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Texbox value binding in WPF MVVM

I have sample XAML with TextBox code as:
XAML
<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Text="{Binding Path=Remarks, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
BorderThickness="0.5" Margin="0" Height="50" Background="Transparent" Foreground="White" />
<Button CommandParameter="{Binding ListExecActionId}"
Command="{Binding Source={StaticResource Locator}, Path=TaskPerformanceModel.ActivityAction_comment}"
Content="Save" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="3,0,0,0" Height="Auto" />
View Model:
public string Remarks
{
get { return _remarks; }
set
{
if (!string.Equals(_remarks, value))
{
_remarks = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Remarks");
}
}
}
ActivityAction_coment as follows
public RelayCommand<object> ActivityAction_comment
{
get
{
if (_ActivityAction_comment == null)
{
_ActivityAction_comment = new RelayCommand<object>((ExecActionId) => ActivityComment(ExecActionId));
}
return _ActivityAction_comment;
}
}
private void ActivityComment(object _id)
{
try
{
using (DataContext objDataContext = new DataContext(DBConnection.ConnectionString))
{
ListExecutionAction tblListExec = objDataContext.ListExecutionActions.Single(p => p.Id == Convert.ToInt32(_id));
**tblListExec.Remarks = Remarks; // Not getting Remarks value from Textbox**
objDataContext.SubmitChanges();
}
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(Ex.Message, "TaskExecution:ActivityComment");
}
}
I am unable to get textbox (Remarks) value in view model. Always getting "".
can any one help me out please.
For more clarity I am updating view:
<ListView.View>
<GridViewColumn >
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ActionDescription}" Foreground="White" FontSize="16"></TextBlock>
<ToggleButton Name="button">
<ToggleButton.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<TextBlock>Remarks!!</TextBlock>
</ControlTemplate>
</ToggleButton.Template>
</ToggleButton>
<Popup IsOpen="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=button}" StaysOpen="False" Width="250" Height="100">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Background="LightBlue" Text="{Binding ActionDescription}"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="Comments:" Foreground="White" Background="Transparent" />
<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Text="{Binding Path=Remarks, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
BorderThickness="0.5" Margin="0" Height="50"/>
<!--Text="{Binding Remarks, Mode=OneWayToSource}" Text="{Binding Path=Remarks, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" DataContext="{Binding CollectionOfListQueue}" Background="Transparent" Foreground="White"-->
<Button CommandParameter="{Binding ListExecActionId}" Command="{Binding Source={StaticResource Locator}, Path=TaskPerformanceModel.ActivityAction_comment}" Content="Save" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="3,0,0,0" Height="Auto" />
<Button Content="Cancel" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,0,0,0" Height="Auto" />
<!--</Grid>-->
</StackPanel>
</Popup>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>

Bind to ActivityAction_comment and Remarks properties of the view model:
<Button CommandParameter="{Binding ListExecActionId}"
Command="{Binding DataContext.ActivityAction_comment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ListView}}"
Content="Save" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="3,0,0,0" Height="Auto" />
You need to the same for the Remarks binding
<TextBox Text="{Binding DataContext.Remarks, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ListView}}" ... />
You should then be able to get the value in the TextBox using the Remarks source property:
private void ActivityComment(object _id)
{
try
{
using (DataContext objDataContext = new DataContext(DBConnection.ConnectionString))
{
ListExecutionAction tblListExec = objDataContext.ListExecutionActions.Single(p => p.Id == Convert.ToInt32(_id));
string remarks = Remarks;
objDataContext.SubmitChanges();
}
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(Ex.Message, "TaskExecution:ActivityComment");
}
}

