I'm trying to achieve something that should be pretty simple but I'm stuck.
Here what I'm trying to do: a UserControl that is just a FontAwesome icon in front of a border.
Here the xaml of my UC
<UserControl
x:Class="Project.Views.UC.UC_CircledIcons"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:Project.Views.UC"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:fa="using:FontAwesome5.UWP"
DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
d:DesignHeight="200"
d:DesignWidth="200">
<Border Style="{StaticResource BorderStyle1}" Height="{Binding Height}" Width="{Binding Width}" BorderBrush="{Binding MyColor}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<fa:FontAwesome Foreground="{Binding MyColor}" Icon="{Binding MyIcon}" Height="{Binding Height}" Width="{Binding Width}" FontSize="{Binding MyFontSize}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"></fa:FontAwesome>
</Border>
Here the cs code of my UC :
namespace Project.Views.UC
{
public sealed partial class UC_CircledIcons : UserControl
{
public UC_CircledIcons()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
this.Height = 200;
this.Width = 200;
}
/// <summary>
/// Le font size de l'icon est égal à 2.6 fois sa hauteur
/// </summary>
public double MyFontSize
{
get
{
return (double)GetValue(HeightProperty) / 2.6;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Pour setter l'icone FontAwesome du composant via l'enum
/// </summary>
public static readonly DependencyProperty IconProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("MyIcon", typeof(EFontAwesomeIcon), typeof(UC_CircledIcons), new PropertyMetadata(default(EFontAwesomeIcon)));
public EFontAwesomeIcon MyIcon
{
get
{
return (EFontAwesomeIcon)GetValue(IconProperty);
}
set
{
SetValue(IconProperty, value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Pour setter la color du border et de l'icone en même temps
/// </summary>
public static readonly DependencyProperty ColorProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("MyColor", typeof(string), typeof(UC_CircledIcons), new PropertyMetadata(default(string)));
public string MyColor
{
get {
return (string)GetValue(ColorProperty);
}
set {
SetValue(ColorProperty, value);
}
}
}
}
This is working fine if I use my UserControls statically in my xaml page like this:
<uc:UC_CircledIcons MyColor="#321654" MyIcon="Solid_Check"></uc:UC_CircledIcons>
But I'm trying to dynamically set the color and the icon of this UC. So I want to use binding to achieve this. Something like :
<uc:UC_CircledIcons MyColor="{Binding MainIconColor}" MyIcon="{Binding MainIcon}"></uc:UC_CircledIcons>
Like I'm doing with any Textblock content by binding to any property of my ViewModel. But with my UserControl this is not working. In the output windows i can see the binding error :
Error: BindingExpression path error: 'MainIcon' property not found on 'Project.Views.UC.UC_CircledIcons'. BindingExpression: Path='MainIcon' DataItem='Project.Views.UC.UC_CircledIcons'; target element is 'Project.Views.UC.UC_CircledIcons' (Name='null'); target property is 'MyIcon' (type 'EFontAwesomeIcon')
And I believe this is caused by the line :
DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
In my UserControl's code. It seems like xaml is looking for a property named MainIcon in my USerControl's definition or this property is part of my ViewModel.
Where am I missing something ? Is there any way to achieve what I'm trying to do ? Thanks a lot for help.