WPF Commands, How to declare Application level commands?

Question

I\'m interested in creating commands that are available from anywhere in my WPF application.

I\'d like them to work in the same way as Cut, Copy

Answer 1

You can setup CommandBindings for "All Windows" of your WPF application and implement command handlers in Application class.

First of all, create a static command container class. For example,

namespace WpfApplication1 
{
    public static class MyCommands
    {
        private static readonly RoutedUICommand doSomethingCommand = new RoutedUICommand("description", "DoSomethingCommand", typeof(MyCommands));

        public static RoutedUICommand DoSomethingCommand
        {
            get
            {
                return doSomethingCommand;
            }
        }
    }
}

Next, set your custom command to Button.Command like this.

    
        ...
        Execute
    

Finally, implement the command handler of your custom command in Application class.

namespace WpfApplication1 
{

    public partial class App : Application
    {
        public App()
        {
            var binding = new CommandBinding(MyCommands.DoSomethingCommand, DoSomething, CanDoSomething);

            // Register CommandBinding for all windows.
            CommandManager.RegisterClassCommandBinding(typeof(Window), binding);
        }

        private void DoSomething(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ...
        }

        private void CanDoSomething(object sender, CanExecuteRoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ...
            e.CanExecute = true;
        }
    }
}