Meziantou.FrameworkIntroduction
editMeziantou.Framework.WPF is a set of small helpers for WPF applications that follow the MVVM pattern: the pieces that most applications write again in every project.
What you can do with it
- Bind buttons and menus to methods of a view model, synchronous or asynchronous, with DelegateCommand. See Commands.
- Fill a list or a combo box with the values of an enum, with display names from the
[Display]attribute. See Enum values. - Convert a boolean to any value in a binding, such as a
Visibilityor a text. See Boolean converter. - Come back to the UI thread after background work with
await dispatcher.SwitchToDispatcherThread(). See Dispatcher. - Close a window with the Escape key. See Closing on Escape.
The collection that can be updated from any thread while it is bound to a control, ConcurrentObservableCollection<T>, is in the Meziantou.Framework.Threading package. See Observable collection.
Namespace
The types are in the Meziantou.Framework.WPF namespace:
| Type | Contains |
|---|---|
| DelegateCommand, IDelegateCommand | Commands that call delegates |
| EnumValuesExtension, LocalizedEnumValuesExtension, LocalizedEnumValue | Markup extensions that list the values of an enum |
| BooleanToValueConverter | A value converter for booleans |
| DispatcherExtensions | SwitchToDispatcherThread |
| WindowUtilities | The CloseOnEscapeKeyDown attached property |
Next steps
- Getting started: install the package and use it from XAML.