Add UserControl dynamically in WPF C#

I've got one page in my WPF app that should display some "tiles" in number as I specify before. Tile looks like this:
So my page should look something like this:
It is achievable of course by manually cloning tiles, but I want to avoid this (achieve it in more programmatic way). So instead of creating 6 clones I should stick to only one and then if needed add remaining ones. How can I accomplish that? I guess I should create my own UserControl like this:
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="199" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="Black">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition Height="0*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="image1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="175" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="30" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="112" Background="#FFC78D10">
<TextBox IsReadOnly = "True" x:Name="CategoryOfEvent" Height="30" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Category" Width="112" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="18" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
</Grid>
<TextBox IsReadOnly = "True" x:Name="HourOfEvent" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="28" Margin="0,42,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Hour" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="148" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="#FFE2E2E2" FontSize="22" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" FontWeight="Bold" TextChanged="HourOfEvent_TextChanged">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
<TextBox IsReadOnly = "True" x:Name="TitleOfEvent" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="88" Margin="0,82,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Title" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="20" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" FontWeight="Bold">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
<TextBox IsReadOnly = "True" x:Name="PlaceOfEvent" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24" Margin="0,175,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Where" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="14" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
</Grid>
and just add them to my page. I would like also to mention that in every tiles there are 4 textboxes which are displaying some data parsed from Json, so maybe some automatic binding should do the job?

It is as simple as that.Firstly,what you can do is,create a UserControl with all your controls inside like TextBlocks and others.Then,decide which type of container control you want to use to hold your UserControl.Let's assume it's a grid.You can specify/set grid's column/rows for each user control.A sample :
private void addControl()
{
UserControl1 MyCon = new UserControl1;
MyGrid.Children.Add(MyCon);
Grid.SetRow(MyCon , 1); ////replace 1 with required row count
}
You can create grid rows in design time,or u can do it in code behind as well :
MyGrid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition);
If you want to use columns instead,just apply same code but change Row/Rowdefinition with Column/ColumnDefinition
Hope this helps :)

The follwing example shows how to create multiple of the tiles you have been posting using a DataTemplate and WrapPanel. The DataTemplate specifies how an object (in this case a TileItem) is visualized. You can create multiple TileItems and then add them to an collection, in order to visualize them all.
Assuming your UI resides in MainWindow, you can create a collection with three items in it.
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
TileItemCollection = new ObservableCollection<TileItem>(new []
{
new TileItem(){Category = "Alpha", Hour = "10", Title = "Hello World", Where = "Office"},
new TileItem(){Category = "Beta", Hour = "15", Title = "Test", Where = "Home"},
new TileItem(){Category = "Gamma", Hour = "44", Title = "My Title", Where = "Work"},
});
DataContext = this;
}
public ObservableCollection<TileItem> TileItemCollection { get; }
}
You could load your Items from JSON and create an TileItem for each one in the JSON document. The class for TileItemss can be found below.
public class TileItem : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _hour;
private string _title;
private string _where;
private string _category;
public string Category
{
get => _category;
set
{
if (value == _category) return;
_category = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public string Hour
{
get => _hour;
set
{
if (value == _hour) return;
_hour = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public string Title
{
get => _title;
set
{
if (value == _title) return;
_title = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public string Where
{
get => _where;
set
{
if (value == _where) return;
_where = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Note that in order for datachanges to be propagated to the UI, all properties which should be updated in the UI when you update them in code need to raise the property changed event. In this example all properties do this by default.
You can then update the XAML to bind to a collection. The ItemsControl acts as a container for the tiles. If you scroll down further you may notice the use of WrapPanel which is responsible for the item wrapping effect when you resize the control.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding TileItemCollection}" Margin="20">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:TileItem}" >
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="199" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="Black">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition Height="0*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="image1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="175" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="30" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="112" Background="#FFC78D10">
<TextBox IsReadOnly="True" Height="30" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Path=Category}" Width="112" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="18" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
</Grid>
<TextBox IsReadOnly="True" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="28" Margin="0,42,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Path=Hour}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="148" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="#FFE2E2E2" FontSize="22" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" FontWeight="Bold">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
<TextBox IsReadOnly="True" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="88" Margin="0,82,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Path=Title}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="20" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}" FontWeight="Bold">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
<TextBox IsReadOnly="True" x:Name="PlaceOfEvent" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="24" Margin="0,175,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Path=Where}" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="207" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="White" FontSize="14" SelectionBrush="{x:Null}">
<TextBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<ScrollViewer Name="PART_ContentHost"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</TextBox.Template>
</TextBox>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<ScrollViewer>
<ItemsPresenter />
</ScrollViewer>
</ControlTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Template>
</ItemsControl>
Each Tile is bound to an TileItem which means that the Bindings which point to e.g. Category, point to the Category of an TileItem.
To increase reusability it would be possible to move the code into its own usercontrol and optionally to add DependencyPropertys for better control.

