How do I load controls in different ContentControls of a Shell using CaliburnMicro

If the ViewModel that gets binded to the UI contains a property with the name that matches a content control. The Content control view automatically gets resolved the the view supported by this property, provided this property itself is a ViewModel type and has been registed with Ioc container. For example

<ContentControl x:Name="LoginStatus"></ContentControl>

If there is a property LoginStatus on the main ViewModel (LoginStatus property itself is a ViewModel). The content control would correctly get rendered with the appropriate view.

This is an old question, but in case anyone is having the same issue, here is my solution:

1. Your main window that contain both (or even more than two) of your User Controls must be inherited from Caliburn.Micro.Conductor<Screen>.Collection.AllActive;
2. Your User Controls must be inherited from Caliburn.Micro.Screen;
3. You must also keep naming conventions in mind. If you use MenuUC as the name of a ContentControl in your View, also create a property named MenuUC in your ViewModel;
4. Initialize your UserControl as I do in Constructor;
5. Now you can use ActivateItem(MenuUC) and DeactivateItem(MenuUC) everywhere in your code. Caliburn.Micro automatically detects which one you want to work with.

Example XAML View code:

<Window x:Class="YourProject.Views.YourView"        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"        mc:Ignorable="d"        Title="YourViewTitle" Width="900" Height="480">    <Grid>        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>            <ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>        <Grid.RowDefinitions>            <RowDefinition Height="auto"/>            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>        </Grid.RowDefinitions>        <!-- Menu Side Bar -->        <ContentControl Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" x:Name="MenuUC" />        <!-- Panel -->        <Border Grid.Column="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="#FF707070" >            <ContentControl x:Name="PanelUC" />        </Border>    </Grid></Window>

Example C# ViewModel code:

class YourViewModel : Conductor<Screen>.Collection.AllActive{    // Menu Side Bar    private MenuUCViewModel _menuUC;    public MenuUCViewModel MenuUC    {        get { return _menuUC; }        set { _menuUC = value; NotifyOfPropertyChange(() => MenuUC); }    }    // Panel    private Screen _panelUC;    public Screen PanelUC    {        get { return _panelUC; }        set { _panelUC = value; NotifyOfPropertyChange(() => PanelUC); }    }    // Constructor    public YourViewModel()    {        MenuUC = new MenuUCViewModel();        ActivateItem(MenuUC);        PanelUC = new FirstPanelUCViewModel();        ActivateItem(PanelUC);    }    // Some method that changes PanelUC (previously FirstPanelUCViewModel) to SecondPanelUCViewModel    public void ChangePanels()    {        DeactivateItem(PanelUC);        PanelUC = new SecondPanelUCViewModel();        ActivateItem(PanelUC);    }}

In the above example, ChangePanels() acts as a method to load new User Control into your ContentControl.

Also read this question, it might be help you further.

You should have a look at Screen Conductors. See here.