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Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788399807
Length 524 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kunal Chowdhury Kunal Chowdhury
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. WPF Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Using WPF Standard Controls 3. Layouts and Panels 4. Working with Data Bindings 5. Using Custom Controls and User Controls 6. Using Styles, Templates, and Triggers 7. Using Resources and MVVM Patterns 8. Working with Animations 9. Using WCF Services 10. Debugging and Threading 11. Interoperability with Win32 and WinForm 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Creating a data trigger


As the name says, the data trigger applies property values to perform a set of actions on the Data that has been bound to the UIElement. This is represented by the <DataTrigger> element.

In this recipe, we will learn how to create a trigger that acts on the underlying data.

Getting ready

Let's get started with creating a new WPF project. Open the Visual Studio and create a project called CH06.DataTriggerDemo.

How to do it...

Follow these simple steps to create a data trigger that will act to change the Background and Content property of a Label, based on the radio button selection:

  1. From the Solution Explorer, open the MainWindow.xaml file.

  2. Let's divide the Grid panel into two columns:

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions> 
    <ColumnDefinition/> 
    <ColumnDefinition/> 
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
  1. Now insert a Label of 150 100 dimension at column 0 (zero) and set its Foreground property to White:

<Label Width="150" 
       Height="100" 
       Grid.Column...
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