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One togglebutton controlling another togglebutton button

I have five toggle buttons
When the first toggle button is pressed, all remaining toggle buttons should be checked
The first toggle button xaml wrote:
<ToggleButton VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="230" Height="95" Command="{Binding Path=AllCommand}" CommandParameter="All" Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle.AllButtonStyle}">
<TextBlock Text="full agreement" />
</ToggleButton>
The rest of the toglebutton xaml wrote:
<ToggleButton VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="66" Height="66" Command="{Binding Path=Agree1Command}" CommandParameter="Agree1" Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle.check1ButtonStyle}" />
<Style x:Key="ButtonStyle.check1ButtonStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#d1d0cf" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#ffffff" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
<Setter Property="Button.Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect Color="Black" Direction="320" ShadowDepth="3" BlurRadius="5" Opacity="0.5" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsChecked" Value="False" />
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#d1d0cf" />
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Button.Background" Value="#332c27" />
<Setter Property="Button.Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect Color="Black" Direction="320" ShadowDepth="0" BlurRadius="0" Opacity="0" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
All togglebuton styles were applied equally as in the code
How can I check the other toggle button when I press the first toggle button?
be in desperate need of help

Slight modification to my above comment. Hopefully this works for you. You could try something like the following. Basically this creates a view model for both the list of toggle buttons and the toggle buttons themselves. The command for each toggle button is bound to the command on the datacontext for the ItemsControl, not the ItemsSource. The command then calls a service that invokes an event when the buttons are modified (eg; when they are all checked). The main viewmodel subscribes to this event so that it can pull the modified view models from the service.
View
<ItemsControl ItemsSource = "{binding Buttons}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<ToggleButton IsChecked = "{binding IsChecked}"
Text = "{binding ButtonText}"
IsChecked = "{binding Path=DataContext.ButtonClickedCommand}"/>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
Button View Model
public class ButtonViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
private string buttonText;
public int ButtonText
{
get => buttonText;
set
{
myVar = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ButtonText));
}
}
private bool isChecked;
public bool IsChecked
{
get => isChecked;
set
{
isChecked = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsChecked))
}
}
}
Main View Model
public class ListViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
public ObservableCollection<ButtonViewModel> Buttons { get; set; }
public ICommand ButtonClickedCommand;
private readonly ToggleButtonService buttonService;
public ListViewModel()
{
buttonService = new ToggleButtonClickedCommand(Buttons);
buttonService.ButtonChecked =+ UpdateButtons
ButtonClickedCommand = new ToggleButtonClickedCommand(buttonService);
}
private void UpdateButtons()
{
Buttons = buttonService.Buttons;
}
}
Toggle button Service
public class ToggleButtonService
{
private IEnumerable<ButtonViewModel> buttonViewModels;
public IEnumerable<ButtonViewModel> ButtonViewModels
{
get { return buttons; }
set
{
buttonViewModels = value;
ButtonsChecked?.Invoke();
}
}
public event Action ButtonChecked;
public ToggleButtonService(IEnumerable<ButtonViewModel> buttons)
{
buttonViewModels = buttons;
}
public void SelectOrUnSelectAllButtons()
{
List<ButtonViewModel> Buttons = new List<ButtonViewModel>(ButtonViewModels);
foreach(button in Buttons)
{
button.IsChecked = !button.IsChecked;
}
ButtonViewModels = Buttons;
}
}
ToggleButton Clicked Command
public class ToggleButtonClickedCommand : ICommand
{
private readonly ToggleButtonService ButtonService;
public ToggleBUttonClickedCommand(ToggleButtonService buttonService)
{
ButtonService = buttonService;
}
public event EventHandler? CanExecuteChanged;
public bool CanExecute(object? parameter)
{
return true;
}
public async void Execute(object? parameter)
{
ButonService.SelectOrUnSelectAllButtons();
}
}

