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paulhollyer
Copper Contributor
Mar 07, 2023

How to Control a XAML element from code behind?

Hi all,

 

I'm new to the `.dotnet` ecosystem, and recently started learning C# and Maui - wish I'd done this sooner.

 

I have a couple of questions for which I'm not necessarily looking for answers in code, sudo-code/explanation is fine:

 

1. What would be the recommended approach to setting up a form that displays errors? The problem I'm having trouble with is the conditional display of the errors in the XAML.

 

2. How do you control a XAML element from the codebehind/viewmodel? I've tried interacting with an element's `x:Name` but not having much joy.

 

I'm using .Net 7.0

 

Many thanks for any feedback provided.

 

Paul

.NET MAUI

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    paulhollyer
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 07, 2023
    Ok my mistake, I can interact with Xaml elements using the `x:Name` property value in the codebehind, I was in the viewmodel....

    I should be able to resolve both questions now, but any advice on anything related is always appreciated.

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