Setting an ImageSource in XAML to PackIcon Kind?

Question

I'm trying to put together a ribbon control and I like to use the icons in the IconPack of the MaterialDesign WPF Toolkit. Is there a way that I can get to the icon image itself?

For example: Using a Grid Icon, the code is <materialDesign:PackIcon Kind="Grid" />.

How do I assign that icon to the ImageSource?

Answer 1

You could use a custom converter as suggested here: https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro.IconPacks/issues/39.

<Window.Resources>
    <local:PackIconImageSourceConverter x:Key="PackIconImageSourceConverter" />
</Window.Resources>
...
<Image Source="{Binding Source={x:Static iconPacks:PackIconMaterialKind.Grid}, Converter={StaticResource PackIconImageSourceConverter}}" 
       Stretch="None" />

You will find the code for the converter class here: https://gist.github.com/PhyxionNL/160a6f04e6083016d4b2a3aed3c4fe71

EDIT: This was incorporated into MahApps.Metro as PackIconKindToImageConverterBase.