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copied!<p>You don't need all that ScreenManager stuff in WPF, because the DataTemplate engine can take care of this for you with pure markup.</p> <p>You can simply databind a particular area of your application with a ContentPresenter and a bunch of DataTemplates. Bind the area to a property of a 'root' ViewModel, and let the 'root' ViewModel implement INotifyPropertyChanged so that WPF knows if you change the ViewModel in that area.</p> <pre><code>public class RootViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged { public object Screen1ViewModel { get; } public object Screen2ViewModel { get; } } </code></pre> <p>Databind one ContentPresenter control to the Screen1ViewModel property using</p> <pre><code><ContentControl Content="{Binding Path=Screen1ViewModel}" /> </code></pre> <p>and similarly for the next one. When you need to change the content of Screen1, you simply re-assign Screen1ViewModel from code, and because of the raised PropertyChanged event, WPF will pick it up and bind the new ViewModel to a new View.</p> <p>The DataTemplates may be as simple as this:</p> <pre><code><Window.Resources> <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type foo:MyViewModel}"> <self:MyControl /> </DataTemplate> <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type foo:MyOtherViewModel}"> <self:MyOtherControl /> </DataTemplate> </Window.Resources> </code></pre> <p>In case you are not familiar with it, <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article on MVVM in WPF</a> is an excellent introduction.</p>

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