    private void InsertCurrentBtnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        X = 0.7;
    }

And the xaml code:

    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
        <TextBox Name="Xbox" Width="50"/>
        <Button Content="Current" Click="InsertCurrentBtnClick" />
    </StackPanel>