TextBlock is not a control Even though TextBlock lives in the System.Windows.Controls namespace, it is not a control. It derives directly from FrameworkElement. Label, on the other hand, derives from ContentControl. This means that Label can: Be given a custom control template (via the Template property). Display data other than just a string (via the … Read more
Here is my modified code for recursively format text. It handles Bold, Italic, Underline and LineBreak but can easily be extended to support more (modify the switch statement). public static class MyBehavior { public static string GetFormattedText(DependencyObject obj) { return (string)obj.GetValue(FormattedTextProperty); } public static void SetFormattedText(DependencyObject obj, string value) { obj.SetValue(FormattedTextProperty, value); } public static … Read more
Because the link in Alek’s answer is down, I found a cached copy of the link from the wayback machine. You can not download the code linked in the article, so here is a pre-assembled version of the code. There was one or two issues I ran in to while trying to make it work … Read more
You could add a Dependency Property to a TextBlock Subclass public class BindableTextBlock : TextBlock { public ObservableCollection<Inline> InlineList { get { return (ObservableCollection<Inline>)GetValue(InlineListProperty); } set { SetValue(InlineListProperty, value); } } public static readonly DependencyProperty InlineListProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(“InlineList”,typeof(ObservableCollection<Inline>), typeof(BindableTextBlock), new UIPropertyMetadata(null, OnPropertyChanged)); private static void OnPropertyChanged(DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e) { BindableTextBlock textBlock = sender as … Read more
Displaying is rather simple, the navigation is another question. XAML goes like this: <TextBlock Name=”TextBlockWithHyperlink”> Some text <Hyperlink NavigateUri=”http://somesite.example” RequestNavigate=”Hyperlink_RequestNavigate”> some site </Hyperlink> some more text </TextBlock> And the event handler that launches default browser to navigate to your hyperlink would be: private void Hyperlink_RequestNavigate(object sender, RequestNavigateEventArgs e) { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(e.Uri.ToString()); } To do it with … Read more
You can bind to ANY property on a static class using the x:Static markup extension but if thy do not implement any change tracking, it might cause errors on the refresh! <TextBlock Text=”{Binding Source={x:Static sys:Environment.MachineName}}” />
Use a TextBox with these settings instead to make it read only and to look like a TextBlock control. <TextBox Background=”Transparent” BorderThickness=”0″ Text=”{Binding Text, Mode=OneWay}” IsReadOnly=”True” TextWrapping=”Wrap” />
You can use a MultiBinding combined with the StringFormat property. Usage would resemble the following: <TextBlock> <TextBlock.Text> <MultiBinding StringFormat=”{}{0} + {1}”> <Binding Path=”Name” /> <Binding Path=”ID” /> </MultiBinding> </TextBlock.Text> </TextBlock> Giving Name a value of Foo and ID a value of 1, your output in the TextBlock would then be Foo + 1. Note: This … Read more