How to get selected color name of WPF ColorPicker?
In WPF ColorPicker control, the Selected color’s name can be displayed by binding the color value of ColorPicker to Text value in TextBlock. The color name from color code can be obtained using SuchColor method using converter.
MainWindow.xaml:
<Window x:Class="ColorPickerColorName.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ColorPickerColorName"
xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
mc:Ignorable="d" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<Window.Resources>
<local:ColorHexToStringConverter x:Key="ColorToWordKnownColors">
</local:ColorHexToStringConverter>
</Window.Resources>
<Window.DataContext>
<local:ViewModel />
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
<Canvas>
<syncfusion:ColorPicker HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Color="{Binding ColorValue,Mode=TwoWay}"
Canvas.Top="100"
Canvas.Left="300">
</syncfusion:ColorPicker>
<TextBlock Text="{ Binding ColorValue, Converter={StaticResource ColorToWordKnownColors}}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center" Canvas.Top="105"
Canvas.Left="450"/>
</Canvas>
</Grid>
</Window>
View Model.cs
public class ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private Color _color = Colors.Green;
public Color ColorValue
{
get
{
return _color;
}
set
{
_color = value;
OnPropertyChanged("ColorValue");
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string p)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(p));
}
}
MainWindow.cs
public class ColorHexToStringConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
Color color = (Color)value;
//color name has been obtained
string _Color = ColorEdit.SuchColor(color)[0];
return _Color;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
The following screenshot shows the output of sample with above code snippet.
Sample : View in GitHub
Conclusion
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