WPF - Change Controls based on listviewitem selection. Controls not updating

I'm trying to update the controls present on my Main Window based on the listviewitem selected by the user, but when the listviewitem selection is changed the controls do not update.
I used this post as reference How to dynamically change a WPF control's template using a checkbox?
EDIT: I initially used ContentTemplate but changed this to DataTemplate based on suggestions, however it still is not updating
The XMAL for my Main Window is
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="Default">
<Grid Margin="20,280,0,0" />
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ERAFileSelect">
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="218" Margin="20,280,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" CornerRadius="15">
<Grid Name="grdFileSelect">
<Label x:Name="lblProcessContent" Content="Drag File or Manually Select File" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtEraFileName" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="10,80,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="235"/>
<Button x:Name="btnSelectFiles" Content="Manually Select File(s)" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,161,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="235" Height="45"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="FCSFileSelect">
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="218" Margin="20,280,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" CornerRadius="15">
<Grid Name="grdFileSelect">
<Label x:Name="lblProcessContent" Content="Drag File or Manually Select Files" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtFCSFileName_TQ02" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="10,40,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="174"/>
<Button x:Name="btnSelectFiles_TQ02" Content="Select" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="189,37,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="56" Height="28"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtFCSFileName_TQ11" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="10,105,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="174"/>
<Button x:Name="btnSelectFiles_TQ11" Content="Selec" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="189,100,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="56" Height="28"/>
<TextBox x:Name="txtFCSFileName_TQ16" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="10,170,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="174"/>
<Button x:Name="btnSelectFiles_TQ16" Content="Select" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="189,165,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="56" Height="28"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid Margin="0,0,2,0">
<GroupBox x:Name="gbxProgress" Header="Progress" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="298,105,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="445" Width="462" Foreground="Black">
<ListBox x:Name="lbxProgress" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="408" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="431" Foreground="Black" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" ItemsSource="{Binding Progress.Message}" />
</GroupBox>
<Button x:Name="btnStart" Content="Start" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,513,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Height="37" IsEnabled="{Binding Properties.StartButtonEnabled}" Click="btnStart_Click"/>
<Button x:Name="btnCancel" Content="Cancel" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="177,513,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Height="37"/>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="70" Margin="20,21,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="740" CornerRadius="15">
<Grid>
<Image HorizontalAlignment ="Left" Margin="10" Height="50" Width="50" VerticalAlignment="Center" Source="/Lib/Icons/User.png" />
<TextBlock Name="txtUser" FontSize="20" Height="30" Width="200" Foreground="Red" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="78,19,0,19"/>
<Image HorizontalAlignment ="Left" Margin="443,8,0,10" Height="50" Width="50" VerticalAlignment="Center" Source="Lib/Icons/Watch.png" />
<TextBlock x:Name="txtRunTime" FontSize="20" Height="30" Width="200" Foreground="Red" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="519,19,0,19" Text="{Binding AppRunTime.TimeElapsed}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="144" Margin="20,119,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" CornerRadius="15">
<Grid>
<Label x:Name="lblProcessSelection" Content="Process Selection" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="257" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"/>
<ListView x:Name="lvProcessSelection" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="93" Margin="10,30,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="235" BorderThickness="0" SelectionChanged="lvProcessSelection_SelectionChanged">
<ListViewItem Name="itmERA" Content="Expense Reserve Automation"/>
<ListViewItem Name="itmFCS" Content="Financial Close Status"/>
<ListViewItem Name="itmPEL" Content="Peel"/>
</ListView>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ContentControl DataContext="{Binding Properties}" Content="{Binding}">
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource ERAFileSelect}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding SelectedProcess}" Value="Expense Reserve Automation">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource ERAFileSelect}" />
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding SelectedProcess}" Value="Financial Close Status">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource FCSFileSelect}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>
</Grid>
ViewModel Code is
public class MainWindowModel
{
public ApplicationRunTime AppRunTime { get; set; }
public LogMessage Progress { get; set; }
public MainWindowProperties Properties { get; set; }
public MainWindowModel()
{
AppRunTime = new ApplicationRunTime();
Progress = new LogMessage();
Properties = new MainWindowProperties();
Properties.StartButtonEnabled = false;
}
}
With the MainWindowProperties class
public class MainWindowProperties
{
public bool StartButtonEnabled { get; set; }
public string SelectedProcess { get; set; }
}
And within my MainWindow Constructor I have set the DataContext
mainWindowModel = new MainWindowModel();
this.DataContext = mainWindowModel;
When the selection from lvProcessSelection is changed the following code is executed
if (lvProcessSelection.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
{
mainWindowModel.Properties.SelectedProcess = ((ListViewItem)lvProcessSelection.SelectedItem).Content.ToString();
}
else
{
mainWindowModel.Properties.SelectedProcess = string.Empty;
}
This will update SelectedProcess within my ViewModel with either "Expense Reserve Automation" or "Financial Close Status"
I know the DataContext is set correctly for my ViewModel (but may not be for the ContentControl) as I am able to update lbxProgress with new messages and update txtRunTime with the application RunTime
However when I change the selection on lvProcessSelection nothing happens; the default controls of ERAFileSelect remains.
Could anybody point me in the right direction on how to solve this?

