Routed Commands

Although we have opted to use the DelegateCommand<T> class in our project, this article gives a good overview of the Command pattern used in WPF.

The Command Pattern In Windows Presentation Foundation

DelegateCommand<T> class implements ICommand rather than subclassing RoutedCommand. The problem with this is that CanExecute is fired only once. RoutedCommands listen to a number of events and fire CanExecute quite frequently.
DelegateCommand<T> offers the RaiseCanExecuteChanged() method which can be fired manually when some "significant" event happens.
Alternatively a timer could be used to call RaiseCanExecuteChanged() at regular intervals. The following code sample uses a DispatcherTimer to raise the event on the UI thread.

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_aTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(_aTimer_Tick);
_aTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);
_aTimer.IsEnabled = false;
}

void _aTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_model.MyCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
}

These are the standard supplied commands:
ApplicationCommands—Close, Copy, Cut, Delete, Find, Help, New, Open, Paste, Print, PrintPreview, Properties, Redo, Replace, Save, SaveAs, SelectAll, Stop, Undo, and more

ComponentCommands—MoveDown, MoveLeft, MoveRight, MoveUp, ScrollByLine, ScrollPageDown, ScrollPageLeft, ScrollPageRight, ScrollPageUp, SelectToEnd, SelectToHome, SelectToPageDown, SelectToPageUp, and more

MediaCommands—ChannelDown, ChannelUp, DecreaseVolume, FastForward, IncreaseVolume, MuteVolume, NextTrack, Pause, Play, PreviousTrack, Record, Rewind, Select, Stop, and more

NavigationCommands—BrowseBack, BrowseForward, BrowseHome, BrowseStop, Favorites, FirstPage, GoToPage, LastPage, NextPage, PreviousPage, Refresh, Search, Zoom, and more

EditingCommands—AlignCenter, AlignJustify, AlignLeft, AlignRight, CorrectSpellingError, DecreaseFontSize, DecreaseIndentation, EnterLineBreak, EnterParagraphBreak, IgnoreSpellingError, IncreaseFontSize, IncreaseIndentation, MoveDownByLine, MoveDownByPage, MoveDownByParagraph, MoveLeftByCharacter, MoveLeftByWord, MoveRightByCharacter, MoveRightByWord, and more