Binding RadioButtons with Gender Property in WPF Using Value Converter

Many WPF developers face a common problem when working with RadioButtons . They try to bind RadioButtons with a Gender property, but the binding does not work as expected . Why does this happen? Because RadioButtons work with true/false values , but in real applications, Gender is stored as meaningful values like: Male Female So the big question is: How do we connect a true/false UI control with a Male/Female data value? Why RadioButton Binding Fails A RadioButton uses the IsChecked property, and this property accepts only: true false But your Gender property is usually: a string ( "Male" , "Female" ) or an enum So the UI value and the data value are different types . This mismatch is the root cause of the problem. The Solution: Value Converter WPF provides a powerful feature called a Value Converter . What is a Value Converter? A Value Converter converts one value type into another. In our case: Convert Gender (...

Multiple ways to handle Checked/Unchecked event in wpf using MVVM

In this post i am trying to explain multiple way to handle Checked/Unchecked event in wpf using MVVM

First let's create a view which contains multiple CheckBox. 

All CheckBox will handle the Checked/Unchecked event differently. 


CheckBoxEx.xaml


<Window x:Class="PrismApp.Views.CheckBoxEx"

             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

             xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"

             prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True">

    <StackPanel >

        <CheckBox Content="Bind Command by passing CheckBox as CommandParameter but set command parameter type is object" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"  Name="chkObj"

                  Command="{Binding CheckedChangedCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=chkObj}"/>

        <CheckBox Content="Bind Command by passing CheckBox as CommandParameter" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"  Name="chk"

                  Command="{Binding CheckedByCheckBoxCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=chk}"/>

        <CheckBox Content="Bind Command by passing CheckBox IsChecked property as CommandParameter" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"  Name="chkbx"

                  Command="{Binding CheckedByIsCheckedPropertyCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=chkbx,Path=IsChecked}"/>

        <CheckBox Content="Bind Command by passing DataContext as CommandParameter" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"

                  Command="{Binding CheckedByDataContextCommand}" IsChecked="{Binding IsVmChecked}" CommandParameter="{Binding}"/>

        <CheckBox Content="By Binding IsChecked property of CheckBox with VM property" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"

                 IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked}" />

    </StackPanel>

</Window>


CheckBoxEx.xaml.cs


    public partial class CheckBoxEx : Window

    {

        public CheckBoxEx()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

    }



CheckBoxExViewModel.cs


using Prism.Commands;

using Prism.Mvvm;

using System.Windows.Controls;

using System.Windows;


    public class CheckBoxExViewModel : BindableBase

    {

        public CheckBoxExViewModel()

        {


        }


        #region 5 ways to handle the Checked/UnChecked of CheckBox using Command


        #region Way 1: When command parameter type is object need to cast

        private DelegateCommand<object> _checkedChangedCommand;

        public DelegateCommand<object> CheckedChangedCommand => (_checkedChangedCommand = new DelegateCommand<object>(CheckChanged));


        private void CheckChanged(object obj)

        {

            var chekbox = obj as CheckBox;

            MessageBox.Show($"Checkbox is checked (Bind Command by passing CheckBox as CommandParameter but set command parameter type is object) :{chekbox.IsChecked}");


        }

        #endregion


        #region Way 2: When command parameter type is CheckBox no need to cast

        private DelegateCommand<CheckBox> _checkedByCheckBoxCommand;

        public DelegateCommand<CheckBox> CheckedByCheckBoxCommand => (_checkedByCheckBoxCommand = new DelegateCommand<CheckBox>(CheckedByCheckBoxChanged));


        private void CheckedByCheckBoxChanged(CheckBox chekbox)

        {

            MessageBox.Show($"Checkbox is checked (Bind Command by passing CheckBox as CommandParameter) :{chekbox.IsChecked}");


        }

        #endregion


        #region Way 3:When command parameter type is CheckBox IsChecked property type

        private DelegateCommand<bool?> _checkedByIsCheckedPropertyCommand;

        public DelegateCommand<bool?> CheckedByIsCheckedPropertyCommand => (_checkedByIsCheckedPropertyCommand = new DelegateCommand<bool?>(CheckedByIsCheckedPropertyChange));

        private void CheckedByIsCheckedPropertyChange(bool? isChecked)

        {

            MessageBox.Show($"Checkbox is checked (Bind Command by passing CheckBox IsChecked property as CommandParameter):{isChecked}");


        }

        #endregion


        #region Way 4:When command parameter type is DataContext

        private bool _isVmChecked;


        public bool IsVmChecked

        {

            get { return _isVmChecked; }

            set

            {

                SetProperty(ref _isVmChecked, value);

            }

        }

        private DelegateCommand<CheckBoxExViewModel> _checkedByDataContextCommand;

        public DelegateCommand<CheckBoxExViewModel> CheckedByDataContextCommand => (_checkedByDataContextCommand = new DelegateCommand<CheckBoxExViewModel>(CheckedByDataContextChange));

        private void CheckedByDataContextChange(CheckBoxExViewModel datacontext)

        {

            MessageBox.Show($"Checkbox is checked (Bind Command by passing DataContext as CommandParameter):{datacontext.IsChecked}");


        }

        #endregion


        #region Way 5: By Binding IsChecked property of CheckBox

        private bool _isChecked;


        public bool IsChecked

        {

            get { return _isChecked; }

            set

            {

                SetProperty(ref _isChecked, value);

                MessageBox.Show($"Checkbox is checked (By Binding IsChecked property of CheckBox):{_isChecked}");

            }

        }

        #endregion


        #endregion

    }


Note: Way 1 and Way 2 are not recommended to use because we should not use any Views components in ViewModel.

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