So I have a simple UDP chat app from a WinForm project, which I wanted to look a little bit better, so I am re-making it in WPF. As I realized I can easily put 2 or more TextBlocks inside of a ListItem, I wanted to display the last message of each chat, like so:
But I have no Idea on how to edit those TextBlocks :( I literary just started with WPF, so I bet I just made a duplicate, but because of that, I don't even know how to search for this issue.
Here is the custom ListBox:
<ListBox x:Name="myList" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="264" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" BorderThickness="0,1,1,0" MouseLeftButtonUp="myList_MouseLeftButtonUp" Margin="0,25,0,0">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border BorderBrush="LightGray" BorderThickness="0,0,0,1" Width="250">
<DockPanel Margin="0,7">
<Ellipse Name="ellipse" Margin="5" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Style="{DynamicResource elstyle}">
</Ellipse>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Margin="0,0,0,7" FontWeight="Bold" MaxWidth="250"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ID}" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Visibility="Hidden" FontSize="1.333"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock x:Name="last_message" Text="{Binding LastMessage}" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" MaxWidth="250"></TextBlock>
</DockPanel>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
This is simplified model to show the principal but if you would create view model class that implement INotifyPropertyChanged interface to hold your item data
public class MyItem : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _name;
private string _id;
private string _lastMessage;
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
var handler = this.PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null) handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set
{
_name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
public string ID
{
get { return _id; }
set
{
_id = value;
OnPropertyChanged("ID");
}
}
public string LastMessage
{
get { return _lastMessage; }
set
{
_lastMessage = value;
OnPropertyChanged("LastMessage");
}
}
}
and then in your window
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private readonly ObservableCollection<MyItem> _myItems = new ObservableCollection<MyItem>();
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
myList.ItemsSource = _myItems;
_myItems.Add(new MyItem { Name = "name", ID = "id", LastMessage = "last message" });
_myItems[0].LastMessage = "new message";
}
}
and then you don't operate on myList control anymore but on _myItems list and its items. If you add/remove item in the collection it will add/remove item in the UI, if you change property of an item it will update bound property in the UI
Related
I have an object that consists of a string and an array. The string populates a ComboBox and the array populates a ListView depending on the selected string value. Each line of the ListViewconsists of a TextBlock and a CheckBox.
On submit I want to be able to verify which items have been selected for further processing but there's a disconnect when using the MVVM approach. I currently have the DataContext of the submit Button binding to the ListView but only the first value is being returned upon submit (somewhere I need to save the selected values to a list I assume but I'm not sure where). I added an IsSelected property to the model which I think is the first step, but after that I've been grasping at straws.
Model
namespace DataBinding_WPF.Model
{
public class ExampleModel { }
public class Example : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _name;
private string[] _ids;
private bool _isSelected;
public bool IsSelected
{
get => _isSelected;
set
{
if (_isSelected != value)
{
_isSelected = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("IsSelected");
}
}
}
public string Name
{
get => _name;
set
{
if (_name != value)
{
_name = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
public string[] IDs
{
get => _ids;
set
{
if (_ids != value)
{
_ids = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("IDs");
}
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new
PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
}
}
ViewModel
namespace DataBinding_WPF.ViewModel
{
public class ExampleViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public ObservableCollection<Example> Examples
{
get;
set;
}
// SelectedItem in the ComboBox
// SelectedItem.Ids will be ItemsSource for the ListBox
private Example _selectedItem;
public Example SelectedItem
{
get => _selectedItem;
set
{
_selectedItem = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(SelectedItem));
}
}
// SelectedId in ListView
private string _selectedId;
public string SelectedId
{
get => _selectedId;
set
{
_selectedId = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(SelectedId));
}
}
private string _selectedCheckBox;
public string IsSelected
{
get => _selectedCheckBox;
set
{
_selectedCheckBox = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(IsSelected));
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new
PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
public void LoadExample()
{
ObservableCollection<Example> examples = new ObservableCollection<Example>();
examples.Add(new Example { Name = "Mark", IDs = new string[] { "123", "456" }, IsSelected = false });
examples.Add(new Example { Name = "Sally", IDs = new string[] { "789", "101112" }, IsSelected = false });
Examples = examples;
