I want to change the Source of an ImageButton in xaml based on the Theme (i.e. Light vs Dark). I get a System.NullReferenceException 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' when I use the following:
<ImageButton
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="10"
Command="{Binding CreateCommand}"
Source="{AppThemeBinding Light=add_box_black_48dp.svg, Dark=add_box_light_48dp.svg}"
HorizontalOptions="End"
VerticalOptions="End"/>
If I change the Source to the following everything works
Source="add_box_white_48dp"
Can I use AppThemeBinding to change the ImageButton Source in this way?
<Edited on 6/4/2022 to show xaml for cases that work and those that do not work. Also changed the names of the svg files to reflect light and dark cases>
I am using Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - Preview
Version 17.3.0 Preview 1.1
This ImageButton xaml throws the exception:
<ImageButton
Margin="10"
Command="{Binding CreateNewAccountCommand}"
Source="{AppThemeBinding Light=add_light.svg, Dark=add_dark.svg}"
HorizontalOptions="End"
VerticalOptions="End"
BackgroundColor="#376489"
CornerRadius="8"
WidthRequest="36"
HeightRequest="36">
</ImageButton>
This ImageButton xaml works and does not throw an exception
<ImageButton
Margin="10"
Command="{Binding CreateNewAccountCommand}"
Source="add_light.svg"
HorizontalOptions="End"
VerticalOptions="End"
BackgroundColor="#abdbe3"
CornerRadius="8"
WidthRequest="36"
HeightRequest="36">
</ImageButton>
This also works and does not throw an exception
<ImageButton
Margin="10"
Command="{Binding CreateNewAccountCommand}"
Source="add_dark.svg"
HorizontalOptions="End"
VerticalOptions="End"
BackgroundColor="#376489"
CornerRadius="8"
WidthRequest="36"
HeightRequest="36">
</ImageButton>
To work cross-platform, refer to .png files. These get built automatically by Maui:
Each image resource needs Property/BuildAction: "MauiImage".
Refer to .png in xaml:
Source="{AppThemeBinding Light=add_box_black_48dp.png, Dark=add_box_light_48dp.png}"
Verified by modifying Maui project's default MainPage, to say:
<Image Source="{AppThemeBinding Light=dotnet_bot.png, Dark=dotnet_bot.png}" ... />
This refers to a Media item dotnet_bot.svg, which (I infer) gets converted by "MauiImage" into a .png resource.
NOTE: Maybe the plan is to be able to leave off the extension. This works on Android, but the image does not show on Windows:
<!-- Doesn't work currently on Windows -->
<Image Source="{AppThemeBinding Light=dotnet_bot, Dark=dotnet_bot}" ... />
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I am having the following situation:
CollectionView, each item is Border, that contains other controls.
When selected, the VisualState of the Border changes to selected. The child controls however do not have a change in their state.
Is there an easy way to link/pass those VisualStates to all child controls?
(cascade, 2,3,4 and more levels deeper)
Edit: I know how to use Triggers, Setters in Styles and other approaches to change the UI of the application. The question is specifically for changing the VisualState of the nested VisualElements. Cannot find anything anywhere on this matter.
You can try to set state on multiple elements.
Visual states could be attached to and operated on single elements. And it's also possible to create visual states that are attached to a single element, but that set properties on other elements within the same scope. This avoids having to repeat visual states on each element the states operate on.
The following example shows how to set state on multiple objects, from a single visual state group:
<StackLayout>
<Label Text="What is the capital of France?" />
<Entry x:Name="entry"
Placeholder="Enter answer" />
<Button Text="Reveal answer">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<VisualState.Setters>
<Setter Property="Scale"
Value="0.8" />
<Setter TargetName="entry"
Property="Entry.Text"
Value="Paris" />
</VisualState.Setters>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</Button>
</StackLayout>
Note: Property paths are unsupported in Setter elements that specify the TargetName property.
You can also try to define custom visual states, for more information, you can check: Define custom visual states .
I have a TableView in which I render form controls for data editing.
However, as soon as the Entry control receives focus, the ViewCell seemingly collapses, leaving only the section title and separator borders visible:
<TableView Intent="Data">
<TableRoot>
<TableSection Title="Details">
<ViewCell>
<Grid ColumnDefinitions="0.5*,0.5*">
<Label Text="Manufacturer" />
<Entry Text="{Binding Manufacturer}" Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
</ViewCell>
</TableSection>
</TableRoot>
</TableView>
Initial state:
After tapping the Entry element:
I've tried setting a specific height for the Grid and the Entry control, but I get the same result regardless.
Am I missing something obvious here? 🤔
It's a bug in .NET MAUI: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/10322
I ran into this a while ago and reported it. For now, I have created my own table using a Grid.
You can change The TableView HeightRequest property to a large number such as 700.
This is a temporary workaround until the bug is fixed.
