CanExecuteChanged event of ICommand
This event is raised by the command to notify it's consumers (i.e. Button, MenuItem) that it's CanExecute property may have changed. So if focus is moved from one TextBox to another, your command may need to be enabled/disabled. This information also needs to be passed to any controls using your command.
In general, this event simply reexposes the CommandManager.RequerySuggested event. From the RoutedCommand class:
public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged { add { CommandManager.RequerySuggested += value; } remove { CommandManager.RequerySuggested -= value; }}
The RequerySuggested event is fired quite often, as focus is moved, text selection is changed. This can also be manually raised by calling InvalidateRequerySuggested.
CanExecuteChanged
is raised when the CanExecute
method of an ICommand
gets changed
In some 3rd party libraries, the CanExecuteChanged
event also gets raised if the CanExecute
parameters raise a PropertyChanged
event. For example, MVVM Light Toolkit's RelayCommand
raises the CanExecuteChanged
event if the CanExecute
parameters raise a PropertyChanged
event, while Prism's DelegateCommand
does not.