I want to switch between my two user controls AddUsers.xaml (user control) and Viewusers.xaml(user Control) programmatically in Window1.xaml (main Window).
I'm trying to switch user controls by Button Event in Window1.xaml.
my Window1. xaml goes like this
<Window x:Class="SwitchUsers.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="500" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="100" />
<RowDefinition Height="400*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" >
<Button Content="Swithc User Control " Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,40,284,0" Name="btnSwittch" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="168" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" >
<!--Here I want to display two user controls by switching from button on Top -->
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
I have two User Controls addUser.xaml and viewUser.xaml
addUser. xaml code:
<UserControl x:Class="SwitchUsers.addUser"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300" Loaded="UserControl_Loaded">
<Grid>
<TextBlock Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="29,79,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text=" Enter Your Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
<TextBlock Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="29,105,0,0" Name="textBlock2" Text="Enter Your Password" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
<TextBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="144,76,0,0" Name="txtBxName" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120" />
<TextBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="144,105,0,0" Name="txtBxPassword" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120" />
<Button Content="Log In" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="171,160,0,0" Name="btnLogin" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="93" />
</Grid>
</UserControl>
and my second user control viewUser.xaml
<UserControl x:Class="SwitchUsers.viewUser"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
<Grid>
<!-- I hidden all UI Controls here to keep code short -->
</Grid>
</UserControl>
Using a user control in XAML is pretty simple. I use a WPF Application to test the control. Create a WPF application project and copy the control code files to your project. After that, you need to add namespace of the library in which the user control is defined.
If you want to access a control on a wpf form from another assembly you have to use the modifier attribute x:FieldModifier="public" or use the method proposed by Jean. Save this answer.
A window is managed by the OS and is placed on the desktop. A UserControl is managed by wpf and is placed in a Window or in another UserControl. Applcations could be created by have a single Window and displaying lots of UserControls in that Window.
First you need to give your stack panel a name
<StackPanel Name="myStack" Grid.Row="1" >
</StackPanel>
Then you need something similar to
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private addUser _addUser;
private viewUser _viewUser;
private Control _currentUser;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
_addUser = new addUser();
_viewUser = new viewUser();
_currentUser = _viewUser;
myStack.Children.Add(_currentUser);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
myStack.Children.Clear();
if (_currentUser == _addUser)
{
_currentUser = _viewUser;
}
else
{
_currentUser = _addUser;
}
myStack.Children.Add(_currentUser);
}
}
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