BarItem.CommandTarget Property

Gets or sets the element on which to raise the BarItem.Command. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[Bindable(true)]
public IInputElement CommandTarget { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Bindable(True)>
Public Property CommandTarget As IInputElement

Property Value

Type	Description
IInputElement	The element on which to raise the BarItem.Command.

Example

This example shows how to specify a command and custom short cut for a bar item. A command and short cut are assigned to the item via the BarItem.Command and BarItem.KeyGesture properties, respectively.In the example, a bar is docked to the BarContainerControl which is created manually.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-bind-a-bar-item-to-a-command-and-provide-a-keygesture-for-the-item-e1550.

Window1.xaml

<dxb:BarManager.Items>                
    <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="btnCut" Command="ApplicationCommands.Cut" KeyGesture="CTRL+1" CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=textBox}" Content="{Binding Command.Text, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
</dxb:BarManager.Items>

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the CommandTarget property.

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C#

how-to-create-a-radial-context-menu-t325071/VB/RadialMenuExample/MainWindow.xaml#L18

<dxb:RadialContextMenu DataContext="{Binding PlacementTarget.DataContext, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}">
    <dxb:BarButtonItem Content="Copy" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Copy_16x16.png}" Command="{Binding CopyCommand}" CommandTarget="{Binding}" />
    <dxb:BarButtonItem Content="Cut" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Cut_16x16.png}" Command="{Binding CutCommand}" CommandTarget="{Binding}" />

how-to-implement-wpf-navigation-using-ribboncontrol-e2736/VB/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L10

<dxb:BarManager.Items>
    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="biForward" Content="Navigate Forward" Command="BrowseForward" CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=mainFrame}" />
    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="biBackward" Content="Navigate Backward" Command="BrowseBack" CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=mainFrame}" />

how-to-bind-the-dxgrid-to-the-xpcollection-e2347/CS/Q265259/Window1.xaml#L19

    <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="deleteRowItem" Content="Delete" Command="{x:Static dxg:GridCommands.DeleteFocusedRow}"
                       CommandTarget="{Binding Path=View, ElementName=OrdersGrid}" />
</dxg:TableView.RowCellMenuCustomizations>

how-to-bind-a-bar-item-to-a-command-and-provide-a-keygesture-for-the-item-e1550/VB/WpfApplication5/Window1.xaml#L7

<dxb:BarManager.Items>
    <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="btnCut" Command="ApplicationCommands.Cut" KeyGesture="CTRL+1" CommandTarget="{Binding ElementName=textBox}" Content="{Binding Command.Text, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
</dxb:BarManager.Items>