Could anybody point me in the right direction on how to solve this?
Your MainWindowProperties class should implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface and raise change notifications whenever the SelectedProcess property is set to a new value:
public class MainWindowProperties : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public bool StartButtonEnabled { get; set; }
private string _selectedProcess;
public string SelectedProcess
{
get { return _selectedProcess; }
set { _selectedProcess = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] String propertyName = "")
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Please refer to MSDN for more information about this common interface: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.inotifypropertychanged(v=vs.110).aspx
Every view model/model that you bind to must implement this interface and raise change notifications for any target value in the view to be updated.

Why you are not using Data template? Data template will work in this scenario.

ListView XAML show items multiple times c#

I'm working on a WIN 8.1 App. In my App I have a ListView where I'm binding a observable collection from a ViewModel. So far everything works fine. The Problem is, that in the Background all the Data will be loaded correctly, but my ListView displays after approximately 40 elements, from the beginning... In the Background the right Object is selected and 80 Objects are loaded.
Could it be a Problem with the Scrolling?
Does anyone know, how to solve this issue?
From an other Page, i navigate to the Page with the ListView:
private void ShowReturnData()
{
ReturnViewModel retVM = new ReturnViewModel(_navigationService, SelectedTour);
_navigationService.NavigateTo(ViewModelLocator.ReturnPageKey, retVM);
}
In my ViewModel Constructor, I add my data to the observable Collection:
I'm working with MVVMlight.
Properties (ObservableCollection, SelectedItem):
--> observable Collection
/// <summary>
/// The <see cref="Data" /> property's name.
/// </summary>
public const string DataPropertyName = "Data";
private ObservableCollection<ReturnData> _myProperty = new ObservableCollection<ReturnData>();
/// <summary>
/// Sets and gets the Data property.
/// Changes to that property's value raise the PropertyChanged event.
/// </summary>
public ObservableCollection<ReturnData> Data
{
get
{
return _myProperty;
}
set
{
if (_myProperty == value)
{
return;
}
_myProperty = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(DataPropertyName);
}
}
--> SelectedItem
/// <summary>
/// The <see cref="SelectedItem" /> property's name.
/// </summary>
public const string SelectedItemPropertyName = "SelectedItem";
private ReturnData _selectedItem = null;
/// <summary>
/// Sets and gets the SelectedTour property.
/// Changes to that property's value raise the PropertyChanged event.
/// </summary>
public ReturnData SelectedItem
{
get
{
return _selectedItem;
}
set
{
if (_selectedItem == value)
{
return;
}
if (_selectedItem != null)
{
_selectedItem.IsFirstItem = false;
_selectedItem.IsLastItem = false;
}
_selectedItem = value;
if (_selectedItem != null)
{
setIsFirstOrLastItem(Data.IndexOf(_selectedItem));
}
RaisePropertyChanged(SelectedItemPropertyName);
}
}
ViewModel Constructor:
public ReturnViewModel(INavigationService navigationService, TourDetailData tourDetails)
{
//Services
_navigationService = navigationService;
//Commands
PrevPageCommand = new RelayCommand(GoToPrevPage);
TourDetails = tourDetails;
TourCustomerName = "Tour " + tourDetails.Tour + " > " + tourDetails.AccountName;
Data = new ObservableCollection<ReturnData>(from i in TourDetails.ReturnData orderby Convert.ToInt32(i.ItemId) select i);
