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Badge.ContentFormatProvider Property

Gets or sets the format provider to format the BadgeControl‘s content. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

public IFormatProvider ContentFormatProvider { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
IFormatProvider

An object of a class that implements a IFormatProvider. IFormatProvider provides a mechanism for retrieving an object to control the Badge‘s content formatting.

Remarks

The following code sample specifies the Badge.ContentStringFormat and uses the ContentFormatProvider property to specify the Badge‘s content format:

WPF Badges - ContentStringFormat Property

<dx:SimpleButton
   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
   VerticalAlignment="Center"
   Glyph="{dx:SvgImageSource Uri=Glyph_Message.svg}">
   <dx:Badges.Badge>
       <dx:Badge Content="150" BadgeKind="Error"
                 ContentStringFormat="{}{0:length2}"
                 ContentFormatProvider="{local:BadgeFormatProvider}"/>
   </dx:Badges.Badge>
</dx:SimpleButton>
public class BadgeFormatProvider : MarkupExtension, IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter {
   static readonly Regex formatExpression = new Regex(@"length(\d+)", RegexOptions.Compiled);

   public object GetFormat(Type formatType) { return this; }
   public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider) { return this; }
   public string Format(string format, object arg, IFormatProvider formatProvider) {
       if(arg==null)
           return String.Empty;

       var match = formatExpression.Match(format);
       if(!match.Success)
           return String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format ?? "{0}", arg);

       var length = int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value);
       var inputString = Convert.ToString(arg);
       if (inputString.Length <= length)
           return inputString;

       if (decimal.TryParse(inputString, out _))
           return (Math.Pow(10, length) - 1) + "+";

       return inputString.Substring(0, length) + "...";
   }
}
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