Override default properties of .Net Maui Switch Control to Yes/No

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Override default properties of .Net Maui Switch Control to Yes/No

Ronald Rex 1,666

Hi Friends. Can I Override default properties of Off/ On in .Net Maui Switch Control. I want to use the values Yes/No instead. Thanks in advance

Lloyd Sheen 1,486 Reputation points

2023-06-30T22:23:07.08+00:00

While you haven't specified the one property that could be your "problem" is IsToggled. Since this is a boolean it actually uses true/false.

If you wanted to have a property that uses Yes/No you could subclass the Switch control, add a new property which has those values most likely using an enum, then you would capture changes to the new property and change the value of IsToggled accordingly.

Seems like a lot of work for little benifit but if I misunderstood what you are trying to do please add to your question.
Ronald Rex 1,666 Reputation points

2023-07-03T23:23:06.71+00:00

I just want to show the text or state of Yes or No which i guess will translate to true of false. Thanks for your help.

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Lloyd Sheen 1,486 Reputation points

2023-06-30T22:23:07.08+00:00

While you haven't specified the one property that could be your "problem" is IsToggled. Since this is a boolean it actually uses true/false.

If you wanted to have a property that uses Yes/No you could subclass the Switch control, add a new property which has those values most likely using an enum, then you would capture changes to the new property and change the value of IsToggled accordingly.

Seems like a lot of work for little benifit but if I misunderstood what you are trying to do please add to your question.
Ronald Rex 1,666 Reputation points

2023-07-03T23:23:06.71+00:00

I just want to show the text or state of Yes or No which i guess will translate to true of false. Thanks for your help.

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Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Microsoft External Staff

Hello,

After testing, only the switch control on Windows platforms will display the word On/Off.

You could refer to the following code snippet to change the text of the Switch control in the page to Yes/No.

// in xaml
<Switch x:Name="test_switch" IsToggled="true"/>

// in code behind
protected override void OnHandlerChanged()
{
    base.OnHandlerChanged();
#if WINDOWS
    var s = test_switch.Handler.PlatformView as ToggleSwitch;
    if (s != null)
    {
        s.OffContent = "No";
        s.OnContent = "Yes";
    }
#endif
}

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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Ronald Rex 1,666 Reputation points

2023-07-05T14:55:35.47+00:00

Im getting a compilation error...

Error CS0246 MauiApp1 (net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0) The type or namespace name 'ToggleSwitch' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Do I need a reference to ToggleSwitch?
Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-06T03:16:02.4966667+00:00
Yes, since ToggleSwitch is a native control on Windows, you need to reference its namespace.

#if WINDOWS using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls; #endif

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