databind the Source property of the WebBrowser in WPF
I've amended Todd's excellent answer a little to produce a version that copes with either strings or Uris from the Binding source:
public static class WebBrowserBehaviors
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty BindableSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("BindableSource", typeof(object), typeof(WebBrowserBehaviors), new UIPropertyMetadata(null, BindableSourcePropertyChanged));
public static object GetBindableSource(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (string)obj.GetValue(BindableSourceProperty);
}
public static void SetBindableSource(DependencyObject obj, object value)
{
obj.SetValue(BindableSourceProperty, value);
}
public static void BindableSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser browser = o as WebBrowser;
if (browser == null) return;
Uri uri = null;
if (e.NewValue is string )
{
var uriString = e.NewValue as string;
uri = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(uriString) ? null : new Uri(uriString);
}
else if (e.NewValue is Uri)
{
uri = e.NewValue as Uri;
}
browser.Source = uri;
}
The problem is that WebBrowser.Source
is not a DependencyProperty
. One workaround would be to use some AttachedProperty
magic to enable this ability.
public static class WebBrowserUtility
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty BindableSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("BindableSource", typeof(string), typeof(WebBrowserUtility), new UIPropertyMetadata(null, BindableSourcePropertyChanged));
public static string GetBindableSource(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (string) obj.GetValue(BindableSourceProperty);
}
public static void SetBindableSource(DependencyObject obj, string value)
{
obj.SetValue(BindableSourceProperty, value);
}
public static void BindableSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser browser = o as WebBrowser;
if (browser != null)
{
string uri = e.NewValue as string;
browser.Source = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(uri) ? new Uri(uri) : null;
}
}
}
Then in your xaml do:
<WebBrowser ns:WebBrowserUtility.BindableSource="{Binding WebAddress}"/>