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QuestionBetter way to access ViewModels Pin
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In my current way to structure a WPF-application I heavily lean on UserControls for my Views and place them in the MainWindow inside a container, usually a DockPanel. For instance in the MainWindow:
XML
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
        <views:Header DockPanel.Dock="Top" />
        <views:Footer DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" />
        <views:Body />
</DockPanel>
For each View I have a corresponding ViewModel. This ViewModel is instantiated inside the View's XAMl-code. In the DataContext element. For instance in the Body View:
XML
<UserControl.DataContext>
    <vm:BodyViewModel />
</UserControl.DataContext>
I like this approach, because I can alter any properties in the ViewModel and see the View automatically change in the view during design time.


But I have not find a good way to access any ViewModels from some class where I happened to need to alter the View through a property in a ViewModel.

My current solution - which I don't like - to gain access of the ViewModels is:

1. Give each View a name in the MainWindow.xaml file.
XML
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
    <views:Header DockPanel.Dock="Top" x:Name="viewHeader" />
    <views:Footer DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" x:Name="viewFooter" />
    <views:Body x:Name="viewBody" />
</DockPanel>
2. Do some logic in the MainWindow to setup the ViewModels for each View.
C#
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    HeaderViewModel Header { get; set; }
    FooterViewModel Footer { get; set; }
    BodyViewModel Body { get; set; }

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        Header = viewHeader.DataContext as HeaderViewModel;
        Footer = viewFooter.DataContext as FooterViewModel;
        Body = viewBody.DataContext as BodyViewModel;
    }
}
3. Then for every class where I need a ViewModel I need to pass it from the MainWindow in some way.
C#
class SomeClass
{
    public void AlterHeaderText(HeaderViewModel header)
    {
        // Do some logic with viewmodel.
    }
}
This approach works, but I don't like it. It's annoying to pass ViewModels from the MainWindow every time a class need one or more ViewModels to alter a View.

Is there a solution to this approach to improve it?


/BR
Steffe
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