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Primitive

A Primitive represents a property on the underlying WPF element. It could be a string, int, bool, Guid, DateTime, or similar low level type.

Common WPF types such as FontWeight, Size, Thickness, Brush, etc will be converted to their string representation.

Methods​

+, -, *, !, <, …

Primitive supports all standard operators, if the underlying type supports it.

Usage

var widthWithPadding = element["Width"] + 10;
var totalArea = element["Width"] * element["Height"];
var switchedToggle = !element["IsChecked"];

T? To<T>()

Casts the underlying Primitive value to T?. An exception is thrown if the underlying value cannot be cast to T?. In most cases, the Primitive can be used without casting it via To.

Usage

var username = element["UsernameText"].To<string>();
var isChecked = element["IsChecked"].To<bool>();
var visibility = element["Visibility"].To<Visibility>();