Command Manager in WPF Diagram (SfDiagram)

29 Jan 20256 minutes to read

The CommandManager is used to map the user gestures (keyboard, mouse) with SfDiagram commands and helps to include new gesture commands in SfDiagram. Refer to the following table for built-in commands with Key gesture and Mouse gesture.

List of Commands and Key Gesture:

Command	Key	Key Modifiers
Copy	C	Control
Cut	X	Control
Paste	V	Control
Duplicate	D	Control
Undo	Z	Control
Redo	Y	Control
MoveLeft	Left
MoveRight	Right
MoveUp	Up
MoveDown	Down
Delete	Delete
SelectAll	A	Control
Group	G	Control
UnGroup	U	Control+Shift
SendToBack	[	Control+Shift
SendBackward	[	Control
BringToFront	]	Control+Shift
BringForward	]	Control

List of Commands and Key Gestures with Parameter

Command	Key	KeyModifier	Parameter
Zoom	-	Control	new ZoomPositionParameter { ZoomCommand=ZoomCommand.ZoomOut}
Zoom	+	Control	new ZoomPositionParameter { ZoomCommand = ZoomCommand.ZoomIn }
Reset	0	Control	new ResetParameter { Reset = Diagram.Reset.ZoomPan }
FitToPage	W	Control + Shift	new FitToPageParameter { FitToPage = Diagram.FitToPage.FitToPage, Margin = new Thickness(20) }

List of Commands and Mouse Gesture with Parameter

Command	Scroll State	Parameter
Vertical Scroll using ‘Zoom’ command	Scroll	new ZoomPointerParameter { ZoomCommand = ZoomCommand.VerticalScroll}

List of Commands and Key and Mouse Gesture with Parameter

Command	KeyModifier	Scroll State	Parameter
Horizontal Scroll using ‘Zoom’ command	Shift	Scroll	new ZoomPointerParameter { ZoomCommand = ZoomCommand.HorizontalScroll}
Zoom	Control	Scroll	new ZoomPointerParameter { ZoomCommand = ZoomCommand.ZoomIn \| ZoomCommand.ZoomOut}

NOTE

When different commands are registered for the same key / mouse gestures, you need to handle the command while execution.

Custom command

CommandManager provides support to define custom commands. The custom commands are executed when the specified key gesture is recognized. The GestureCommand and Gesture help you to define a custom command.

The following code example represents how to define custom command to Save Command (Control + S).

C#
// To define the mouse and keyboard gesture for the commands
GestureCommand saveGesture = new GestureCommand()
{
    // Define the command with custom command
    Command = Save,
    // Define gesture for custom Command
    Gesture = new Gesture
    {
        KeyModifiers = ModifierKeys.Control,
        KeyState = KeyStates.Down,
        Key = Key.S
    },
    // Parameter for command - file name for save command
    Parameter = "diagram"
};

// Add the custom command to the existing command collection.
diagram.CommandManager.Commands.Add(saveGesture);

View sample in GitHub

Command Manager in WPF Diagram (SfDiagram)

List of Commands and Key Gestures with Parameter

List of Commands and Mouse Gesture with Parameter

List of Commands and Key and Mouse Gesture with Parameter

Custom command

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