WPF: DataTrigger not firing

In a WPF Project I have some restyled DataGridColumnHeaders of a DataGrid which show a ComboBox for each DataGridColumnHeader. When the user selects from the ComboBox's the SelectionChanged handler (in the code behind) updates an Array of ColumnOptionViewModel objects on the MainWindowViewModel with the newest selection.
At this point some code also works out if there are any duplicate selections in this array, and then sets an IsDuplicate Boolean property on the ColumnOptionViewModel that are duplicates. The idea is that a DataTrigger picks up the change in IsDuplicate and changes the Background of a TextBlock in the DataTemplate of the ItemTemplate for the duplicate ComboBox's to Red.
However, this trigger is not firing. The IsDuplicate properties are being set ok, and everything else works as expected. What am I doing wrong?
Here is the XAML for the Window:
<Window x:Class="TestDataGrid.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TestDataGrid"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<DataGrid Grid.Row="1" x:Name="dataGrid" ItemsSource="{Binding Records}">
<DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>
<Style TargetType="DataGridColumnHeader">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<ComboBox x:Name="cbo"
ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}},Path=DataContext.ColumnOptions}"
SelectionChanged="cbo_SelectionChanged">
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock x:Name="txt" Text="{Binding Name}"/>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=cbo, Path=SelectedItem.IsDuplicate}">
<Setter TargetName="txt" Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>
</DataGrid>
</Grid>
CODE BEHIND:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel(RecordProvider.GetRecords());
}
private void cbo_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
var vm = (MainWindowViewModel)DataContext;
var selectionChangedCombo = (ComboBox)e.Source;
var dataGridColumnHeader = selectionChangedCombo.TemplatedParent as DataGridColumnHeader;
vm.ColumnSelections[dataGridColumnHeader.DisplayIndex] = selectionChangedCombo.SelectedItem as ColumnOptionViewModel;
CheckForDuplicates();
}
private void CheckForDuplicates()
{
var vm = (MainWindowViewModel)DataContext;
var duplicates = vm.ColumnSelections.GroupBy(x => x.Name)
.Where(g => g.Skip(1).Any())
.SelectMany(g => g);
foreach (var option in duplicates)
{
option.IsDuplicate = true;
}
}
}
MainWindowViewModel :
public class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
public ObservableCollection<ColumnOptionViewModel> _columnOptions = new ObservableCollection<ColumnOptionViewModel>();
public ObservableCollection<RecordViewModel> _records = new ObservableCollection<RecordViewModel>();
ColumnOptionViewModel[] _columnSelections = new ColumnOptionViewModel[3];
public MainWindowViewModel(IEnumerable<Record> records)
{
foreach (var rec in records)
{
Records.Add(new RecordViewModel(rec));
}
ColumnOptions.Add(new ColumnOptionViewModel(TestDataGrid.ColumnOptions.ColumnOption1));
ColumnOptions.Add(new ColumnOptionViewModel(TestDataGrid.ColumnOptions.ColumnOption2));
ColumnOptions.Add(new ColumnOptionViewModel(TestDataGrid.ColumnOptions.ColumnOption3));
ColumnSelections[0] = ColumnOptions[0];
ColumnSelections[1] = ColumnOptions[1];
ColumnSelections[2] = ColumnOptions[2];
}
public ObservableCollection<ColumnOptionViewModel> ColumnOptions
{
get { return _columnOptions; }
set { _columnOptions = value; }
}
public ColumnOptionViewModel[] ColumnSelections
{
get { return _columnSelections; }
set { _columnSelections = value; }
}
public ObservableCollection<RecordViewModel> Records
{
get { return _records; }
set { _records = value; }
}
}
ColumnOptionViewModel :
public class ColumnOptionViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
ColumnOptions _colOption;
public ColumnOptionViewModel(ColumnOptions colOption )
{
_colOption = colOption;
}
public string Name
{
get { return _colOption.ToString(); }
}
public override string ToString()
{
return Name;
}
private bool _isDuplicate = false;
public bool IsDuplicate
{
get { return _isDuplicate; }
set
{ _isDuplicate = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
EDIT:
ViewModelBase :
public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}

