Does anyone know how to make a custom ItemsSource
?
What I want to do is to make an itemsSource
to my own UserControl
so that it could be bound by ObservableCollection<>
.
Also, I could know Whenever the number of items in the itemsSource
updated, so as to do further procedures.
Thank you so much.
You may need to do something like this in your control
public IEnumerable ItemsSource
{
get { return (IEnumerable)GetValue(ItemsSourceProperty); }
set { SetValue(ItemsSourceProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("ItemsSource", typeof(IEnumerable), typeof(UserControl1), new PropertyMetadata(new PropertyChangedCallback(OnItemsSourcePropertyChanged)));
private static void OnItemsSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
var control = sender as UserControl1;
if (control != null)
control.OnItemsSourceChanged((IEnumerable)e.OldValue, (IEnumerable)e.NewValue);
}
private void OnItemsSourceChanged(IEnumerable oldValue, IEnumerable newValue)
{
// Remove handler for oldValue.CollectionChanged
var oldValueINotifyCollectionChanged = oldValue as INotifyCollectionChanged;
if (null != oldValueINotifyCollectionChanged)
{
oldValueINotifyCollectionChanged.CollectionChanged -= new NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler(newValueINotifyCollectionChanged_CollectionChanged);
}
// Add handler for newValue.CollectionChanged (if possible)
var newValueINotifyCollectionChanged = newValue as INotifyCollectionChanged;
if (null != newValueINotifyCollectionChanged)
{
newValueINotifyCollectionChanged.CollectionChanged += new NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler(newValueINotifyCollectionChanged_CollectionChanged);
}
}
void newValueINotifyCollectionChanged_CollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
//Do your stuff here.
}
Use a DependencyProperty ItemsSource in your CustomControl and then bind to this DependencyProperty
This is the XAML-Code (Recognize the DataContext of the ListBox):
<UserControl
x:Name="MyControl">
<ListBox
DataContext="{Binding ElementName=MyControl}"
ItemsSource="{Binding ItemsSource}">
</ListBox>
</UserControl>
This is the CodeBehind:
public partial class MyCustomControl
{
public IEnumerable ItemsSource
{
get { return (IEnumerable)GetValue(ItemsSourceProperty); }
set { SetValue(ItemsSourceProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("ItemsSource", typeof(IEnumerable),
typeof(ToolboxElementView), new PropertyMetadata(null));
}
This is the Code, where you use your "MyCustomControl":
<Window>
<local:MyCustomControl
ItemsSource="{Binding MyItemsIWantToBind}">
</local:MyCustomControl>
</Window>