Menu Customization Sample - Command

[Alex Martin]

I like the sample Menu Customization in with reference WPF Demo however the sample focus only on the display. How would I got about adding Command binding to this sample?  

If I add a Command property of type ICommand to your MenuItemViewModel and can't bind to the newly added property since the MenuItemViewModel is not a Dependency object.  

Any suggestion?

[Rosen Vladimirov]

Hello Alex Martin,

If you have defined property Command of type ICommand in MenuItemViewModel, most probably you want to use it as a source of your Binding operation. Lets say you have added a CopyCommand class in your application that inherits ICommand. You can use it in your XAML in the following way:

<local:CopyCommand x:Key="CopyCommand"/>
....
<local:MenuItemViewModel Content="Bar" Command="{StaticResource CopyCommand}" />

With the lines above you are setting Command property of the MenuItemViewModel object. Now you have to set the Binding in all MenuItem Styles you need:

<Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding Command}"/>

And that's it, you are now able to use your command.

Hopefully this helps.

Kind regards,
Rosen Vladimirov
the Telerik team