}
/* BELOW IS A SNIPPET I ADDED FROM AN EXAMPLE I FOUND ONLINE BUT NOT SURE IF IT'S NEEDED */
private ObservableCollection<Example> _bindCheckBox;
public ObservableCollection<Example> BindingCheckBox
{
get => _bindCheckBox;
set
{
_bindCheckBox = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("BindingCheckBox");
}
}
}
}
View
<UserControl x:Class = "DataBinding_WPF.Views.StudentView"
xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local = "clr-namespace:DataBinding_WPF"
mc:Ignorable = "d"
d:DesignHeight = "300" d:DesignWidth = "300">
<Grid>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment = "Left" >
<ComboBox HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="120"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Examples}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"/>
<ListView x:Name="myListView"
ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedItem.IDs}"
DataContext="{Binding DataContext, ElementName=submit_btn}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedId}"
Height="200" Margin="10,50,0,0"
Width="Auto"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Background="AliceBlue">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<CheckBox
Name="myCheckBox"
IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ListViewItem}}"
Margin="5, 0"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding}" FontWeight="Bold" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="20" Width="100"
Click="Submit" x:Name="submit_btn">Submit</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
View.cs
namespace DataBinding_WPF.Views
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for StudentView.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class StudentView : UserControl
{
public StudentView()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Submit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var selectedItems = ((Button)sender).DataContext;
// process each selected item
// foreach (var selected in ....) { }
}
}
}
The ListView control already exposes a selected items collection as property SelectedItems.
private void Submit(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var selectedIds = myListView.SelectedItems.Cast<string>().ToList();
// ...do something with the items.
}
However, I doubt that you want to do this in the code-behind, but rather in the view model. For this purpose, WPF offers the concept of commands.
MVVM - Commands, RelayCommands and EventToCommand
What you need is a relay command or delegate command (the name varies across frameworks). It encapsulates a method that should be executed for e.g. a button click and a method to determine whether the command can be executed as an object that can be bound in the view. Unfortunately, WPF does not provide an implementation out-of-the-box, so you either have to copy an implementation like here or use an MVVM framework that already provides one, e.g. Microsoft MVVM Tookit.
You would expose a property Submit of type ICommand in your ExampleViewModel and initialize it in the constructor with an instance of RelayCommand<T> that delegates to a method to execute.
public class ExampleViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public ExampleViewModel()
{
Submit = new RelayCommand<IList>(ExecuteSubmit);
}
public RelayCommand<IList> Submit { get; }
// ...other code.
private void ExecuteSubmit(IList selectedItems)
{
// ...do something with the items.
var selectedIds = selectedItems.Cast<string>().ToList();
return;
}
}
In your view, you would remove the Click event handler and bind the Submit property to the Command property of the Button. You can also bind the SelectedItems property of the ListView to the CommandParameter property, so the selected items are passed to the command on execution.
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="20"
Width="100"
x:Name="submit_btn"
Command="{Binding Submit}"
CommandParameter="{Binding SelectedItems, ElementName=myListView}">Submit</Button>
Additionally, a few remarks about your XAML.
Names of controls in XAML should be Pascal-Case, starting with a capital letter.
You should remove the DataContext binding from ListView completely, as it automatically receives the same data context as the Button anyway.
DataContext="{Binding DataContext, ElementName=submit_btn}"
You can save yourself from exposing and binding the SelectedItem property in your ExampleViewModel, by using Master/Detail pattern for hierarchical data.
<Grid>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment = "Left" >
<ComboBox HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="120"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Examples}"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"/>
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Examples/IDs}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedId}"
Height="200" Margin="10,50,0,0"
Width="Auto"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Background="AliceBlue">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<CheckBox Name="myCheckBox"
IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ListViewItem}}"
Margin="5, 0"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding}"
FontWeight="Bold" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
<Button HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="20"
Width="100"
Command="{Binding Submit}"
CommandParameter="{Binding SelectedItems, ElementName=myListView}">Submit</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
If the view's data context is bound to the view then remove the DataContext from the ListView.
