Show all the System.Windows.Media.Colors using DataBinding



Here is a sample to show all the Colors or even Brushes of WPF System.Windows.Media.Colors class. 

<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource helper}}"  ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource DataTemplate1}"/>


Bellow is a function which gives all of its properties as PropertyInfo Collection.(If anybody out here knows a way to eliminate the use of this Helper class, please point that here)


public class Helper
{
    public PropertyInfo[] GetPropNames(Type type)
    {
        return type.GetProperties();
    }
}


Now you can write an ObjectDataProvider in XAML to call this function and then a DataTemplate to bind the PropertyName to the approapriate Dependancy Property. See the XAML 


  <Window.Resources>
    <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="helper" MethodName="GetPropNames" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Helper}">
      <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
        <x:Type TypeName="Colors"/>
      </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
    </ObjectDataProvider>
 
    <DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate1">
      <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
        <Rectangle Width="40" Height="28" Fill="{Binding Name}" Stroke="#FF000000"/>
        <TextBlock  Text ="{Binding Name}" Foreground="{Binding Name}" />
      </StackPanel>
    </DataTemplate>
  </Window.Resources>


Now if you need to show Brushes class members just need to replace Colors from the XAML with Brushes as shown here

    <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="helper" MethodName="GetPropNames" ObjectType="{x:Type local:Helper}">
      <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
        <x:Type TypeName="Brushes"/>
      </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
    </ObjectDataProvider>

Comments

MMOB said…
Very helpful. Thank you for posting this. I have a question though. I have an object with a 'Fill' property which is a brush that I would like to bind to a 'combobox version' of this control. How do I get the 'Name' to match up with a 'Brush'? Do I need a converter?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 5:29:00 AM PST
Jobi Joy said…
That depends on where you are binding Fill from. If the source is originally the Colors collection then there will be a name associated with it and you can use the same trick which I used(Like Colors it works with System.Windows.Media.Brushes collection too.). But not all Brushes(like #FF123456) have name. Hope you got me.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 10:42:00 AM PST
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