XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfApp_ListBoxTest.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<Grid>
<ListBox Name="lb" Margin="0,0,0,70"></ListBox>
<Button Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,0,0,41" Name="btnAdd" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Content="Add item" Width="75" Click="btnAdd_Click"></Button>
<TextBox Height="23" Margin="93,0,12,41" Name="txtInput" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<Button Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,0,0,12" Name="btnGet" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Content="Get value" Width="75" Click="btnGet_Click"></Button>
<TextBox Height="23" Margin="93,0,12,12" Name="txtReturn" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" IsReadOnly="True" />
</Grid>
</Window>
Csharp:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Xml;
namespace WpfApp_ListBoxTest
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
TextBox txt = new TextBox();
txt.Width = 200;
txt.Text = txtInput.Text;
lb.Items.Add(txt);
}
private void btnGet_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// What do I need to write here to get the value of the Text property of the selected TextBox?
}
}
}
And screenshot: (Sorry I'm not allowed to post picture directly)
http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/mGlushed/get_listbox_item_property.png
(In the picture above, I want to get the value "b" when I click the "Get value" button.)
I would like to know if there is a simple way to achieve this.
I'm new to WPF, so I only know to do this the long way, which is: Create an array. Everytime a new TextBox is created, add it into the array. Then access the TextBox'es through the array. But that doesn't sound very optimal, I think.
The 'WPF Way' of doing what you want is to use data binding:
- Define a class with a string property called Text.
- Create a collection of that class.
- Bind your list box ItemsSource to the collection.
- Create a DataTemplate that shows a TextBox with its Text property bound using {Binding Path=Text}.
- In btnAdd_Click add an item to the collection (not directly to the ListBox)
- In btnGet_Click you can get the text entered by casting ListBox.SelectedItem to your class and getting its Text property.
Example:
The simple class:
public class VMObject
{
public VMObject(string text)
{
Text = text;
}
public string Text { get; set; }
}
The window code-behind:
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public ObservableCollection<VMObject> VM { get; set; }
public Window1()
{
VM = new ObservableCollection<VMObject>();
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
VM.Add(new VMObject(txtInput.Text));
}
private void btnGet_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (lb.SelectedItem == null)
MessageBox.Show("No item is selected!");
txtReturn.Text = ((VMObject)lb.SelectedItem).Text;
}
}
The XAML:
<Window x:Class="lbtest.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Name="Window"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="TextBoxTemplate">
<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Text}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<ListBox Name="lb" Margin="0,0,0,70"
ItemsSource="{Binding ElementName=Window, Path=VM}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource TextBoxTemplate}" />
<Button Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,0,0,41"
Name="btnAdd" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Content="Add item" Width="75" Click="btnAdd_Click" />
<TextBox Height="23" Margin="93,0,12,41"
Name="txtInput" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
<Button Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,0,0,12"
Name="btnGet" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Content="Get value" Width="75" Click="btnGet_Click" />
<TextBox Height="23" Margin="93,0,12,12"
Name="txtReturn" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" IsReadOnly="True" />
</Grid>
</Window>
for a checkbox item:
private void chk_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)sender;
MessageBox.Show(chk.Content.ToString());
}
No need for TextBox:s. ListBox handle strings fine.
private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// No need to create TextBox, ListBox handle strings fine.
lb.Items.Add(txtInput.Text);
}
private void btnGet_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// No selection, but button has been pressed.
if(lb.SelectedItem == -1)
return;
// Get selected item.
txtReturn.Text = (string)lb.SelectedItem;
/* If you change ListBox selection mode to multiple
* you can get all selected items by using foreach loop.
foreach (Object selected in lb.SelectedItems)
{
txtReturn.Text += (string) selected;
}
*/
}
If you just want to get the Text property of the selected TextBox (admiting your ListBox is in single selection mode) it it quite simple:
private void btnGet_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if(lb.SelectedItem != -1)
{
TextBox selectedTextBox = (TextBox)lb.SelectedItem;
txtReturn.Text = selectedTextBox.Text;
}
}
But if you want to implement the pretty WPF way, you should follow the Aviad P. solution, my solution do it well too.
Regards.
EDIT: If do not have a real need of TextBox functionalities, but only a string container, so follow Tuukka's solution.