You could remove the item template and instead use a GridView like:
<ListView.View>
<GridView >
<GridViewColumn Header="Selected" >
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected}" Content="{Binding Name}" />
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
Since the ItemSource is an Observable collection, there are several options to monitor changes in the checkboxes:
Add an event handler to the item changed event of the collection and then you can add the Name or the collection index to a local collection. e.g Examples[e.CollectionIndex].Name
Alternatively iterate over the observable collection and select those Examples where Selected = "true"
I am trying to create a multi-select Combobox Custom control, This custom control should expose a dependency property called DropDownDataSource through which the user of the control can decide what day should bound to ComboBox. My code looks like this:
MainPage.Xaml
<Grid>
<local:CustomComboBox x:Name="customcb" DropDownDataSource="{x:Bind DropDownDataSource, Mode=OneWay}" Loaded="CustomControl_Loaded"> </local:CustomComboBox>
</Grid>
MainPage.Xaml.cs
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private ObservableCollection<Item> _dropDownDataSource;
public ObservableCollection<Item> DropDownDataSource
{
get => _dropDownDataSource;
set
{
_dropDownDataSource = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName]string name = "")
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
}
private void CustomControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var Items = new ObservableCollection<Item>(Enumerable.Range(1, 10)
.Select(x => new Item
{
Text = string.Format("Item {0}", x),
IsChecked = x == 40 ? true : false
}));
DropDownDataSource = Items;
}
}
Models
public class Item : BindableBase
{
public string Text { get; set; }
bool _IsChecked = default;
public bool IsChecked { get { return _IsChecked; } set { SetProperty(ref _IsChecked, value); } }
}
public abstract class BindableBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void SetProperty<T>(ref T storage, T value,
[System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerMemberName] String propertyName = null)
{
if (!object.Equals(storage, value))
{
storage = value;
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
protected void RaisePropertyChanged([System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerMemberName] String propertyName = null)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
CustomUserControl XAML
<Grid x:Name="GrdMainContainer">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<TextBox Width="200" FontSize="24" Text="{Binding Header, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsReadOnly="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" MaxHeight="200" />
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" MaxHeight="200" Width="200" Background="White">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox Content="{Binding Text}"
FontSize="24"
Foreground="Black"
IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsThreeState="False" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</ScrollViewer>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
CustomUserControl Cs file
public sealed partial class CustomComboBox : UserControl
{
public CustomComboBox()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
}
public ObservableCollection<Item> DropDownDataSource
{
get { return (ObservableCollection<Item>)GetValue(DropDownDataSourceProperty); }
set { SetValue(DropDownDataSourceProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty DropDownDataSourceProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("DropDownDataSource", typeof(ObservableCollection<Item>), typeof(CustomComboBox), new PropertyMetadata("", HasDropDownItemUpdated));
private static void HasDropDownItemUpdated(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (d is CustomComboBox ucrcntrl)
{
var grd = UIElementExtensions.FindControl<Grid>(ucrcntrl, "GrdMainContainer");
grd.DataContext = ucrcntrl.DropDownDataSource as ObservableCollection<Item>;
}
}
}
All looks good to me, but for some reason, Dropdown is coming empty. Instead of the dependency property, If I assign a view model directly to the Control it works fine. But in my condition, it is mandatory that I have properties like DataSource,SelectedIndex, etc on the user control for the end-user to use. Can anyone point out what is going wrong here?
Here, I have attached a copy of my complete code.
I downloaded your sample code, the problem should be in the binding.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
This way of writing is not recommended. In the ObservableCollection, Items is a protected property and is not suitable as a binding property.
You can try to bind dependency property directly in ItemsControl:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{x:Bind DropDownDataSource,Mode=OneWay}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:DataType="local:Item">
<CheckBox IsChecked="{x:Bind IsChecked, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsThreeState="False" >
<TextBlock Text="{x:Bind Text}" Foreground="Black" FontSize="24"/>
</CheckBox>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
In addition, you may have noticed that I modified the style of CheckBox and rewritten the content to TextBlock, because in the default style of CheckBox, Foreground is not bound to the internal ContentPresenter.
