Property DesignerCommands

Namespace

Alternet.FormDesigner.Wpf

Assembly

Alternet.FormDesigner.Wpf.v10.dll

DesignerCommands

Represents a collection of standard designer commands like selecting, copying, pasting, moving and resizing controls.

public IFormDesignerCommands DesignerCommands { get; }

Property Value

IFormDesignerCommands

Examples

Here is how to use a DesignerCommands in the C# code:

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        var formDesigner = new Alternet.FormDesigner.Wpf.FormDesignerControl();
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = false;

        CommandBinding cmd = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < formDesigner.CommandBindings.Count; i++)
        {
            cmd = formDesigner.CommandBindings[i];
            if (cmd.Command == ApplicationCommands.Undo)
            {
                break;
            }
        }

        if (cmd.Command == ApplicationCommands.Undo)
            formDesigner.CommandBindings.Remove(cmd);
        formDesigner.AddCommandHandler(ApplicationCommands.Undo, CustomAction);
    }

    private void CustomAction()
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Custom command");
    }
}

Here is how to use a DesignerCommands in the Visual Basic code:

Imports System
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Windows.Input

Partial Public Class MainWindow
    Inherits Window

    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Dim formDesigner = New Alternet.FormDesigner.Wpf.FormDesignerControl()
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = False
        Dim cmd As CommandBinding = Nothing

        For i As Integer = 0 To formDesigner.CommandBindings.Count - 1
            cmd = formDesigner.CommandBindings(i)

            If cmd.Command = ApplicationCommands.Undo Then
                Exit For
            End If
        Next

        If cmd.Command = ApplicationCommands.Undo Then
            formDesigner.CommandBindings.Remove(cmd)
        End If

        formDesigner.AddCommandHandler(ApplicationCommands.Undo, AddressOf CustomAction)
    End Sub

    Private Sub CustomAction()
        MessageBox.Show("Custom command")
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Any standard Form Designer's command can be called directly from code or by pressing a hot key combination. You can programmatically change this combination.