#354 – Use Three-State CheckBox to Show State of Other CheckBoxes

Three-state CheckBox controls are often used in conjunction with other CheckBox controls. The three-state CheckBox appears checked if all other checkboxes are checked, unchecked if nothing else is checked, or the indeterminate state if some other CheckBox controls are checked.

Here’s an example, starting with the XAML:

        <CheckBox Content="Do Everything" IsChecked="{Binding DoEverything}" IsThreeState="True"/>
        <CheckBox Content="Eat" IsChecked="{Binding DoEat}" Margin="20,0,0,0"/>
        <CheckBox Content="Pray" IsChecked="{Binding DoPray}" Margin="20,0,0,0"/>
        <CheckBox Content="Love" IsChecked="{Binding DoLove}" Margin="20,0,0,0"/>

At run-time, you want the following behavior:

• User checks Do Everything, all other items become checked

• User unchecks Do Everything, all other items become unchecked

• User checks individual items, Do Everything becomes checked if everything else is checked, unchecked if nothing is checked, or indeterminate if at some items are checked

See post #355 for an example of the code-behind that implements this behavior.