[wpf] Setting a property with an EventTrigger

I modified Neutrino's solution to make the xaml look less verbose when specifying the value:

Sorry for no pictures of the rendered xaml, just imagine a [=] hamburger button that you click and it turns into [<-] a back button and also toggles the visibility of a Grid.

xmlns:i="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Interactivity;assembly=System.Windows.Interactivity"

...

<Grid>
    <Button x:Name="optionsButton">
        <i:Interaction.Triggers>
            <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsBackButton}" Value="Visible" />
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsPanel}" Value="Visible" />
            </i:EventTrigger>
        </i:Interaction.Triggers>

        <glyphs:Hamburger Width="10" Height="10" />
    </Button>

    <Button x:Name="optionsBackButton" Visibility="Collapsed">
        <i:Interaction.Triggers>
            <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsButton}" Value="Visible" />
                <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsPanel}" Value="Collapsed" />
            </i:EventTrigger>
        </i:Interaction.Triggers>

        <glyphs:Back Width="12" Height="11" />
    </Button>
</Grid>

...

<Grid Grid.RowSpan="2" x:Name="optionsPanel" Visibility="Collapsed">

</Grid>

You can also specify values this way like in Neutrino's solution:

<Button x:Name="optionsButton">
    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
        <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
            <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" Value="{x:Static Visibility.Collapsed}" />
            <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsBackButton}" Value="{x:Static Visibility.Visible}" />
            <local:SetterAction PropertyName="Visibility" TargetObject="{Binding ElementName=optionsPanel}" Value="{x:Static Visibility.Visible}" />
        </i:EventTrigger>
    </i:Interaction.Triggers>

    <glyphs:Hamburger Width="10" Height="10" />
</Button>

And here's the code.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Interactivity;

namespace Mvvm.Actions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Sets a specified property to a value when invoked.
    /// </summary>
    public class SetterAction : TargetedTriggerAction<FrameworkElement>
    {
        #region Properties

        #region PropertyName

        /// <summary>
        /// Property that is being set by this setter.
        /// </summary>
        public string PropertyName
        {
            get { return (string)GetValue(PropertyNameProperty); }
            set { SetValue(PropertyNameProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty PropertyNameProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("PropertyName", typeof(string), typeof(SetterAction),
            new PropertyMetadata(String.Empty));

        #endregion

        #region Value

        /// <summary>
        /// Property value that is being set by this setter.
        /// </summary>
        public object Value
        {
            get { return (object)GetValue(ValueProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ValueProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("Value", typeof(object), typeof(SetterAction),
            new PropertyMetadata(null));

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region Overrides

        protected override void Invoke(object parameter)
        {
            var target = TargetObject ?? AssociatedObject;

            var targetType = target.GetType();

            var property = targetType.GetProperty(PropertyName, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance);
            if (property == null)
                throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Property not found: {0}", PropertyName));

            if (property.CanWrite == false)
                throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Property is not settable: {0}", PropertyName));

            object convertedValue;

            if (Value == null)
                convertedValue = null;

            else
            {
                var valueType = Value.GetType();
                var propertyType = property.PropertyType;

                if (valueType == propertyType)
                    convertedValue = Value;

                else
                {
                    var propertyConverter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(propertyType);

                    if (propertyConverter.CanConvertFrom(valueType))
                        convertedValue = propertyConverter.ConvertFrom(Value);

                    else if (valueType.IsSubclassOf(propertyType))
                        convertedValue = Value;

                    else
                        throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Cannot convert type '{0}' to '{1}'.", valueType, propertyType));
                }
            }

            property.SetValue(target, convertedValue);
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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