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Understanding Commands in WPF: A Cleaner Alternative to Button Click Events

Many WPF developers start by using Button Click events for handling user actions. At first, this seems simple and straightforward. But very soon, the code-behind file becomes huge , and maintaining it turns into a challenge. One big problem arises: when the logic changes, the button does not enable or disable automatically , and testing button click logic becomes very difficult. So the big question is: Is there a better way to handle button actions in WPF? The answer is Commands . In this post, we’ll learn how to use Commands in WPF with a simple, practical example. We’ll cover: What a Command is How it works Why using Commands is better than Click events How buttons can automatically enable or disable based on conditions What is a Command in WPF? In WPF, a Command acts as a middle layer between the UI and your logic. Instead of the button directly calling a method, it triggers a Command , and the Command decides: What code should run Whether the button s...

Understanding Commands in WPF: A Cleaner Alternative to Button Click Events

Many WPF developers start by using Button Click events for handling user actions. At first, this seems simple and straightforward. But very soon, the code-behind file becomes huge , and maintaining it turns into a challenge. One big problem arises: when the logic changes, the button does not enable or disable automatically , and testing button click logic becomes very difficult. So the big question is: Is there a better way to handle button actions in WPF? The answer is Commands . In this post, we’ll learn how to use Commands in WPF with a simple, practical example. We’ll cover: What a Command is How it works Why using Commands is better than Click events How buttons can automatically enable or disable based on conditions What is a Command in WPF? In WPF, a Command acts as a middle layer between the UI and your logic. Instead of the button directly calling a method, it triggers a Command , and the Command decides: What code should run Whether the button s...

Step by step guide to implement the command in wpf

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To create the custom command we need to implement ICommand interface which is having two method called CanExecute and Execute and one EventHandler called CanExecuteChanged. CanExecute method is responsible to tell if commend will execute or not. Execute method perform the action. Step to create custom command: Implement the ICommand write a constructor which will take two parameters of type Action and Func respectively. if you want to trigger CanExecute on property change then add the method which should invoke CanExecuteChanged  EventHandler . Why Action? Action delegate is used for performing the action. As our actual implementation of  this Action will present in our ViewModel and we need to pass ViewModel method as a constructor parameter so that we can assign it in our CustomCommand and can invoke when require. Why Func? Func delegate is used when we want to pass some value and return some value. As our actual implementation of  this Func will ...