I need some quick help which is a road blocker for me now. I have Button
in ItemsControl
and I need to perform some task on Button click. I tried adding Command
to Button
in ItemsControl
DataTemplate
but its not working. Can anyone suggest how to proceed further.
<UserControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:key="mytask">
<TextBox Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding Path=PriorNote}" Grid.ColumnSpan="7" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,5" Width="505" Foreground="Black"/>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="8" Margin="8,7,7,8" Grid.RowSpan="2">
<Button x:Name="DetailsButton" Command="{Binding CommandDetailsButtonClick}">
</DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid>
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="1"
ItemsSource="{Binding ListStpRules}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource myTaskTemplate}" Background="Black"
AlternationCount="2" >
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
and in ViewModel I have implemented code for Command. And its not working. Please suggest any solution for me to proceed further
The DataContext
of each item in your ItemsControl
is the item in the collection the ItemsControl
is bound to. If this item contains the Command
, your code should work fine.
However, this is not usually the case. Typically there is a ViewModel containing an ObservableCollection
of items for the ItemsContro
l, and the Command to execute. If this is your case, you'll need to change the Source
of your binding so it looks for the command in ItemsControl.DataContext
, not ItemsControl.Item[X]
<Button Command="{Binding
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}},
Path=DataContext.MyCommand}" />
If your ViewModel has a property of type ICommand
you can bind the Button
's Command
property to that:
XAML:
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type my:FooViewModel}">
<Button Content="Click!" Command="{Binding Path=DoBarCommand}" />
</DataTemplate>
C#:
public sealed class FooViewModel
{
public ICommand DoBarCommand
{
get;
private set;
}
//...
public FooViewModel()
{
this.DoBarCommand = new DelegateCommand(this.CanDoBar, this.DoBar);
}
}
Read this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx
Implement a class similar to RelayCommand
in the above article. Would make your further MVVM coding easier. :-)
Just a guess. Is CommandDetailsButtonClick
defined in a ViewModel, which is DataContext
of your UserControl (the one with ListStpRules property)?
DataContext
of button in ItemTemplate
is an item from ListStpRules
, and if you command is not there then binding won't find it.
You can check diagnostic messages from wpf in Output window while debugging your application. It writes there if it can not resolve binding.