What I have is an object that has an IsReadOnly
property. If this property is true, I would like to set the IsEnabled
property on a Button, ( for example ), to false.
I would like to believe that I can do it as easily as IsEnabled="{Binding Path=!IsReadOnly}"
but that doesn't fly with WPF.
Am I relegated to having to go through all of the style settings? Just seems too wordy for something as simple as setting one bool to the inverse of another bool.
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=IsReadOnly}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="False" />
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=IsReadOnly}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="True" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
You can use a ValueConverter that inverts a bool property for you.
XAML:
IsEnabled="{Binding Path=IsReadOnly, Converter={StaticResource InverseBooleanConverter}}"
Converter:
[ValueConversion(typeof(bool), typeof(bool))]
public class InverseBooleanConverter : IValueConverter
{
#region IValueConverter Members
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
if (targetType != typeof(bool))
throw new InvalidOperationException("The target must be a boolean");
return !(bool)value;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
#endregion
}