C#•2y ago

Sanity check on WPF CustomControl Binding to ViewModel not working

Can someone sanity check me here... In WPF I have a custom control derived from RichTextBox. I needed to have a way to access the selected text from my ViewModel so I could use it to inject into a new object created by said VM However, the value doesn't seem to move across the binding into the view model. So on my view model I made a SelectedText Property

public class MyViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged {
  public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
  private string _selectedText;
  public string SelectedText { 
    get => _selectedText; 
    set { _selectedText = value; PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(SelectedText))); }
  }
}

public class MyViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged {
  public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
  private string _selectedText;
  public string SelectedText { 
    get => _selectedText; 
    set { _selectedText = value; PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(SelectedText))); }
  }
}

and in my custom RichTextBox I have a DependencyProperty

public class AlertTextBox: RichTextBox {
  public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedTextProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(SelectedText), typeof(string), typeof(AlertTextBox));
  public string SelectedText
  {
    get => (string)GetValue(SelectedTextProperty);
    set => SetValue(SelectedTextProperty, value);
  }
  public AlertTextBox(){
    Selection.Changed += SelectionChanged;
  }
  public void SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) => SetCurrentValue(SelectedTextProperty, Selection.Text);
}

public class AlertTextBox: RichTextBox {
  public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedTextProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(SelectedText), typeof(string), typeof(AlertTextBox));
  public string SelectedText
  {
    get => (string)GetValue(SelectedTextProperty);
    set => SetValue(SelectedTextProperty, value);
  }
  public AlertTextBox(){
    Selection.Changed += SelectionChanged;
  }
  public void SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) => SetCurrentValue(SelectedTextProperty, Selection.Text);
}

Finally, in my test Window I have it bound together

   <AlertTextBox SelectedText="{Binding Path=SelectedText}" />

   <AlertTextBox SelectedText="{Binding Path=SelectedText}" />

When inspecting the UI with Snoop, I can see that the binding on SelectedText is considered valid. I believe that using SetCurrentValue is correct to allow the value to propagate across the binding to the ViewModel So I must be missing something, I've done this what feels like countless times and I just don't see what I'm overlooking

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twiner•2y ago

I have verified that the SelectionChanged callback is executed and that the value of Selection.Text is the expected value (the text that appears to be visually selected in the UI) I also tried changing the binding on Selected text to update on property change.

 <AlertTextBox SelectedText="{Binding Path=SelectedText, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />

 <AlertTextBox SelectedText="{Binding Path=SelectedText, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />

Alexicon•2y ago

I think you need mode=twoway off the top of my head

twiner•2y ago

😐 well that was it I've barely started my day and I feel like I should end it

Alexicon•2y ago

haha, glad I remembered right

twiner•2y ago

Thank you for the sanity check! I clearly have lost it

Alexicon•2y ago

it happens to everyone, no problem

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Sanity check on WPF CustomControl Binding to ViewModel not working