WPF - Global Properties and User Controls

Greetings

I have a Main Window which will hold multiple User Controls. I will give you a better view with an example picture:

    <!--Player 1-->
    <local:ucRaces x:Name="ucRacesP1" Width="78" Height="33" Visibility="Hidden" />
    <Image Name="imageRacePlayer1" Height="27" Width="27" />

    <!--Player 2-->
    <local:ucRaces x:Name="ucRacesP2" Width="78" Height="33" Visibility="Hidden" />
    <Image Name="imageRacePlayer2" Height="27" Width="27" />

• UC3 and UC4 are the same User Control
• UC3 has been given the name ucRacesP1 (Hidden by default)
• UC4 has been given the name ucRacesP2 (Hidden by default)
• Depending on which button is pressed on the image one of these controls becomes visible.

Now what I want to do is, when a person selects a value in UC3 the properties for player1 need to be set. When a value gets selected in UC4 I need the properties for player2 to be set. I was thinking to do this with properties but when searching for Properties and WPF I stumbled upon Dependency Properties. Which started to confuse me a bit, would I need to use normal Properties or these Dependency Properties.

• How can I know if I have to set the player1 values or the player2 values (this depends from which UserControl sends the data)?

• How would I save these values best for the entire application?

• Is putting the User Controls on hidden at the start (due to positioning) the best way or is there a better alternative开发者_如何学编程?

Thank you for your time reading my question(s)!

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i think , your statring point is

Depending on which button is pressed on the image one of these controls becomes visible

1- There are certain buttons on the image and user can click on the image.

2- You can make use of ICommand interface to exceute the specific command in UI i.e. if user press Palyer1 , you cna execute Player1Command if user presses Player2 , you can execute Player2Command.

3- There may be the duplication of code in player1 and player2 but don't worry about it , you can always refactor the code first thing is to dispatch the command to the respective command handler.