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I have spent all day looking for a way to display a default string of text on a ComboBox and the closest I managed to find that worked was an example that uses watermarking. When my application opens, the ComboBox's Visibility property is set to Collapsed and then made visible by a command. Unfortunately, I can't get the watermark to follow suit. Here is what I'm working with:
<Style x:Key="watermarkLabelStyle">
<Setter Property="TextBlock.Foreground" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.Opacity" Value="0.8" />
<Setter Property="TextBlock.FontSize" Value="12" />
<Setter Property="TextBlock.FontStyle" Value="Italic" />
<Setter Property="TextBlock.Margin" Value="8,4,4,4" />
<Setter Property="TextBlock.Visibility" Value="{Binding Visible}" />
</Style>
{Binding Visible} has no effect even though other controls in the window are bound to it and behave properly.
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding LeagueFormatsNode}"
x:Name="leagueFormatComboBox"
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
Visibility="{Binding Visible}"
Behaviors:WatermarkComboBoxBehavior.EnableWatermark="True"
Behaviors:WatermarkComboBoxBehavior.Label="Select League Format"
Behaviors:WatermarkComboBoxBehavior.LabelStyle="{StaticResource watermarkLabelStyle}" />
And the Visible property in the viewmodel:
public Visibility Visible
{
get { return _visibile; }
set
{
if (_visibile == value)
return;
_visibile = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(() => Visible);
}
}
What can I do to make the setter in the style behave and register the binding?