If you are trying to bind to the IsDuplicate property of the SelectedItem in the ComboBox you could use a RelativeSource.
You should also set the Value property of the DataTrigger to true/false depending on when you want the Background property of the TextBlock to be set to Red:
<ComboBox x:Name="cbo" ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}},Path=DataContext.ColumnOptions}"
SelectionChanged="cbo_SelectionChanged">
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock x:Name="txt" Text="{Binding Name}"/>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.IsDuplicate, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ComboBox}}" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="txt" Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>

As #mm8 said, the Value is not chosen in your DataTrigger.
If that doesn't work, you can try using Trigger directly on TextBlock instead of DataTemplate.Triggers:
<TextBlock>
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="White"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=IsDuplicate}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
Also, background and foreground values in controls that have selectable items can be tricky. For example, you may want to disable default selection colors (unfortunately then you will have to manage selected/focused background yourself):
<ComboBox.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Transparent" />
</ComboBox.Resources>

WPF Custom Control - Button Event

I start the WPF today, I'm trying to implement a custom control.
My problem is that I can not select an element in the template.
My code:
[Generic.xaml]
<Style x:Key="{x:Type local:ImageButton}" TargetType="{x:Type local:ImageButton}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:ImageButton}">
<StackPanel>
// -> My image
<Image Source="{Binding Path=Tag, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"></Image>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
[ImageButton.cs]
public class ImageButton : Button
{
public Image imageOff { get; set; }
public Image imageOn { get; set; }
static ImageButton()
{
DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(ImageButton), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(ImageButton)));
}
public ImageButton()
: base()
{
this.MouseEnter += new MouseEventHandler(SetImageON);
}
public void SetImageON(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
//Here i wanna change my image from StackPanel
}
}
Am I on the good way ? How can I change that image?

Give a name to your image, like x:Name="PART_Image". Then in your code behind override OnApplyTemplate method and store it into a variable.
private Image PART_Image;
public override void OnApplyTemplate()
{
PART_Image = this.GetTemplatedChild("PART_Image");
}
In this case you can access it in your method like:
this.PART_Image.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;

sender is your control so you could also right this.SetCurrentValue.
public void SetImageON(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
ImageButton btn = (ImageButton)sender;
btn.SetCurrentValue(TagProperty,imageOn.Source);
}
it seems as though you might wan't to just save the source of your image in the control , instead of the entire image.
But if you wan't to use an Image object in code like this
xaml : in your template .
<StackPanel x:Name="myPanel" />
cs : in your control :
myPanel.Children.Add(imageOn);

You can achieve what you want with a Trigger:
<Style x:Key="{x:Type local:ImageButton}" TargetType="{x:Type local:ImageButton}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:ImageButton}">
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="{Binding Path=imageOff.Source, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}">
<Image.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Image.Source" Value="{Binding Path=imageOn.Source, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" />
</Trigger>
</Image.Triggers>
</Image>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
That way you don't need the event in the code-behind. If you wanted to, you could make imageOff and imageOn DependencyProperties, that way you could define the source images in xaml too:
public class ImageButton : Button {
public static readonly DependencyProperty imageOffProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("imageOff", typeof(Image), typeof(ImageButton), new PropertyMetadata(null));
public Image imageOff {
get { return (Image)GetValue(imageOffProperty); }
set { SetValue(imageOffProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty imageOnProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("imageOn", typeof(Image), typeof(ImageButton), new PropertyMetadata(null));
public Image imageOn {
get { return (Image)GetValue(imageOnProperty); }
set { SetValue(imageOnProperty, value); }
}
static ImageButton()
{
DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(ImageButton), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(ImageButton)));
}
}
So when you declare an ImageButton in xaml, you can do something like this:
<local:ImageButton imageOn="/Resource/Path/To/imageOn.png" imageOff="/Resource/Path/To/imageOff.png" />

how to set some default text at the passwordBox wpf? [duplicate]

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Possible Duplicate:
Watermark TextBox in WPF
May i know how to put some default texts in the password box in WPF?
I use MSN messenger as an example. When its default, the password field will show the "password" in the Password Box. When i click and type on the password box, the "password" text will disappear and the dots will replace it.

