How to emulate a console in WPF?

Question

I\'d like some tips-in-the-right-direction or even ready solutions to this problem and I\'m pretty stuck (I\'m just beginner/intermediate):

I\'m trying to implement

Answer 1

Given that you want to emulate a console, I'd do it like this. Note that you'd have to handle the commands and outputting the results yourself.

page.xaml

page.xaml.cs

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    ConsoleContent dc = new ConsoleContent();

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        DataContext = dc;
        Loaded += MainWindow_Loaded;
    }

    void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        InputBlock.KeyDown += InputBlock_KeyDown;
        InputBlock.Focus();
    }

    void InputBlock_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Key == Key.Enter)
        {
            dc.ConsoleInput = InputBlock.Text;
            dc.RunCommand();
            InputBlock.Focus();
            Scroller.ScrollToBottom();
        }
    }
}

public class ConsoleContent : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    string consoleInput = string.Empty;
    ObservableCollection consoleOutput = new ObservableCollection() { "Console Emulation Sample..." };

    public string ConsoleInput
    {
        get
        {
            return consoleInput;
        }
        set
        {
            consoleInput = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("ConsoleInput");
        }
    }

    public ObservableCollection ConsoleOutput
    {
        get
        {
            return consoleOutput;
        }
        set
        {
            consoleOutput = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("ConsoleOutput");
        }
    }

    public void RunCommand()
    {
        ConsoleOutput.Add(ConsoleInput);
        // do your stuff here.
        ConsoleInput = String.Empty;
    }


    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        if (null != PropertyChanged)
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }
}