HOW TO: Behaviors

Starting version 1.12 library supports Behaviors. Implementation is based on http://github.com/Microsoft/XamlBehaviors . UI supports EventTriggerBehavior with CallMethodAction, ChangePropertyAction and InvokeCommandAction. Behaviors have it's own namespace in designer - EmptyKeys.UserInterface.Designer.Interactions.

You can use Binding on behaviors or actions, resources only on behaviors.

If you want your own custom behavior use Behavior or Behavior base classes - http://emptykeys.com/EmptyKeysUI/ht...tivity.htm

You have to make your own designer for UI Generator. See http://github.com/EmptyKeys/UI_Gene...teractions on how to do it. UI Generator can generate only dependency properties on Behaviors so keep that in mind.

Simple example:

<ek:UIRoot xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/...tion" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/...xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/m...2006" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expres...2008"
         xmlns:ek="clr-namespace:EmptyKeys.UserInterface.Designer;assembly=EmptyKeys.UserInterface.Designer"
         xmlns:eki="clr-namespace:EmptyKeys.UserInterface.Designer.Interactions;assembly=EmptyKeys.UserInterface.Designer"             
         mc:Ignorable="d"
         d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">

<Grid>   
 
    <Button Name="button1">

        <eki:Interaction.Behaviors>

            <eki:EventTriggerBehavior EventName="Click" SourceObject="{Binding Test}">

                <eki:EventTriggerBehavior.Actions>

                    <eki:CallMethodAction MethodName="TestMethodName" TargetObject="{Binding Target}" />

                    <eki:ChangePropertyAction PropertyName="TestPropertyname1" TargetObject="{Binding Target}" Value="1" />

                    <eki:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding TestCommand}" CommandParameter="TestParam" />

                </eki:EventTriggerBehavior.Actions>

            </eki:EventTriggerBehavior>

        </eki:Interaction.Behaviors>

    </Button>

</Grid>

</ek:UIRoot>