How can I bind Foreground to a property in my ViewModel?

Question

I would like to bind the foreground property of a TextBlock to a Property in my ViewModel.

This doesn\'t work :

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Answer 1

Check if your solution is like that: View:

ViewModel:

public class MainVM : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string porpName)
    {
        var temp = PropertyChanged;
        if (temp != null)
            temp(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(porpName));
    }
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    private System.Windows.Media.Brush _foregroundColor = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.DarkSeaGreen;

    public string FullName
    {
        get
        {
            return "Hello world";
        }
    }

    public System.Windows.Media.Brush ForegroundColor
    {
        get { return _foregroundColor; }
        set
        {
            _foregroundColor = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("ForegroundColor");
        }
    }
}

and remember that if you want to set new value for ForegroundColor in VM you sholud do it like that:

ForegroundColor = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Red;

to raise PropertyChangedEvent

Accordind to new information about your problem, you could try this solution:

CustomerHeaderViewModel.cs

class CustomerHeaderViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public ObservableCollection Customers { get; set; }

    public void LoadCustomers()
    {
        ObservableCollection customers = new ObservableCollection();

        //this is where you would actually call your service
        customers.Add(new Customer { FirstName = "Jim", LastName = "Smith", NumberOfContracts = 23 });
        customers.Add(new Customer { FirstName = "Jane", LastName = "Smith", NumberOfContracts = 22 });
        customers.Add(new Customer { FirstName = "John", LastName = "Tester", NumberOfContracts = 33 });
        customers.Add(new Customer { FirstName = "Robert", LastName = "Smith", NumberOfContracts = 2 });
        customers.Add(new Customer { FirstName = "Hank", LastName = "Jobs", NumberOfContracts = 5 });

        Customers = customers;
    }
    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string porpName)
    {
        var temp = PropertyChanged;
        if (temp != null)
            temp(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(porpName));
    }
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    private System.Windows.Media.Brush _foregroundColor = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.DarkSeaGreen;

    public System.Windows.Media.Brush ForegroundColor
    {
        get { return _foregroundColor; }
        set
        {
            _foregroundColor = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("ForegroundColor");
        }
    }
}

CustomerHeaderView.xaml

In presented scenario the ForegroundColor property resides in CustomerHeaderViewModel.cs so it is value for all customers. In CustomerHeaderView.xaml I added x:Name for UserControl to have a possiblity to refer to DataContext of this element. If you don't want to use x:Name for UserControl, you can try this:

Remember that DataContext of this control was set earlier in MainWindow.cs.

MainWindow.cs

public partial class Window1 : Window
{
    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        CustomerHeaderViewModel customerHeaderViewModel = new CustomerHeaderViewModel();
        customerHeaderViewModel.LoadCustomers();
        CustomerHeaderView.DataContext = customerHeaderViewModel;
    }
}