Pushing read-only GUI properties back into ViewModel

Question

I want to write a ViewModel that always knows the current state of some read-only dependency properties from the View.

Specifically, my GUI contains a FlowDocumentPa

Answer 1

I think it can be done a bit simpler:

xaml:

behavior:ReadOnlyPropertyToModelBindingBehavior.ReadOnlyDependencyProperty="{Binding ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
behavior:ReadOnlyPropertyToModelBindingBehavior.ModelProperty="{Binding MyViewModelProperty}"

cs:

public class ReadOnlyPropertyToModelBindingBehavior
{
  public static readonly DependencyProperty ReadOnlyDependencyPropertyProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
     "ReadOnlyDependencyProperty", 
     typeof(object), 
     typeof(ReadOnlyPropertyToModelBindingBehavior),
     new PropertyMetadata(OnReadOnlyDependencyPropertyPropertyChanged));

  public static void SetReadOnlyDependencyProperty(DependencyObject element, object value)
  {
     element.SetValue(ReadOnlyDependencyPropertyProperty, value);
  }

  public static object GetReadOnlyDependencyProperty(DependencyObject element)
  {
     return element.GetValue(ReadOnlyDependencyPropertyProperty);
  }

  private static void OnReadOnlyDependencyPropertyPropertyChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
  {
     SetModelProperty(obj, e.NewValue);
  }


  public static readonly DependencyProperty ModelPropertyProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
     "ModelProperty", 
     typeof(object), 
     typeof(ReadOnlyPropertyToModelBindingBehavior), 
     new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(null, FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.BindsTwoWayByDefault));

  public static void SetModelProperty(DependencyObject element, object value)
  {
     element.SetValue(ModelPropertyProperty, value);
  }

  public static object GetModelProperty(DependencyObject element)
  {
     return element.GetValue(ModelPropertyProperty);
  }
}