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Brent Traut
Brent Traut

Reputation: 5794

Localizing attached properties in XAML/WinRT

I'm attempting to localize my WinRT app. I don't need anything too fancy, so I've been using x:Uid on XAML elements in conjunction with resource files that have properties such as "PageTitleTextBox.Text" set. This method was working great until I ran into an issue with attached properties.

I've defined a few app bar buttons using similar markup to what I've seen in other examples:

<Button x:Name="AddFolderButton" Click="AddFolderButton_Tapped" x:Uid="FoldersPageAppBarAddFolderButton" AutomationProperties.Name="Test" Style="{StaticResource AppBarButtonStyle}">
    <Button.Content>&#xE109;</Button.Content>
</Button >

In this case, I'd like to localize AddFolderButton's label, currently defined by AutomationProperties.Name. I tried setting a key in my resource file to FoldersPageAppBarAddFolderButton.AutomationProperties.Name, but this fails on runtime.

Is it possible to localize this label using XAML, or do I need to do this programatically in the code-behind file?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1062

Answers (1)

Damir Arh
Damir Arh

Reputation: 17865

You need to handle attached properties a bit differently, i.e. their namespace must be included in the reource key like this:

FoldersPageAppBarAddFolderButton.[using:Windows.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name

You can read more about it here.

Upvotes: 7

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