You have to create a custom control to do that.
XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfTest.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:WpfTest="clr-namespace:WpfTest"
Title="Password Box Sample" Height="300" Width="300">
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type PasswordBox}"
TargetType="{x:Type PasswordBox}">
<Setter Property="WpfTest:PasswordBoxMonitor.IsMonitoring"
Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type PasswordBox}">
<Border Name="Bd"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<Grid>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Please enter your password"
Margin="4, 2, 0, 0"
Foreground="Gray"
Visibility="Collapsed"
Name="txtPrompt" />
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled"
Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="Bd"
Property="Background"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="WpfTest:PasswordBoxMonitor.PasswordLength" Value="0">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="txtPrompt" Value="Visible"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<PasswordBox VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
C# code:
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
namespace WpfTest
{
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
public class PasswordBoxMonitor : DependencyObject
{
public static bool GetIsMonitoring(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (bool)obj.GetValue(IsMonitoringProperty);
}
public static void SetIsMonitoring(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
{
obj.SetValue(IsMonitoringProperty, value);
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty IsMonitoringProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("IsMonitoring", typeof(bool), typeof(PasswordBoxMonitor), new UIPropertyMetadata(false, OnIsMonitoringChanged));
public static int GetPasswordLength(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (int)obj.GetValue(PasswordLengthProperty);
}
public static void SetPasswordLength(DependencyObject obj, int value)
{
obj.SetValue(PasswordLengthProperty, value);
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty PasswordLengthProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("PasswordLength", typeof(int), typeof(PasswordBoxMonitor), new UIPropertyMetadata(0));
private static void OnIsMonitoringChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
var pb = d as PasswordBox;
if (pb == null)
{
return;
}
if ((bool) e.NewValue)
{
pb.PasswordChanged += PasswordChanged;
}
else
{
pb.PasswordChanged -= PasswordChanged;
}
}
static void PasswordChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var pb = sender as PasswordBox;
if (pb == null)
{
return;
}
SetPasswordLength(pb, pb.Password.Length);
}
}
}
Reference: WPF Watermark PasswordBox from Watermark TextBox

Troubleshooting Binding Error 4

I'm getting the following Binding errors on my code and I don't know how to troubleshoot them. The bindings were generated by VS. I've tried adding presentation.tracesources (which is in the code below) but I get the same output as before.
System.Windows.Data Error: 4 : Cannot find source for binding with reference 'RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType='ClimateSolutions.SuperTB', AncestorLevel='1''. BindingExpression:Path=myName; DataItem=null; target element is 'TextBlock' (Name=''); target property is 'Text' (type 'String')
System.Windows.Data Error: 4 : Cannot find source for binding with reference 'RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType='ClimateSolutions.SuperTB', AncestorLevel='1''. BindingExpression:Path=isRequired; DataItem=null; target element is 'SuperTB' (Name='email'); target property is 'NoTarget' (type 'Object')
Here's my XAML:
<TextBox x:Class="ClimateSolutions.SuperTB"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d" Height="53" Width="296" FontSize="32"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ClimateSolutions"
xmlns:diagnostics="clr-namespace:System.Diagnostics;assembly=WindowsBase"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="Blarg">
<TextBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="TextBox">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Text" Value="">
<Setter Property="Background">
<Setter.Value>
<VisualBrush Stretch="None">
<VisualBrush.Visual>
<TextBlock Foreground="Gray" FontSize="24" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=local:SuperTB, AncestorLevel=1}, Path=myName, diagnostics:PresentationTraceSources.TraceLevel=High}">
</TextBlock>
</VisualBrush.Visual>
</VisualBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=isRequired, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=local:SuperTB, AncestorLevel=1}}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Text" Value="100" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBox.Style>
and here's the CS for SuperTB:
namespace ClimateSolutions
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for SuperTB.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class SuperTB : TextBox, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void NotifyPropertyChanged(String Property)
{
var anEvent = this.PropertyChanged;
if (anEvent != null)
{
anEvent(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(Property));
}
}
private String MyName = "Unicorns!";
private static DependencyProperty myNameProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("myName", typeof(String), typeof(SuperTB));
public String myName
{
get { return MyName; }
set { MyName = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("myName"); }
}
DependencyProperty isRequiredProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("isRequired", typeof(Boolean), typeof(SuperTB));
public Boolean isRequired
{
get { return (Boolean)GetValue(isRequiredProperty); }
set { SetValue(isRequiredProperty, value); }
}
public SuperTB()
{
InitializeComponent();
myName = "Unicorns!";
}
}
}

