Hi there, I want to make a Dependency Property for a Text Block and the functionality of this property is to apply a Scale Transformation on the Text Block but I am unable to do that Because it's a child element inside of a Button class. I have a reference Dependency Property where the Same Logic (Scale Transformation) is applied on a Grid because the Grid is the Root Element but the Data Binding would not work or fails and completely breakdown when the UI Element is inside of an another parent Element rather than the Root element.
Here is the Working Code of the Dependency Property (When UI Element (Grid) is the Root Element) :
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow() => InitializeComponent();
#region ScaleValue Depdency Property
public static readonly DependencyProperty ScaleValueProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("ScaleValue", typeof(double), typeof(MainWindow), new UIPropertyMetadata(1.0, new PropertyChangedCallback(OnScaleValueChanged), new CoerceValueCallback(OnCoerceScaleValue)));
private static object OnCoerceScaleValue(DependencyObject o, object value)
{
MainWindow mainWindow = o as MainWindow;
if (mainWindow != null)
return mainWindow.OnCoerceScaleValue((double)value);
else return value;
}
private static void OnScaleValueChanged(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
MainWindow mainWindow = o as MainWindow;
if (mainWindow != null)
mainWindow.OnScaleValueChanged((double)e.OldValue, (double)e.NewValue);
}
protected virtual double OnCoerceScaleValue(double value)
{
if (double.IsNaN(value))
return 1.0f;
value = Math.Max(0.1, value);
return value;
}
protected virtual void OnScaleValueChanged(double oldValue, double newValue) { }
public double ScaleValue
{
get => (double)GetValue(ScaleValueProperty);
set => SetValue(ScaleValueProperty, value);
}
#endregion
private void MainGrid_SizeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) => CalculateScale();
private void CalculateScale()
{
double yScale = ActualHeight / 250f;
double xScale = ActualWidth / 200f;
double value = Math.Min(xScale, yScale);
ScaleValue = (double)OnCoerceScaleValue(myMainWindow, value);
}
}
And here How I applied it on the Main Grid (Root Element) :
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow"
Name="myMainWindow"
Width="200" Height="250">
<Grid Name="MainGrid" SizeChanged="MainGrid_SizeChanged">
<Grid.LayoutTransform>
<ScaleTransform x:Name="ApplicationScaleTransform"
CenterX="0"
CenterY="0"
ScaleX="{Binding ElementName=myMainWindow, Path=ScaleValue}"
ScaleY="{Binding ElementName=myMainWindow, Path=ScaleValue}" />
</Grid.LayoutTransform>
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="150">
<TextBlock FontSize="20" Text="Hello World" Margin="5" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<Button Content="Button" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
All of the above Code works really great but the ScaleX and ScaleY Binding fails When I tried to apply on the Below TextBlock Code :
<Button
x:Name="BtnSettings"
Width="70"
Height="24"
Margin="165,14,0,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
DockPanel.Dock="Left"
FontSize="10"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="NearestNeighbor"
RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
UseLayoutRounding="True">
<Button.Content>
<TextBlock
x:Name="myTextbox"
Margin="0,-2,0,0"
FontSize="10"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="NearestNeighbor"
RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
TextAlignment="Center"
TextOptions.TextFormattingMode="Display"
TextOptions.TextRenderingMode="ClearType"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
UseLayoutRounding="True">
Settings
<TextBlock.RenderTransform>
<ScaleTransform
x:Name="ApplicationScaleTransform"
CenterX="0"
CenterY="0"
ScaleX="{Binding ElementName=myMainWindow, Path=ScaleValue}"
ScaleY="{Binding ElementName=myMainWindow, Path=ScaleValue}" />
</TextBlock.RenderTransform>
</TextBlock>
</Button.Content>
</Button>
As you clearly see from the Above Code that the TextBlock is present inside of the Button Element and thus the Binding will fail. My Question is How Can I write a DependencyProperty for a TextBlock So that I can achieve the Scale transformation on it.
Another important part is, if I can achieve this thing by using any custom class or any attach behavior, that answer is also welcome.