Binding [VisualStateManager] view state to a MVVM viewmodel?

Question

How do you bind the VisualStateManager state of a control to a property in you viewmodel? Can it be done?

Answer 1

Here's a class I use for MVVM support of VisualStateManager states in WPF:

public static class MvvmVisualState
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty CurrentStateProperty
        = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
            "CurrentState",
            typeof(string),
            typeof(MvvmVisualState),
            new PropertyMetadata(OnCurrentStateChanged));

    public static string GetCurrentState(DependencyObject obj)
    {
        return (string)obj.GetValue(CurrentStateProperty);
    }

    public static void SetCurrentState(DependencyObject obj, string value)
    {
        obj.SetValue(CurrentStateProperty, value);
    }

    private static void OnCurrentStateChanged(object sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
    {
        var e = sender as FrameworkElement;

        if (e == null)
            throw new Exception($"CurrentState is only supported on {nameof(FrameworkElement)}.");

        VisualStateManager.GoToElementState(e, (string)args.NewValue, useTransitions: true);
    }
}

In your XAML:

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