EDIT : I have updated the code according to your comment. To summarize, since this is a custom control, you are less dependant on the MVVM pattern to build your component logic (and thus use code behind in you component) as soon as your componennt itself meets this needs (to be sort, make its properties to be as much bindable as you can). For example, in the updated code, you can now bind the default property, but you can also imagine exposing properties to set the foreground colors used to diaplay control name when there is no value, and so forth.
I tried several things with you original code (included solution provided by J cooper) and nothing seemed to work. It seems that there is a lot of issues with your code.
I managed to approach a solution by making your textbox a custom control.
Here is the Generic.xaml (the visual definition of your control) :
<ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Question_6514447">
<Style TargetType="{x:Type local:SuperTB2}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:SuperTB2}">
<Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<TextBox x:Name="PART_Input">
<TextBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="TextBox">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=IsRequired}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Text" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=DefaultTextValue}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBox.Style>
</TextBox>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ResourceDictionary>
And here is the code behind of the control :
[TemplatePart(Name = "PART_Input")]
public class SuperTB2 : Control
{
private TextBox PART_Input;
static SuperTB2()
{
DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(SuperTB2), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(SuperTB2)));
}
public SuperTB2()
{
Loaded += SuperTb2Loaded;
}
public override void OnApplyTemplate()
{
PART_Input = GetTemplateChild("PART_Input") as TextBox;
if (PART_Input != null)
{
PART_Input.GotFocus += PartInputGotFocus;
PART_Input.LostFocus += PartInputLostFocus;
}
}
void PartInputLostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (PART_Input.Text == string.Empty)
{
PART_Input.Text = Name;
PART_Input.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Gray);
}
}
void PartInputGotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (PART_Input.Text.Equals(Name))
{
PART_Input.Text = string.Empty;
PART_Input.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black);
}
}
void SuperTb2Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (PART_Input.Text == string.Empty)
{
PART_Input.Text = Name;
PART_Input.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Gray);
}
}
private static DependencyProperty myNameProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("MyName", typeof(string), typeof(SuperTB2), new PropertyMetadata("Unicorns !", NameChanged));
private static void NameChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
}
public string MyName
{
get { return (string)GetValue(myNameProperty); }
set { SetValue(myNameProperty, value); }
}
DependencyProperty isRequiredProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("IsRequired", typeof(bool), typeof(SuperTB2), new PropertyMetadata(false, IsReqChanged));
private static void IsReqChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
}
public bool IsRequired
{
get { return (bool)GetValue(isRequiredProperty); }
set { SetValue(isRequiredProperty, value); }
}
public string DefaultTextValue
{
get { return (string)GetValue(DefaultTextValueProperty); }
set { SetValue(DefaultTextValueProperty, value); }
}
// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for DefaultTextValue. This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty DefaultTextValueProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("DefaultTextValue", typeof(string), typeof(SuperTB2), new UIPropertyMetadata("100"));
}
And an example of use of the component :
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<Question_6514447:SuperTB2 x:Name="FirstName" IsRequired="true" DefaultTextValue="200"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
With this updated code, I think you can acheive almost all the behaviors your needed !
Hope this will help !

Do not use relative source in your binding expressions. Relative source is used to access elements higher in the element tree. It seems as though you were using it in terms of object inheritance.
<Trigger Property="Text" Value="">
<Setter Property="Background">
<Setter.Value>
<VisualBrush Stretch="None">
<VisualBrush.Visual>
<TextBlock Foreground="Gray" FontSize="24" Text="{Binding Path=myName, diagnostics:PresentationTraceSources.TraceLevel=High}">
</TextBlock>
</VisualBrush.Visual>
</VisualBrush>
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