How to set properties of a d:DesignInstance in XAML?
- by Scott Bilas
I'm using the new d:DesignInstance feature of the 4.0 series WPF tools. Works great!
Only issue I'm having is: how can I set properties on the instance? Given something like this:
<Grid d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance plugin:SamplePendingChangesViewModel, IsDesignTimeCreatable=True}"/>
How can I set properties on the viewmodel, aside from setting them in its default ctor or routing it through some other object initializer?
I gave this a try but VS gives errors on compile "d:DataContext was not found":
<Grid>
<d:DataContext>
<d:DesignInstance IsDesignTimeCreatable="True">
<plugin:SamplePendingChangesViewModel ActiveTagIndex="2"/>
</d:DesignInstance>
</d:DataContext>
For the moment I'm going back to using a resource and 'd:DataContext={StaticResource SampleData}', where I can set the properties in the resource.
Is there a way to do it via a d:DesignInstance?
