How can I list colors in WPF with XAML ?, Wpfxaml

How can I list colors in WPF with XAML ?, Wpfxaml

How can I get list of all colors I can pick in Visual Studio Designer (which isSystem.Windows.Media.Colors, But that isn't a collection) and put them into my ownComboBoxUsing WPF and XAML markup?

Link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/562682/how-can-i-list-colors-in-wpf-with-xaml

Here is the pure XAML solution.

In your resources section, you wocould use this:

<!-- Make sure this namespace is declared so that it's in scope below -->.. xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib" ..<ObjectDataProvider MethodName="GetType"     ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Type}" x:Key="colorsTypeOdp">    <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>        <sys:String>System.Windows.Media.Colors, PresentationCore,            Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,             PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35</sys:String>    </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters></ObjectDataProvider><ObjectDataProvider ObjectInstance="{StaticResource colorsTypeOdp}"      MethodName="GetProperties" x:Key="colorPropertiesOdp"></ObjectDataProvider>

Or, as CodeNaked points out, it can be switched to one tag:

<ObjectDataProvider     ObjectInstance="{x:Type Colors}"     MethodName="GetProperties"     x:Key="colorPropertiesOdp" />

And then the combobox wowould look like this:

<ComboBox Name="comboBox1"     ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource colorPropertiesOdp}}"    DisplayMemberPath="Name"    SelectedValuePath="Name" />

Here is a great ItemTemplate to use for a combobox using casperOne's code:

<ComboBox Name="cboColors"          ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource colorPropertiesOdp}}"          SelectedValuePath="Name">     <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>        <DataTemplate>           <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Height="18" Margin="0,0,0,2">              <Border BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="2"                   BorderBrush="Black" Width="50" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"                  Background="{Binding Name}"/>              <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" Margin="8,0,0,0"/>           </StackPanel>         </DataTemplate>     </ComboBox.ItemTemplate></ComboBox>

Here is what I have done in a past ASP.net app:

// populate colors drop down (will work with other kinds of list controls)Type colors = typeof(System.Drawing.Color);PropertyInfo[] colorInfo = colors.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public |    BindingFlags.Static);foreach ( PropertyInfo info in colorInfo){    ddlColor.Items.Add(info.Name);                }// Get the selected colorSystem.Drawing.Color selectedColor =     System.Drawing.Color.FromName(ddlColor.SelectedValue);

Here's how to do it in code using reflection. The following will dump all predefined WPF color names to Output:

using System.Reflection;void ListAllColors(){    Type colorsType = typeof(System.Windows.Media.Colors);    PropertyInfo[] colorsTypePropertyInfos = colorsType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);    foreach (PropertyInfo colorsTypePropertyInfo in colorsTypePropertyInfos)        Debug.WriteLine(colorsTypePropertyInfo.Name);}

And to put them in a combobox, you cocould simply change the last line:

_comboBox.Items.Add(colorsTypePropertyInfo.Name);