MVVM - hiding a control when bound property is not present

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to hide a control on a view if the property to which the control is bound does not exist in the view model. For example, if I have the fol

Answer 1

Handle the case where it the value is present by using a converter which always returns Visibility.Visible. Handle the case where the value isn't present by specifying a fallback value. When the property isn't present the binding fails and receives the fallback value.

<Page.DataContext>
    <Samples:OptionalPropertyViewModel/>
</Page.DataContext>
<Grid>
    <Grid.Resources>
        <Samples:AlwaysVisibleConverter x:Key="AlwaysVisibleConverter" />
    </Grid.Resources>
    <CheckBox 
        Content="Is quoted" 
        IsChecked="{Binding IsQuoted}"
        Visibility="{Binding IsQuoted, 
                     Converter={StaticResource AlwaysVisibleConverter}, 
                     FallbackValue=Collapsed}"
        />
</Grid>

public class OptionalPropertyViewModel
{
    public bool IsQuoted { get; set; }
}

public class AlwaysVisibleConverter : IValueConverter
{
    #region Implementation of IValueConverter

    public object Convert(object value, 
                          Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return Visibility.Visible;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, 
                              object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    #endregion
}