How to create a custom property?

Question

I need to create a custom property meaning rather using

<Style x:Key="ABC" TargetType="Rectangle">
    <Setter Property="Fill" Value="Red"/>
</Style>

I like to have something like Rectangle and assign it an ID so later when it is dropped on Canvas I can retrieve its ID.

<Style x:Key="ABC" TargetType="Rectangle">
    <Setter Property="Fill" Value="Red"/>
    **<Setter Property="ID" Value="1234567890-ABC"/>**
</Style>

How can I define that custom property?

Regards, Amit

do you want to define another class like rectangle and then define a property on it? — Behnam Esmaili, Jun 08 '12 at 19:02
Use `Tag` property or look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3940597/how-to-create-a-dependency-property-on-an-existing-control — Roman Sokk, Jun 08 '12 at 19:05

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '12 at 19:35

Define a custom attached property in a separate class:

public class Prop : DependencyObject
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty IDProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("ID", typeof(string), typeof(Prop), new PropertyMetadata(null));

    public static void SetID(UIElement element, string value)
    {
        element.SetValue(IDProperty, value);
    }

    public static string GetID(UIElement element)
    {
        return (string)element.GetValue(IDProperty);
    }
}

Then you can use this:

<Setter Property="local:Prop.ID" Value="1234567890-ABC"/>

local must be defined in the root element of your XAML appromimately like this:

xmlns:local="clr-namespace:AttPropTest"

where AttPropTest is the namespace of the assembly.

In code, you can determine the ID with Prop.GetID(myRect).

Hi Fmunkert, it was a great sample so I followed all the steps but I guess something I'm missing here cause when I run it i get an error as (in XAML) **Cannot convert the value in attribute 'Property' to object of type 'System.Windows.DependencyProperty'. ** — amit kohan, Jun 08 '12 at 23:06

How to create a custom property?

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