}
XAML:
<ListView x:Name="lvItems"
Grid.Row="2"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem, Mode=TwoWay}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ReturnDataTemplate}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ReturnDataListViewItemStyle}"
ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
Loaded="lvItems_Loaded">
</ListView>
DataTemplate:
<DataTemplate x:Key="ReturnDataTemplate">
<Grid x:Name="grid" d:DesignWidth="1344.53" d:DesignHeight="123.228">
<Grid.Resources>
<converter:SelectionConverter x:Key="SelectionConverter" Context="{Binding}" />
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="450*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Height="100" Fill="LightGray" Visibility="Collapsed"/>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Height="100" Fill="LightGray" Visibility="Collapsed"/>
<!--<Rectangle Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Height="100" Fill="LightGray" Visibility="{Binding IsFirstItem, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}"/>
<Rectangle Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Height="100" Fill="LightGray" Visibility="{Binding IsLastItem, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}"/>-->
<Rectangle Grid.Row="1" Fill="{StaticResource OrangeHighlight}" Visibility="{Binding IsDirty, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}"/>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="15,0">
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="42.667" FontFamily="Segoe UI" Text="{Binding ItemId}" FontWeight="SemiBold"/>
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding ItemName}" FontSize="32" FontFamily="Segoe UI"/>
</StackPanel>
<!--<TextBox x:Name="tbxReturn" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="2" FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="42.667" Text="{Binding Return}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyleValues}" PreventKeyboardDisplayOnProgrammaticFocus="True" DoubleTapped="tbxReturn_DoubleTapped" GotFocus="tbxReturn_GotFocus" />-->
<TextBox x:Name="tbxReturn" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="2" FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="42.667" Text="{Binding Return}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyleValues}" DoubleTapped="tbxReturn_DoubleTapped" GotFocus="tbxReturn_GotFocus" InputScope="CurrencyAmountAndSymbol" Foreground="#FF520164" />
<TextBox x:Name="tbxMold" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Mildew}" Grid.Column="3" FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="42.667" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyleValues}" DoubleTapped="tbxMold_DoubleTapped" Tapped="tbxMold_Tapped" GotFocus="tbxMold_GotFocus" InputScope="CurrencyAmountAndSymbol" Foreground="#FF019E90" />
<TextBox x:Name="tbxCredit" Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Credit}" Grid.Column="4" FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="42.667" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyleValues}" DoubleTapped="tbxCredit_DoubleTapped" Tapped="tbxCredit_Tapped" GotFocus="tbxCredit_GotFocus" InputScope="CurrencyAmountAndSymbol" Foreground="#FF005C9C" />
