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Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook 100 recipes to build rich desktop client applications on Windows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788399807
Length 524 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kunal Chowdhury Kunal Chowdhury
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. WPF Fundamentals 2. Using WPF Standard Controls FREE CHAPTER 3. Layouts and Panels 4. Working with Data Bindings 5. Using Custom Controls and User Controls 6. Using Styles, Templates, and Triggers 7. Using Resources and MVVM Patterns 8. Working with Animations 9. Using WCF Services 10. Debugging and Threading 11. Interoperability with Win32 and WinForm 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with attached properties

An attached property is a kind of dependency property which is intended to be used as a global property type and is settable on any object. It does not have conventional property wrapper and can still be used to receive notification of a value change. Unlike dependency properties, attached properties are not defined in the same class where they are used.

The main purpose of using attached properties is to allow different child elements to specify unique values of a property, which is actually defined in a parent element. For example, you can use Grid.Row, Grid.Column in any child elements of the Grid panel. Similarly, the Canvas.Left, Canvas.Top attached properties are used in any child elements of a Canvas panel.

In this recipe, we will learn how to create an Attached property and perform the operation from a different class.

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