This is mostly a note to myself on how to create an attached property in WPF using a ComboBox.

public class SelectionBehavior
{
    public static DependencyProperty SelectionChangedProperty =
            DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("SelectionChanged",
            typeof(ICommand),
            typeof(SelectionBehavior),
            new UIPropertyMetadata(SelectionBehavior.SelectedItemChanged));
    public static void SetSelectionChanged(DependencyObject target, ICommand value)
    {
        target.SetValue(SelectionBehavior.SelectionChangedProperty, value);
    }
    private static void SelectedItemChanged(DependencyObject target, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        Selector element = target as Selector;
        if (element == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("This behavior can be attached to Selector item only.");
        if ((e.NewValue != null) && (e.OldValue == null))
        {
            element.SelectionChanged += SelectionChanged;
        }
        else if ((e.NewValue == null) && (e.OldValue != null))
        {
            element.SelectionChanged -= SelectionChanged;
        }
    }
    private static void SelectionChanged(object sender, System.Windows.Controls.SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        UIElement element = (UIElement)sender;
        ICommand command = (ICommand)element.GetValue(SelectionBehavior.SelectionChangedProperty);
        command.Execute(((Selector) sender).SelectedValue);
    }
}

And in the XAML file add

<ComboBox local:SelectionBehavior.SelectionChanged="{Binding MyCommand}"  
              ItemsSource="{Binding MySource}"
              Name="MyComboBox"/> 

MyCommand can be a DelegateCommand from CAG.

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