<TableView HeightRequest="700">
<TableRoot>
<TableSection>
<!-- Your code goes here -->
</TableSection>
</TableRoot>
</TableView>
But, in most scenarios, you don't know what the Height is so you could set it dynamically in your code behind.
Page constructor:
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
// if you want your table height to fit half of the page
Table.HeightRequest = this.Height / 2;
// Rest of logic...
}
Xaml:
<TableView x:Name="Table">
<TableRoot>
<TableSection>
<ViewCell>
<Label Text="Example"/>
</ViewCell>
</TableSection>
</TableRoot>
</TableView>
I want to make a xamarin forms carousel view containing 2 custom views. I have this code:
<ContentPage x:Class="MainView" xmlns:mvvm="clr-namespace:Prism.Mvvm;assembly=Prism.Forms" xmlns:views="clr-namespace:Views" x:Name="Main">
<CarouselView>
<CarouselView.ItemsSource>
<x:Array Type="{x:Type View}">
<views:View1 mvvm:ViewModelLocator.AutowirePartialView="{x:Reference Main}" />
<views:View2 mvvm:ViewModelLocator.AutowirePartialView="{x:Reference Main}" />
</x:Array>
</CarouselView.ItemsSource>
<CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentView Content="{Binding .}" />
</DataTemplate>
</CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
</CarouselView>
</ContentPage>
When launching the app, exception is thrown:
Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.XamlParseException: 'Position 80:37. Can not find
the object referenced by Main'
If I just set both views as direct content of the main page, it works fine. What am I doing wrong?
Is there a way to make the collection of views through the MainViewModel?
I'm trying to do a DropDownButton (or ComboButton) in Pure XAML because I want to use the GUI in PowerShell.
I'm aware of wpftoolkit's DropDownButton but it needs custom C#/c++ code to make it work.(and if I could bring it in, the wpftoolkit would be bigger than my project!)
Below I just stacked a Button control on top of a comboBox control. (Ugly, I know but my options are limited from my point of view)
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Height="580"
MinHeight="580"
MinWidth="700"
Width="700"
Background="lightgray">
<Grid>
<ComboBox
x:Name="CboxWakeUp"
Width="100"
Height="80"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,10,10,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Background="green"
IsEditable="True"
IsReadOnly="True"
TextBlock.FontSize="16"
>
<ComboBoxItem Content="WakeUp and RDP" IsSelected="True"/>
<ComboBoxItem Content="WakeUp from list"/>
<ComboBoxItem Content="WakeUp and Run"/>
</ComboBox>
<!-- Button is ON TOP of ComboBox -->
<Button
Name="btnWakeUp"
Width="85"
Height="80"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,10,25,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Background="green"
TextBlock.FontSize="16"
>
<!-- This would makes the SelectedValue text wrap but the binding binding syntax used is taken literally -->
<TextBlock Text="{Binding SelectedValue, ElementName=CboxWakeUp}" TextWrapping="Wrap" TextAlignment="Center"/>
</Button>
</Grid>
</Window>
I'm close but I need help.
I need to wrap the text of the button and I have figured it out by embedding a TextBlock control inside the Button control (Thank you TheMadTechnician! ) but the binding syntax I used in the button is taken literally.
NOTE: I had the binding to the button working directly but when a selection was made in the ComboBox, Kaxaml gave me "Must disconnect specified child from current parent Visual before attaching to new parent Visual" error. I'm hoping the TextBlock control will side-step this issue.
PS: I was going to try to make the button change colour based on the selection made in the ComboBox:
WakeUp and RDP ==> Green
WakeUp from list ==> Blue
WakeUp and Run ==> Red
This will have to be done in PS code and that's ok
I'm trying to use MVVMLight to bind a TreeViewItem Selected event to a command.
The TreeViewItem's are defined in a HierarchicalDataTemplate so I cannot add Interaction.Triggers (as shown below)
<HierarchicalDataTemplate
x:Key="TreeViewItemTemplate"
ItemsSource="{Binding ChildReportViewModels}">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="Selected">
<MvvmLight_Command:EventToCommand Command="{Binding LoadReportCommand, Mode=OneWay}" />
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
How else can I add the EventTrigger to each TreeViewItem?
Thanks.
I forgot about this question.
For future ref, here's the solution I used...
Instead of trying to bind the EventToCommand to the Selected event of the TreeView,
I bound it to the MouseLeftButtonUpEvent of the TextBlock declared in the HierarchicalDataTemplate for TreeViewItems.
<HierarchicalDataTemplate
x:Key="TreeViewItemTemplate"
ItemsSource="{Binding ChildReportViewModels}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource TreeViewItemContainerStyle}">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonUp">
<gs_cmd:EventToCommand Command="{Binding LoadPublicationCommand, Mode=OneWay}" CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
I have not much knowledge about MVVMLight and especially about EventTrigger.
But since there is no answer to your qestion yet the codeplex article TreeViewWithViewModel might help. It shows how to bind to SelectedItem and IsExpanded Properties in a wpf-treeview and how these can be used to implement load on demand in the treeview.