<!--<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="+" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="2" Height="100" Margin="0,-100,0,0" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.IncreaseReturnCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="-" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Column="2" Margin="0,0,0,-100" Height="100" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.DecreaseReturnCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="+" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="3" Height="100" Margin="0,-100,0,0" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.IncreaseMildewCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="-" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Column="3" Margin="0,0,0,-100" Height="100" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.DecreaseMildewCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="+" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="4" Height="100" Margin="0,-100,0,0" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.IncreaseCreditCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="-" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Column="4" Margin="0,0,0,-100" Height="100" FontSize="48" Style="{StaticResource NumUpDownButtonStyle}" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=lvItems, Path=DataContext.SelectedItem, ConverterParameter=Selected, Converter={StaticResource SelectionConverter}}" Command="{Binding DataContext.DecreaseCreditCommand, ElementName=lvItems}" Opacity="0.9"/>-->
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
Style:
<Style x:Key="ReturnDataListViewItemStyle" TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
<ListViewItemPresenter x:Name="listViewItemPresenter" d:DesignWidth="938.908" d:DesignHeight="103.083"
ContentMargin="0"
DragOpacity="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDragThemeOpacity}"
DisabledOpacity="{ThemeResource ListViewItemDisabledThemeOpacity}"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
Padding="0"
PointerOverBackgroundMargin="1"
ReorderHintOffset="{ThemeResource ListViewItemReorderHintThemeOffset}"
SelectionCheckMarkVisualEnabled="False"
SelectedBorderThickness="0"
VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
Margin="15,0,0,0"
SelectedForeground="Black"
SelectedPointerOverBackground="{StaticResource OrangeBackground}"
SelectedPointerOverBorderBrush="{StaticResource OrangeBackground}"
SelectedBackground="{StaticResource OrangeBackground}"
DataContext="{Binding SelectedItem}"
Content="{Binding Mode=OneWay}"
ContentTransitions="{TemplateBinding ContentTransitions}"
PlaceholderBackground="{StaticResource BackgroundGray}">
</ListViewItemPresenter>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<!--<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource ReturnDataTemplate}"/>-->
</Style>
In the Code behind of the XAML Page, I added the behavior of the ScrollViewer:
private void lvItems_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
SetScrollViewer();
}
private async void SetScrollViewer()
{
if (lvItems.SelectedItem == null)
return;
var item = lvItems.SelectedItem;
var listViewItem = (FrameworkElement)lvItems.ContainerFromItem(item);
if (listViewItem == null)
{
lvItems.ScrollIntoView(item);
}
while (listViewItem == null)
{
await Task.Delay(1);
listViewItem = (FrameworkElement)lvItems.ContainerFromItem(item);
}
var topLeft =
listViewItem
.TransformToVisual(lvItems)
.TransformPoint(new Point()).Y;
var lvih = listViewItem.ActualHeight;
var lvh = lvItems.ActualHeight;
var desiredTopLeft = (lvh - lvih) / 2.0;
var desiredDelta = topLeft - desiredTopLeft;
// Calculations relative to the ScrollViewer within the ListView
var scrollViewer = lvItems.GetFirstDescendantOfType<ScrollViewer>();
var currentOffset = scrollViewer.VerticalOffset;
var desiredOffset = currentOffset + desiredDelta;
//scrollViewer.ScrollToVerticalOffset(desiredOffset);
// better yet if building for Windows 8.1 to make the scrolling smoother use:
scrollViewer.ChangeView(null, desiredOffset, null);
}

binding observable list to listbox with templete listbox items

I have the following templete
<ControlTemplate x:Key="tmpl_btn_TecnicianModeMenu" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Grid Opacity="1" d:LayoutOverrides="Width, Height">
<Border
x:Name="Border"
CornerRadius="0"
BorderThickness="0" Height="Auto" Margin="0" Background="White">
<StackPanel Name="stackPanel" Height="Auto" Margin="0" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Button x:Name="button" Style="{DynamicResource ButtonListBoxItem}" Margin="5,5,5,5" Width="120" Height="Auto" BorderThickness="0" >
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlock" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="בצע" Margin="12,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Style="{DynamicResource tb_Desc}"/>
</Button>
<StackPanel Height="Auto" Margin="0" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name ="LB_Result" Text="LB_Result" Style="{DynamicResource LB_AreaTitle_Balance}" Margin="5,5,5,5" d:LayoutOverrides="Height" />
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name ="LB_OK" Text="LB_OK" Style="{DynamicResource LB_AreaTitle_Balance}" Margin="5,5,5,5" d:LayoutOverrides="Height" />
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name ="LB_TchName" Text="LB_TchName" Style="{DynamicResource LB_AreaTitle_Balance}" Margin="5,5,5,5"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name ="LB_Date" Text="LB_Date" Style="{DynamicResource LB_AreaTitle_Balance}" Margin="5,5,5,5" d:LayoutOverrides="Height"/>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name ="LB_CheckName" Text="{TemplateBinding Tag}" Style="{DynamicResource LB_AreaTitle_Balance}" Margin="5,5,5,5"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<Border x:Name="Divide" BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="0,0.5" Height="140" Width="Auto" Margin="18.5,0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocused" Value="True"/>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource DisabledForegroundBrush}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
** I have list box of such items.
I want to bind it to an observable list.
the problem is that the previus programer added items to the list like this:**
private void AddButtonToList(String LB_CheckName, String LB_Date, String LB_TchName, String LB_OK, String LB_Result, enmTechMode_Check enmCheck )
{
try
{
//create item
ListBoxItem item2 = new ListBoxItem();
//set template
item2.SetResourceReference(ListBoxItem.TemplateProperty, "tmpl_btn_TecnicianModeMenu");
item2.ApplyTemplate();
item2.Height = 45;
TextBlock txt1 = (TextBlock)item2.Template.FindName("LB_CheckName", item2);
txt1.Text = LB_CheckName;
txt1 = (TextBlock)item2.Template.FindName("LB_Date", item2);
txt1.Text = LB_Date;
txt1 = (TextBlock)item2.Template.FindName("LB_TchName", item2);
txt1.Text = LB_TchName;
txt1 = (TextBlock)item2.Template.FindName("LB_OK", item2);
txt1.Text = LB_OK;
txt1 = (TextBlock)item2.Template.FindName("LB_Result", item2);
txt1.Text = LB_Result;
Button bt = (Button)item2.Template.FindName("button", item2);
bt.SetResourceReference(Button.StyleProperty, "ButtonListBoxItem");
bt.ApplyTemplate();
bt.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(Item_Selected);
//set tag
bt.Tag = enmCheck;
//add to list
StackPanel sp = (StackPanel)ListBoxData.FindName("stackPanel");
item2.Tag = enmCheck;
sp.Children.Add(item2);
}
catch (Exception exp)
{
}
}
and I have no clue how to fix this
I assume theres suppose to be a use of a convertor? please provide me a direction
I assume the observable list suppose to be of structs. but how convert those to items in the temples format?

In a template you would usually bind to properties of the data object. If for example you have the data class below with a Result property
public class MyData
{
public string Result { get; set; }
...
}
you would bind like this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Result}" ... />
Then you would not manually add ListBoxItems, but instead add data objects to the ObservableCollection, that the ItemsSource property of the ListBox is bound to:
myDataObjects.Add(
new MyData
{
Result = "A Result"
...
});
where myDataObjects is an ObservableCollection<MyData>.
In case you would need to get the UI updated when a data object changes which is already contained in the ObservableCollection, class MyData would need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged.