I named this question of mine Part II since I've already asked a similar but simpler question about creating an ItemTemplat for ListBox in WPF in here Create ItemTemplate for ListBox in code-beind in WPF
Now I'm going to expand my question. I want to have an ItemTemplate for a ListBox so that it can be used either with or without binding to an ObservableCollection.
If I don't want to bind the ItemsSource to an ObservableCollection I use the code as follows:
var textBlockFactory = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBlock));
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.TextProperty, new Binding(".")); // Here
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.BackgroundProperty, Brushes.Red);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.ForegroundProperty, Brushes.Wheat);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.FontSizeProperty, 18.0);
var template = new DataTemplate();
template.VisualTree = textBlockFactory;
MyListBox.ItemTemplate = template;
But it doesn't work for ItemsSource binding to an ObservableCollection since the TextBlock.TextProperty must binds to the DisplayMemberPath property.
Sorry for bad grammar.
First of all you need to create a variable that will determine the state: are using a collection, or just an array of strings. This flag can also be a dependency property, in my example it's a SomeFlag
:
private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
bool SomeFlag = false;
if (SomeFlag == false)
{
var textBlockFactory = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBlock));
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.TextProperty, new Binding("."));
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.BackgroundProperty, Brushes.Red);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.ForegroundProperty, Brushes.Wheat);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.FontSizeProperty, 18.0);
var template = new DataTemplate();
template.VisualTree = textBlockFactory;
MyListBox.ItemTemplate = template;
}
else
{
MyListBox.DisplayMemberPath = "Name";
MyListBox.SelectedValuePath = "Age";
}
}
And for testing, add this handler of SelectionChanged
event:
private void MyListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("SelectedValue is " + MyListBox.SelectedValue);
}
Below is a full example:
XAML
<Grid>
<ListBox Name="MyListBox"
SelectionChanged="MyListBox_SelectionChanged"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=MyCollection}" />
</Grid>
Code-behind
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
ViewModel MyViewModel = new ViewModel();
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.DataContext = MyViewModel;
MyViewModel.MyCollection = new ObservableCollection<Person>();
MyViewModel.MyCollection.Add(new Person()
{
Age = 22,
Name = "Nick",
});
MyViewModel.MyCollection.Add(new Person()
{
Age = 11,
Name = "Sam",
});
MyViewModel.MyCollection.Add(new Person()
{
Name = "Kate",
Age = 15,
});
}
private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
bool SomeFlag = false;
if (SomeFlag == false)
{
var textBlockFactory = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBlock));
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.TextProperty, new Binding("."));
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.BackgroundProperty, Brushes.Red);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.ForegroundProperty, Brushes.Wheat);
textBlockFactory.SetValue(TextBlock.FontSizeProperty, 18.0);
var template = new DataTemplate();
template.VisualTree = textBlockFactory;
MyListBox.ItemTemplate = template;
}
else
{
MyListBox.DisplayMemberPath = "Name";
MyListBox.SelectedValuePath = "Age";
}
}
private void MyListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("SelectedValue is " + MyListBox.SelectedValue);
}
}
public class ViewModel : NotificationObject
{
#region MyCollection
public ObservableCollection<Person> MyCollection
{
get;
set;
}
#endregion
}
#region Model
public class Person
{
public string Name
{
get;
set;
}
public int Age
{
get;
set;
}
}
#endregion
#region NotificationObject
public class NotificationObject : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
#endregion