I am using ContextMenu from Windows Phone Control toolkit. Wondering how do I know which list item in the list is pressed? It seems I can know which context menu is selected but I have no way to know which list item is operated on. Please help. Thanks!
<DataTemplate x:Key="ListItemTemplate">
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock Tag="{Binding Index}" Text="{Binding SName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
<toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<toolkit:ContextMenu>
<toolkit:MenuItem Header="Add to playlist" Click="Move_Click"/>
</toolkit:ContextMenu>
</toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
</StackPanel>
private void Move_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
String name = (string)((MenuItem)sender).Header;
// how to know which index of the item is targeted on
}
I would also recommend MVVM, but it can be simplified. No need to go to the extreme of having a ViewModel for every object. The key is to bind the command to the DataContext of your ItemsControl (eg ListBox).
Let's assume that your ItemTemplate is for a ListBox, the ListBox has it's ItemsSource property bound to your ViewModel. Your xaml would look like this:
<ListBox x:Name="SongsListBox" ItemsSource="{Binding Songs}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate >
<StackPanel >
<TextBlock Text="{Binding SName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}" />
<toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<toolkit:ContextMenu>
<toolkit:MenuItem Header="Add to playlist" Command="{Binding DataContext.AddToPlaylistCommand, ElementName=SongsListBox}" CommandParameter="{Binding}"/>
</toolkit:ContextMenu>
</toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
Your ViewModel, would then have the property Songs
, that is a collection of your model object. It also has an ICommand AddToPlaylistCommand
. As I've said before, my favorite implementation of ICommand is the DelegateCommand from the PNP team.
public class ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public ViewModel()
{
Songs = new ObservableCollection<Songs>();
AddToPlaylistCommand = new DelegateCommand<Song>(AddToPlaylist);
}
public ICollection<Songs> Songs { get; set; }
public ICommand AddToPlaylistCommand { get; private set; }
private void AddToPlaylist(Song song)
{
// I have full access to my model!
// add the item to the playlist
}
// Other stuff for INotifyPropertyChanged
}
The answer is: MVVM. Don't use the event registration in code-behind rather have a command be invoked in the ViewModel. First, Instead of binding to a Data object, bind to a ViewModel (or a ViewModel representing a single list item if you're in a list). Then instead of using the Click event, have your ViewModel expose a Command that can be invoke directly on the databound VM.
Here's a simplified example from my United Nations News OSS WP7 app: (XAML, C#)
<DataTemplate x:Key="ArticleItemDataTemplate">
<StackPanel>
<toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<toolkit:ContextMenu>
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding NavigateToArticle}" Header="read article"/>
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding ShareViaEmail}" Header="share via email"/>
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding ShareOnFacebook}" Header="share on facebook"/>
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding ShareOnTwitter}" Header="share on twitter"/>
</toolkit:ContextMenu>
</toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<TextBlockText="{Binding Title}">
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
public ICommand ShareOnTwitter
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
IoC.Get<ISocialShareService>().ShareOnTwitter(ShareableOnSocialNetwroks));
}
}
public ICommand ShareOnFacebook
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
IoC.Get<ISocialShareService>().ShareOnFacebook(ShareableOnSocialNetwroks));
}
}
public ICommand ShareViaEmail
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
IoC.Get<ISocialShareService>().ShareViaEmail(ShareableOnSocialNetwroks));
}
}
And here's another simplified sample of that same idea used in my Neurons WP7 OSS project: (XAML, C#)
<DataTemplate x:Key="YouTubeVideoItem">
<Grid>
<Button >
<toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<toolkit:ContextMenu IsZoomEnabled="False">
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding NavigateToVideo}" Header="play video" />
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding ViewInBrowser}" Header="open in browser" />
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding SendInEmail}" Header="share via email" />
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding FacebookInBrowser}" Header="share on facebook" />
<toolkit:MenuItem Command="{Binding TweetInBrowser}" Header="share on twitter" />
</toolkit:ContextMenu>
</toolkit:ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
<Custom:Interaction.Triggers>
<Custom:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
<GalaSoft_MvvmLight_Command:EventToCommand Command="{Binding NavigateToVideo}"/>
</Custom:EventTrigger>
</Custom:Interaction.Triggers>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Height="90" Source="{Binding ImageUrl}" />
<TextBlock Width="271" Text="{Binding Title}" />
</StackPanel>
</Button>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
public ICommand ViewInBrowser
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
TaskInvoker.OpenWebBrowser(this.ExternalLink.OriginalString)
);
}
}
public ICommand TweetInBrowser
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
IoC.Get<IMessenger>().Send(new NavigateToMessage(PageSources.WebBrowser, TwitterUri)));
}
}
public ICommand FacebookInBrowser
{
get
{
return new RelayCommand(() =>
IoC.Get<IMessenger>().Send(new NavigateToMessage(PageSources.WebBrowser, FacebookUri)));
}
}