Acess elements inside FooterTemplate

[Ricardo]

Hello,

 

I have created a Radwizard Application (c#) that has a HeaderTemplate and a FooterTemplate.

 

Inside the footer i have created custom radbuttons for back, cancel, next and finish. However, i cannot seem to access them in the code behind.this.Rad.

 

RadWizard.xaml:

<Window
                xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
                xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
                xmlns:wizard="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls.Wizard;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation"
                x:Class="App.MainWindow"
                Height="450" Width="600"
                Title="MyApp">
    <telerik:RadWizard x:Name="Rad" IsContentPreserved="True" Background="#dee3e9">
        <telerik:WizardPage HeaderHeight="90">
            <telerik:WizardPage.HeaderTemplate>
            ...
            </telerik:WizardPage.HeaderTemplate>
            <telerik:WizardPage.FooterTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="-0.5 -0.5 -1.51 -2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="650">
                        <telerik:RadButton x:Name="Back"
                                           Content="< Back"
                                           Margin="160 5 5 5"
                                           Command="wizard:RadWizardCommands.MoveCurrentToPrevious"/>
                    </StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
            </telerik:WizardPage.FooterTemplate>
</Window>

I need to acess the RadButton inside the footertemplate from the code behind.

 

Can anyone help me?

 

Regards

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Ricardo,

This is expected. The WPF framework doesn't give you direct access from code-behind to elements defined in a DataTemplate. Based on your scenarios there are different approaches that you can use to interact with the elements. For example, you can use the ChildrenOfType<T>() method to find the element that you need after the RadWizard control is loaded. Or you can set the Command property of the button which will allow you to define an ICommand and bind it to the button.

If you tell me why you need to access the elements inside the FooterTemplate I will think of a suitable approach for your case.

Regards,
Martin Ivanov
Progress Telerik

[Ricardo]

Hi Martin,

 

I used your solution and i got access to the radbuttons inside the footer.

 

Thank you for the information.