Thanks.
I am working with data binding and tree views and I am not able to get my TreeView to populate in my WPF. I think I am relatively close, just a small tweak somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
Here's my Project class:
public class Project
{
public Project(string Name, bool isFolder, Project ParentFolder)
{
this.Name = Name;
this.isFolder = isFolder;
Children = new List<Project>();
if (ParentFolder == null)
{
Path = Name;
}
else
{
Path = ParentFolder.Path + " > " + Name;
}
}
public string Path { get; private set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public bool isFolder { get; set; }
public List<Project> Children { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<Project> ChildFolders
{
get
{
return Children.Where(p => p.isFolder);
}
}
public object Icon
{
get
{
if (isFolder)
{
return 0; // return folder icon
}
else
{
return 1; // return project icon
}
}
}
public IEnumerable<Project> SearchRecursively(string SearchString)
{
return GetAllChildren.Where(p => p.Name.Contains(SearchString));
}
private List<Project> GetAllChildren
{
get
{
List<Project> allChildren = new List<Project>();
foreach(Project child in Children)
{
allChildren.AddRange(child.GetAllChildren);
}
return allChildren;
}
}
}
}
Here is my MaiWindow.xaml.cs class that I will be using to make test data:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.BuildData();
}
private void BuildData()
{
List<Project> parents = new List<Project>();
Project parentOne = new Project("Apple", true, null);
Project parentTwo = new Project("Samsung", true, null);
Project parentThree = new Project("Google", true, null);
parents.Add(parentOne); parents.Add(parentTwo); parents.Add(parentThree);
Project appleMacBook = new Project("Mac", false, parentOne);
Project appleIpad = new Project("iPad", false, parentOne);
Project appleiPhone = new Project("iPhone", false, parentOne);
Project samsungGalaxy = new Project("Galaxy", false, parentTwo);
Project samsungNote = new Project("Note", false, parentTwo);
Project googlePixel = new Project("Pixel", false, parentThree);
Project googleChromecast = new Project("Chromecast", false, parentThree);
parents[0].Children.Add(appleMacBook); parents[0].Children.Add(appleIpad); parents[0].Children.Add(appleiPhone);
parents[1].Children.Add(samsungGalaxy); parents[1].Children.Add(samsungNote);
parents[2].Children.Add(googlePixel); parents[2].Children.Add(googleChromecast);
}
}
}
And here is my XAML where I am trying to display the TreeView. Right now, it is just blank. I would appreciate any tips.
<TreeView x:Name="Hierarchy" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="631" Margin="0,58,0,0" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="265"
ItemsSource="{Binding parents}">
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding parents}" DataType="{x:Type self:Project}">
<TreeViewItem Header="{Binding Name}"></TreeViewItem>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
Edit:
Here's the Property class:
public string Name
{
get
{
return name;
}
set
{
name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
private string name { get; set; }
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if(PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
XAML:
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding ChildFolders}">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Image Source="{Binding Icon}" Margin="5, 5, 5, 5"></Image>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, Mode=TwoWay}" BorderThickness="0" FontSize="16" Margin="5"/>
</StackPanel>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
So, this doesn't seem to be firing the change event. I know this because Path is set as Name + ">". When I change the Name, Path is not reflecting the change. It only shows what my previous value for Name was, if that makes sense.
if (ParentFolder == null)
{
Path = Name;
}
else
{
Path = ParentFolder.Path + " > " + Name;
}
Edit:
public Project(string Name, bool isFolder, Project ParentFolder)
{
this.Name = Name;
this.isFolder = isFolder;
Children = new List<Project>();
this.ParentFolder = ParentFolder;
}
public string Path
{
get
{
return this.ParentFolder + " > " + this.Name;
}
set
{
this.Path = Path;
}
}
XAML:
<TextBox x:Name="FolderNameBox" Grid.Column="1" Background="White" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="5"
Margin="0,0,287,654.333" VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Padding="6" FontSize="16"
IsReadOnly="True"
Text="{Binding ElementName=Hierarchy, Path=SelectedItem.Path, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">
</TextBox>
<TextBox x:