How can i globally set the Culture in a WPF Application?

Question

I would like to set the Culture of a WPF application to a specific one based on user preferences.

I can do this for the current thread via Thread.CurrentThrea

Answer 1

Or try building an appropriate Attached Property like this

public class CultureHelper : DependencyObject
{

    public string Culture
    {
        get { return (string)GetValue(CultureProperty); }
        set { SetValue(CultureProperty, value); }
    }




    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for MyProperty.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty CultureProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Culture", typeof(string), typeof(CultureHelper), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("en", CultureChanged));

    private static void CultureChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        //For testing purposes in designer only 
        if (DesignerProperties.GetIsInDesignMode(d))
        {
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo((string)e.NewValue);
        }

    }

    public static void SetCulture(DependencyObject element, string value)
    {
        element.SetValue(CultureProperty, value);
    }

    public static string GetCulture(DependencyObject element)
    {
        return (string)element.GetValue(CultureProperty);
    }


}