Binding to static property

Question

I\'m having a hard time binding a simple static string property to a TextBox.

Here\'s the class with the static property:

Answer 1

As of WPF 4.5 you can bind directly to static properties and have the binding automatically update when your property is changed. You do need to manually wire up a change event to trigger the binding updates.

public class VersionManager
{
    private static String _filterString;        

    /// 

    /// A static property which you'd like to bind to
    /// 
    public static String FilterString
    {
        get
        {
            return _filterString;
        }

        set
        {
            _filterString = value;

            // Raise a change event
            OnFilterStringChanged(EventArgs.Empty);
        }
    }

    // Declare a static event representing changes to your static property
    public static event EventHandler FilterStringChanged;

    // Raise the change event through this static method
    protected static void OnFilterStringChanged(EventArgs e)
    {
        EventHandler handler = FilterStringChanged;

        if (handler != null)
        {
            handler(null, e);
        }
    }

    static VersionManager()
    {
        // Set up an empty event handler
        FilterStringChanged += (sender, e) => { return; };
    }

}

You can now bind your static property just like any other: