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Bind combo box within listbox WPF

I am new-bee at WPF, i am trying to populate my combox control which is there within my listbox
XAML :
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="UserTemplate" >
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<ComboBox Name="rule" ItemsSource="{Binding}" DisplayMemberPath="DataContext.RuleType" Width="85" Height="20"
SelectedValuePath="DataContext.RuleType" SelectedValue="{Binding Path=DataContext.RuleType}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path= Name1}" Width="85" Margin="5,5,5,5"></TextBlock>
<Button Content="Delete" Click="cmdDeleteUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
<Button Content="Add" Click="cmdAddUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ListBox Name="lbUsers" ItemsSource="{Binding }" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource UserTemplate}"/>
</Grid>
CODE BEHIND:
public ObservableCollection<User> Users;
ObservableCollection<Listdata> listeddata;
ObservableCollection<Records> Record;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
Users = new ObservableCollection<User>() {
new User() { Name = "", Age = "" },
};
DataboundListbox.Records record = new Records();
RuleType = record.record_Rule();
lbUsers.DataContext = Users;
}
private string _Name;
public string Name1
{
get { return _Name; }
set
{
if (value != _Name)
{
_Name = "John";
NotifyPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
private List<string> _RuleType;
public List<string> RuleType
{
get { return _RuleType; }
set
{
if (value != _RuleType)
{
_RuleType = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("RuleType");
}
}
}
private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string info)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
}
}
private void cmdDeleteUser_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Button cmd = (Button)sender;
if (cmd.DataContext is User)
{
User deleteme = (User)cmd.DataContext;
Users.Remove(deleteme);
}
}
private void cmdAddUser_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Button cmd = (Button)sender;
if (cmd.DataContext is User)
{
var addedUser = new User() { Name = "", Age = "" };
Users.Add(addedUser);
}
}
private List<string> _prp;
public List<string> prp
{
get { return _prp; }
set
{
if (value != _prp)
{
_RuleType = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("prp");
}
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

Before I can answer your question there are some confusions that should be cleared up.
If User has already a member named Name then what's Name1 in parent class for?
If RuleType is a list, how come it's set as the SelectedValue of your ComboBox, Shouldn't it be ComboBox.itemsSource instead? If it should, then where is the property defined to keep the ComboBox.SelectedValue?
How come there is an Add button inside the UserTemplate? Delete button is ok but i think Add belongs outside of the ListBox.
If i understand your issue correctly, then this is the solution I can think of.
Fisrt: User needs a property like SelectedRule to keep Combobox.SelectedItem:
public class User : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
// implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged
string _name;
public string Name
{
get
{
return _name;
}
set
{
_name = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
int _age;
public int Age
{
get
{
return _age;
}
set
{
_age = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Age");
}
}
string _selectedRule;
public string SelectedRule
{
get
{
return _selectedRule;
}
set
{
_selectedRule = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("SelectedRule");
}
}
}
Second: Your DataTemplate should change like this:
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="UserTemplate" >
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<ComboBox Name="rule" ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}, Path=RuleType}" DisplayMemberPath="." Width="85" Height="20"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedRule}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path= Name}" Width="85" Margin="5,5,5,5"></TextBlock>
<Button Content="Delete" Click="cmdDeleteUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
Finally the ListBox part changes as below:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListBox Grid.Row="0" Name="lbUsers" ItemsSource="{Binding}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource UserTemplate}"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="Add" Click="cmdAddUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
</Grid>
If you're gonna bring Add button out like the above code, then you should remove if (cmd.DataContext is User) from cmdAddUser_Clicked method.

Problem :
The main problem is on this two line:
{Binding Path=DataContext.RuleType}
{Binding Path= Name1}
Since you already declare your dataContext, DataContext.RuleType will causes the compiler to search for yourdatacontext.DataContext.RuleType which is obviously not the thing you want.
lbUsers.DataContext = Users;
Your data context is a collection of User class and does not contain Name1. Thus Binding Path=Name1 will return "property not found" error
Solution
In WPF, MVVM ( model view viewmodel) pattern is highly encouraged. One of its main feature is it seperate GUI logic from Business Logic, making the code cleaner and easier to maintain.
Step 1: Create a ViewModel
public class UserViewModel:INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string name;
private string age;
private string rule;
private List<string> ruleType;
public String Name
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Name"); }
}
public String Age
{
get { return age; }
set { age = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Age"); }
}
public String Rule
{
get { return rule; }
set { rule = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Rule"); }
}
public List<string> RuleType
{
get { return ruleType; }
set { ruleType = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("RuleType"); }
}
public UserViewModel()
{
name = "name";
age = "";
ruleType = new List<string>();
}
#region NotifyPropertyChanged
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(String info)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
}
}
#endregion
}
}
Step 2 : Link your data context to the viewmodel
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
Users = new ObservableCollection<UserViewModel>();
//setup your data here
//example:
UserViewModel userViewModel = new UserViewModel();
//populate your combobox here
userViewModel.RuleType.Add("rule1")
userViewModel.RuleType.Add("rule2");
userViewModel.RuleType.Add("rule3");
Users.Add(new UserViewModel());
lbUsers.DataContext = Users ;
}
Step 3 : Update your xaml
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="UserTemplate" >
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<ComboBox Name="rule" ItemsSource="{Binding RuleType}" Width="85" Height="20"
SelectedValue="{Binding Rule}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path= Name}" Width="85" Margin="5,5,5,5"></TextBlock>
<Button Content="Delete" Click="cmdDeleteUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
<Button Content="Add" Click="cmdAddUser_Clicked" Margin="5,5,5,5" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
When i am typing, bahman already post a quite detailed answer.So i stopped here. If you require any explaination or solution from me just asked will do.
In future if you suspect any error regarding binding, you can search your output window.
If you see your output window you possibly will found this
System.Windows.Data Error: 40 : BindingExpression path error: 'DataContext' property not found on 'object' ''User' (HashCode=9080996)'. BindingExpression:Path=DataContext.RuleType; DataItem='User' (HashCode=9080996); target element is 'ComboBox' (Name=''); target property is 'SelectedValue' (type 'Object')
System.Windows.Data Error: 40 : BindingExpression path error: 'Name1' property not found on 'object' ''User' (HashCode=9080996)'. BindingExpression:Path=Name1; DataItem='User' (HashCode=9080996); target element is 'TextBlock' (Name=''); target property is 'Text' (type 'String')

How to do Data Binding for Textblock within a LongListselector in windows phone app?

Hi, I am trying to bind the data for text block within a LongListSelector. But I am not getting any Output for it, kindly help me.
This is my XAML code:
<phone:LongListSelector ItemsSource="{Binding ''}" x:Name="longListSelector" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="680" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="446" >
<phone:LongListSelector.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Name="name" Text="{Binding DataContext.TextContent,ElementName=page,Mode=OneWay}" Height="100" Width="100" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</phone:LongListSelector.ItemTemplate>
</phone:LongListSelector>
In the C# code I have parsed data which i need to display in the windows phone, in a menu format.
Part of C# code is shown below:
XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(e.Result);
var data1 = from query in document.Descendants("location")
select new Data
{
Lat = (string)query.Element("lat"),
Lag = (string)query.Element("lng")
};
foreach (var d in data1)
{
JsonParsing(d.Lat, d.Lag);
}
data1 = from query in document.Descendants("result")
select new Data
{
Country = (string)query.Element("formatted_address")
};
foreach (var d in data1)
{
// ob.JsonParsing(d.Lat, d.Lag);
//XmlParsing(d.Lat, d.Lag);
val = d.Country;
//listbox.Items.Add(val);
//StringsList.Add(val);
TextContent=val;
I want the value of the country to be shown inside the textblock, kindly help me figure this out as I am pretty new to this field, thanks.

try like this
a good reference
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Value}" />
</StackPanel>
</LongListSelector>
CodeBehind
**Add a public property only public property can be participate in databinding**
#region Public Properties
private ObservableCollection<YourModel> _collectionofValue;
public ObservableCollection<YourModel> CollectionofValues
{
get
{
return _collectionofValue;
}
set
{
_collectionofValue=value;
raisepropertyChanged("CollectionofValues");
}
}
private string _value;
public string Value
{
get
{
return _errorMessage;
}
set
{
_errorMessage = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Value");
}
}
#endregion
**Set value to this public property when you get value**
// for single values
public void getValue()
{
value =GetXmlValue(); // your method that will return the value;
}
// as it is a collection
public void getValuestoCollection()
{
Collection.Add(new YourModel(value="SampleValue1");
Collection.Add(new YourModel(value="SampleValue1");
Collection.Add(new YourModel(value="SampleValue1");
Collection.Add(new YourModel(value="SampleValue1");
}
YourModel
// the collection of this model is binded to the LongListSelector.
public class ModelName
{
public string Values {get;set;}
}
reference

<phone:LongListSelector ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" x:Name="longListSelector" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="680" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="446" >
<phone:LongListSelector.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Name="name" Text="{Binding Path=TextContent}" Height="100" Width="100" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</phone:LongListSelector.ItemTemplate>
</phone:LongListSelector>
Your C# algm should be:
i) Have a viewmodel class
public class MyViewModel
{
public ObservableCollection<MyDataItem> Items {get; set;}
public MyViewModel()
{
Items=new ObservableCollection<MyDataItem>();
loop //add your items to your 'Items' property so that you can bind this with LongListSelector ItemsSource
{
Items.Add(new MyDataItem("mystring"));
}
}
}
public class MyDataItem
{
public MyDataItem(string s)
{
TextContent=s;
}
public string TextContent {get;set;}
}
ii) Create an instance to ViewModel class and set DataContext
// write this in the constructor of the page which contains the LongListSelector
public MyViewModel vm;
constructor()
{
vm=new MyViewModel();
this.DataContext=vm;
}

DataTemplate is not generating ListItemBox

I want to generate ListItemBox using DataTemplate but items are not generating. Please guide me where is the mistake. I have following code in MainWindow.xaml.
<Window x:Class="Offline_Website_Downloader.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:bd="clr-namespace:Offline_Website_Downloader"
Title="Offline Website Downloader" Background="#f5f6f7" Height="500" Width="800"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<Window.Resources>
<bd:BindingController x:Key="BindingControllerKey" />
<DataTemplate x:Key="DownloadedWebsitesListBox">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="Auto">
<TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="18" Width="480">
<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://google.com">
<Label Content="{Binding Path=WebsiteTitle}" />
</Hyperlink>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Width="132" TextAlignment="right">
<TextBlock Text="Remaining Time: "/>
<TextBlock Name="TimeRemaining" Text="js"/>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ProgressBar Name="progress1" Maximum="100" Minimum="0" Value="30" Background="#FFF" Width="612" Height="10" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="450">Status: <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Status}"/></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Width="162" TextAlignment="right">
<TextBlock Text="Downloading Speed: "/>
<TextBlock Name="DownloadingSpeed" Text="{Binding Path=DownloadingSpeed}"/>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ListBox Width="Auto"
Name="WebsiteList"
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.RowSpan="2"
ItemsSource="{Binding}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DownloadedWebsitesListBox}"
Margin="0,0,0,0">
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</window>
and MainWindow.xaml.cs
BindingController bc = new BindingController();
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
bc.DownloadingSpeed = "40kb/s";
bc.WebsiteTitle = "WebsiteTitle";
bc.Status = "Downloading";
DataContext = bc;
}
and BindingController.cs
public class BindingController
{
public BindingController()
{
}
private string _WebsiteTitle;
public string WebsiteTitle
{
set { _WebsiteTitle = value; }
get { return _WebsiteTitle; }
}
private string _Status;
public string Status
{
set { _Status = value ; }
get { return _Status ; }
}
private string _DownloadStartDate;
public string DownloadStartDate
{
set { _DownloadStartDate = value; }
get { return _DownloadStartDate ; }
}
private string _DownloadingSpeed = "0 kb/s";
public string DownloadingSpeed
{
set { _DownloadingSpeed = value; }
get { return _DownloadingSpeed; }
}
}

Your problem is that you're binding a ListBox to an object that contains several properties, but really only represents a single object/state. The ListBox expects to display a list of items (i.e. IList, IBindingList, IEnumerable, ObservableCollection).
Assuming you want to display more than one download at a time, which I'm assuming given that you're using a ListBox, I would refactor the download properties into a separate class. You will also need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged on your properties so that when the values are changed, they will be shown in the UI.
public class Download : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _WebsiteTitle;
public string WebsiteTitle
{
get { return _WebsiteTitle; }
set
{
if (_WebsiteTitle == value)
return;
_WebsiteTitle = value;
this.OnPropertyChanged("WebsiteTitle");
}
}
private string _Status;
public string Status
{
get { return _Status; }
set
{
if (_Status == value)
return;
_Status = value;
this.OnPropertyChanged("Status");
}
}
private string _DownloadStartDate;
public string DownloadStartDate
{
get { return _DownloadStartDate; }
set
{
if (_DownloadStartDate == value)
return;
_DownloadStartDate = value;
this.OnPropertyChanged("DownloadStartDate");
}
}
private string _DownloadingSpeed = "0 kb/s";
public string DownloadingSpeed
{
get { return _DownloadingSpeed; }
set
{
if (_DownloadingSpeed == value)
return;
_DownloadingSpeed = value;
this.OnPropertyChanged("DownloadingSpeed");
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if(this.PropertyChanged != null)
this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
The new BindingController:
public class BindingController
{
public BindingController()
{
this.Downloads = new ObservableCollection<Download>();
}
public ObservableCollection<Download> Downloads { get; private set; }
}
Setting up the bindings in XAML:
<ListBox Width="Auto"
Name="WebsiteList"
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.RowSpan="2"
ItemsSource="{Binding Downloads}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DownloadedWebsitesListBox}"
Margin="0,0,0,0">
</ListBox>
Initializing the collection in MainWindow
Download download = new Download();
download.DownloadingSpeed = "40kb/s";
download.WebsiteTitle = "WebsiteTitle";
download.Status = "Downloading";
bc.Downloads.Add(download);
this.DataContext = bc;

Changing DataContext doesn't update list fields

I created a new TextBlock class which has ItemsSource property and translates that ItemsSource into "Run" object:
public class MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock : TextBlock
{
public interface ISection
{
Inline GetDisplayElement();
}
public class TextOption : ISection
{
private Run mText;
public TextOption(string aText)
{
mText = new Run();
mText.Text = aText.Replace("\\n", "\n");
}
public Inline GetDisplayElement()
{
return mText;
}
}
public class LineBreakOption : ISection
{
public Inline GetDisplayElement()
{
return new LineBreak();
}
public ISection Clone()
{
return new LineBreakOption();
}
}
public class ImageOption : ISection
{
private InlineUIContainer mContainer;
public ImageOption(string aDisplay)
{
Image lImage;
lImage = new Image();
lImage.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(Environment.CurrentDirectory + aDisplay));
lImage.Height = 15;
lImage.Width = 15;
mContainer = new InlineUIContainer(lImage);
}
public Inline GetDisplayElement()
{
return mContainer;
}
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("ItemsSource", typeof(ObservableCollection<ISection>), typeof(MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock),
new UIPropertyMetadata(new ObservableCollection<ISection>(),
new PropertyChangedCallback(SetContent)));
public ObservableCollection<ISection> ItemsSource
{
get
{
return GetValue(ItemsSourceProperty) as ObservableCollection<ISection>;
}
set
{
if (ItemsSource != null)
ItemsSource.CollectionChanged -= CollectionChanged;
SetValue(ItemsSourceProperty, value);
SetContent();
ItemsSource.CollectionChanged += CollectionChanged;
}
}
private void CollectionChanged(object sender, System.Collections.Specialized.NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
SetContent();
}
private static void SetContent(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
DependencyObject lParent = d;
MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock lPanel = lParent as MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock;
if (lPanel != null)
{
lPanel.ItemsSource = e.NewValue as ObservableCollection<ISection>;
}
}
private void SetContent()
{
if (ItemsSource != null)
{
Inlines.Clear();
foreach (ISection lCurr in ItemsSource)
{
Inlines.Add(lCurr.GetDisplayElement());
}
}
}
If I Bind the ItemsSource directly to the DataContext, it works.
But if I bind it to an object that changes at runtime (such as SelectedItem on a ListBox) it doesn't update the text when a new item is selected.
<StackPanel>
<ListBox x:Name="TheList" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<StackPanel DataContext="{Binding ElementName=TheList, Path=SelectedItem}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" FontSize="20"/>
<local:MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
Any reason why?

In your example, does the SelectedItem has two properties Title and Items? Or is Items a property in your viewmodel? If the answer is the latter, than you can find a solution below.
I don't entirely understand what you mean, but I'll give it a try.
If you mean that the ItemsSource on your custom control isn't set, than you have to point XAML into the right direction.
Below you can find a solution, if this is what you want to achieve.
What I did is pointing the compiler to the right source with this line of code:
ItemsSource="{Binding DataContext.Items, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}"
Here you say that the compiler can find the Binding property in the DataContext of the Window (or any control where you can find the property).
<StackPanel>
<ListBox x:Name="TheList" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<StackPanel DataContext="{Binding ElementName=TheList, Path=SelectedItem}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" FontSize="20"/>
<local:MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock ItemsSource="{Binding DataContext.Items, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
Hopefully this helped.
EDIT
The title property will changes when I select another one from the ListBox.
If Items is set to a new ObservableCollection, do you call the OnPropertyChanged event for Items when the SelectedItem changes?
OnPropertyChanged("Items");

Thank you for your help.
I managed to fix this by updating the MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock as follows:
public class MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock : TextBlock
{
public interface ISection
{
Inline GetDisplayElement();
ISection Clone();
}
public class TextOption : ISection
{
private Run mText;
public TextOption(string aText)
{
mText = new Run();
mText.Text = aText.Replace("\\n", "\n");
}
public Inline GetDisplayElement()
{
return mText;
}
public ISection Clone()
{
return new TextOption(mText.Text);
}
}
public class LineBreakOption : ISection
{
public Inline GetDisplayElement()
{
return new LineBreak();
}
public ISection Clone()
{
return new LineBreakOption();
}
}
public class SectionList
{
private ObservableCollection<ISection> mList;
public Action CollectionChanged;
public ObservableCollection<ISection> Items
{
get
{
ObservableCollection<ISection> lRet = new ObservableCollection<ISection>();
foreach (ISection lCurr in mList)
{
lRet.Add(lCurr.Clone());
}
return lRet;
}
}
public int Count { get { return mList.Count; } }
public SectionList()
{
mList = new ObservableCollection<ISection>();
}
public void Add(ISection aValue)
{
mList.Add(aValue);
}
public SectionList Clone()
{
SectionList lRet = new SectionList();
lRet.mList = Items;
return lRet;
}
}
public MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock()
{
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsCollectionProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("ItemsCollection", typeof(SectionList), typeof(MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock),
new UIPropertyMetadata((PropertyChangedCallback)((sender, args) =>
{
MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock textBlock = sender as MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock;
SectionList inlines = args.NewValue as SectionList;
if (textBlock != null)
{
if ((inlines != null) && (inlines.Count > 0))
{
textBlock.ItemsCollection.CollectionChanged += textBlock.ResetInlines;
textBlock.Inlines.Clear();
foreach (ISection lCurr in textBlock.ItemsCollection.Items)
{
textBlock.Inlines.Add(lCurr.GetDisplayElement());
}
}
else
{
inlines = new SectionList();
inlines.Add(new TextOption("No value set"));
textBlock.ItemsCollection = inlines;
}
}
})));
public SectionList ItemsCollection
{
get
{
return (SectionList)GetValue(ItemsCollectionProperty);
}
set
{
SectionList lTemp;
if (value == null)
{
lTemp = new SectionList();
lTemp.Add(new TextOption("No value set for property"));
}
else
{
lTemp = value;
}
SetValue(ItemsCollectionProperty, lTemp);
}
}
private void ResetInlines()
{
Inlines.Clear();
foreach (ISection lCurr in ItemsCollection.Items)
{
Inlines.Add(lCurr.GetDisplayElement());
}
}
}
And I update the fields that were Binded to be of type MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock.SectionList
As long as I am using a copy (Clone) it is working, for some reason when I don't clone it removes the value from the display in the list, if someone knows why I would love to learn but I managed to go around it.
the XAML of the window is:
<StackPanel>
<ListBox x:Name="TheList" ItemsSource="{Binding GeneralItems}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" FontSize="20"/>
<local:MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock ItemsCollection="{Binding Items}" Margin="20,0,0,0"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<StackPanel DataContext="{Binding GeneralItems, Path=SelectedItem}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" FontSize="20"/>
<local:MultiTypeDynamicTextBlock DataContext="{Binding Items}" ItemsCollection="{Binding}" Margin="20,0,0,0"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>

Add Tab Dynamically Into A tabControl based on Selected item from ListBox

I am working on MVVM sample app. I have 2 projects inside my solution in VSC# 2010. In one project (main project) I have a mainwindow.xaml which has two grids, one located on right side and other on the left. Left side grid has a listBox which has items with the help of observablecollection<>. E.g. Voltage, I2C etc are the items. I have also set the selecteditem property for the listbox which gives me the selecteditem.
My main query is the grid towards the right side which has a TABCONTROL with one item("CONNECT") added by default. What I need is to add the tabitem (e.g.Voltage tab) inside the tabcontrol when I select the "Voltage" item from listBox.
TabControl and ListBox inside my grid:
<Grid Grid.Column="0" Name="BoardTabSelect" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<ListBox Name="ButtonPanel" Style="{DynamicResource styleBanner}" ItemsSource="{Binding BoardTabs, Mode=TwoWay}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedTab, Mode=TwoWay}" >
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Name="BoardtabChanger" Margin="53,27,0,0" Text="{Binding TabOperation}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
My tabcontrol:
<Grid Grid.Row="0" >
<TabControl Name="ConnectTab" Style="{DynamicResource styleBackground}">
<tablocal:CloseableTabItem Header="Connect" x:Name="ConnectMain" MouseDoubleClick="TabItem_MouseDoubleClick">
<DockPanel>
<ListView Name="listView" Height="460" Margin="0,-77,0,0" ItemsSource="{Binding Products}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedProduct, Mode=TwoWay}">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Width="300" Header="Name" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" />
<GridViewColumn Width="283" Header="Connection Status" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Connection_Status}" />
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
<Button Content="Connect" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-920,500,0,0" Name="ConnectBtnGrid" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="100" Command="{Binding Path=ConnectCommand}" />
<Button Content="Update MSP430" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-560,500,0,0" Name="UpdateMSPBtn" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="100" />
<Button Content="Disconnect" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="-220,500,0,0" Name="DisconnectBtn" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="100" Command="{Binding Path=DisconnectCommand}" />
</DockPanel>
</tablocal:CloseableTabItem>
</TabControl>
</Grid>
My ViewModel class is here:
public List<Product> m_Products;
public ObservableCollection<Product> m_BoardTabs;
public ProductViewModel()
{
m_Products = new List<Product>()
{
new Product() {Name = "Bavaria", Connection_Status = "Disconnected"},
new Product() {Name = "Redhook", Connection_Status = "Disconnected"},
};
m_BoardTabs = new ObservableCollection<Product>()
{
new Product() {TabOperation = "Connect"}
};
}
public List<Product> Products
{
get
{
return m_Products;
}
set
{
m_Products = value;
}
}
public ObservableCollection<Product> BoardTabs
{
get
{
return m_BoardTabs;
}
set
{
m_BoardTabs = value;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// get:
/// set:
/// </summary>
private Product m_SelectedItem;
public Product SelectedProduct
{
get
{
return m_SelectedItem;
}
set
{
m_SelectedItem = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("SelectedProduct");
}
}
private Product m_SelectedTab;
public Product SelectedTab
{
get
{
return m_SelectedTab;
}
set
{
m_SelectedTab = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("SelectedTab");
onTabChanged();
}
}
void onTabChanged()
{
if (SelectedTab.TabOperation == "Voltage")
{
//Add tab here
}
}
public Product value { get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// get:
/// set:
/// </summary>
private ICommand mUpdater;
public ICommand ConnectCommand
{
get
{
if (mUpdater == null)
mUpdater = new DelegateCommand(new Action(SaveExecuted), new Func<bool>(SaveCanExecute));
return mUpdater;
}
set
{
mUpdater = value;
}
}
public bool SaveCanExecute()
{
return true;
}
public void SaveExecuted()
{
if (SelectedProduct.Connection_Status == "Disconnected" && SelectedProduct.Name == "Bavaria")
{
SelectedProduct.Connection_Status = "Connected";
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "I2C" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Voltage" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Clock" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Codec" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "EEPROM" });
}
else if (SelectedProduct.Connection_Status == "Disconnected" && SelectedProduct.Name == "Redhook")
{
SelectedProduct.Connection_Status = "Connected";
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "I2C" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Voltage" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Clock" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Codec" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "EEPROM" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "PCM Route" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "PCM Route #" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "PCM Gen" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "SD Card" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "FPGA" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "PCMPDM" });
m_BoardTabs.Add(new Product() { TabOperation = "Data Gen" });
}
}
Mind you the tabitem "VOLTAGE" which I want to add in my control is part of another project which I mentioned in the beginning. It has its own view, viewmodel and model class. The following is the view in.xaml file which I want to add:
<Grid Name="VoltageTab" Height="572" Width="590" DataContext="{StaticResource VoltageViewModel}" >
// Some UI componments which shud be placed inside VOLTAGE Tab on selecting Voltage from ListBox.
</Grid>
As you can see above, I want the above view to be placed inside the VoltageTab which should get created once user clicks Voltage item from ListBox.

The data template for the tabcontrol should not contain a tabitem. The tabcontrol is generating a tabitem for each element in the bound Collection. To enable databinding to the tabitem header set the itemcontainerstyle property of the tabcontrol. Here is a small sample:
The View:
<Window x:Class="WpfLab.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TabControl ItemsSource="{Binding ProductTabs}">
<TabControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="TabItem">
<Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Header}"/>
</Style>
</TabControl.ItemContainerStyle>
</TabControl>
<ListBox Grid.Column="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Products}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedProduct}"/>
</Grid>
The ViewModel
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
namespace WpfLab
{
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
Product selectProduct;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
Products = new ObservableCollection<Product>();
ProductTabs = new ObservableCollection<Product>();
var products = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Select(i => new Product { Header = "Product " + i });
foreach (var p in products)
Products.Add(p);
DataContext = this;
}
public Product SelectedProduct
{
get { return this.selectProduct; }
set
{
UpdateTabs(this.selectProduct, value);
this.selectProduct = value;
}
}
public ObservableCollection<Product> Products { get; private set; }
public ObservableCollection<Product> ProductTabs { get; private set; }
void UpdateTabs(Product old, Product #new)
{
if (ProductTabs.Any(p => p == old))
ProductTabs.Remove(old);
ProductTabs.Add(#new);
}
}
public class Product
{
public string Header { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return Header;
}
}
}

TabControl has an ItemsSource property.. this can be bound to an observable collection of objects from the ViewModel.
Along with this, the object being used in the observable collection must have an associated DataTemplate which should be a TabItem.
As a result, when you add an object to the ObservableCollection which acts as a source to your TabControl using the DataTemplate a new TabItem gets added to the TabControl.
Also make sure you have one entry / object in the observablecollection for the initial tabitem.
You can refer to the TabItem from the other project in the DataTemplate by adding appropriate namespace / references
Here is the ViewModel class
public class TabItemDetail
{
public string Header { get; set; }
}
public class MainWindowViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
#region Members
List<string> _dataSource = null;
string _selectedDataSource = null;
ObservableCollection<TabItemDetail> _tabItems = null;
#endregion
#region INotifyPropertyChanged
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
#endregion
public ObservableCollection<TabItemDetail> Items
{
get
{
if (_tabItems == null)
{
_tabItems = GetTabItems();
}
return _tabItems;
}
}
public List<string> DataSource
{
get
{
if (_dataSource == null)
{
_dataSource = GetDataSource();
}
return _dataSource;
}
}
public string SelectedDataSource
{
get { return _selectedDataSource; }
set
{
if (_selectedDataSource == value)
return;
_selectedDataSource = value;
AddItemsToTab(value);
OnPropertyChanged("SelectedDataSource");
}
}
#region Private methods
private void AddItemsToTab(string selectedItem)
{
if (_tabItems != null && _tabItems.Count > 0)
{
var query = from item in _tabItems
where item.Header == selectedItem
select item;
if (query.Count() == 1)
return;
else
_tabItems.Add(new TabItemDetail { Header = selectedItem });
}
}
private List<string> GetDataSource()
{
List<string> source = new List<string>();
source.Add("Default tab");
source.Add("Voltage Tab");
return source;
}
private ObservableCollection<TabItemDetail> GetTabItems()
{
ObservableCollection<TabItemDetail> newSource = new ObservableCollection<TabItemDetail>();
newSource.Add(new TabItemDetail { Header = "Connect" });
return newSource;
}
#endregion
}
here is the View
<Window x:Class="SampleApp.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SampleApp"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.DataContext>
<local:MainWindowViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:TabItemDetail}">
<TabItem Header="{Binding Header}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="110"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListBox Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding DataSource}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedDataSource}"/>
<TabControl Grid.Column="2" local:MySampleAttachedProperty.Header="{Binding SelectedDataSource}">
<TabItem Header ="Connect" />
</TabControl>
</Grid>
here is the new attached property class which does the trick
public class MySampleAttachedProperty
{
public static string GetHeader(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (string)obj.GetValue(HeaderProperty);
}
public static void SetHeader(DependencyObject obj, string value)
{
obj.SetValue(HeaderProperty, value);
}
// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Header. This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty HeaderProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Header", typeof(string), typeof(MySampleAttachedProperty), new UIPropertyMetadata(CallBack));
private static void CallBack(object sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
TabControl tabControl = sender as TabControl;
TabItem newTab = new TabItem { Header = args.NewValue };
tabControl.Items.Add(newTab);
newTab.Focus();
}
}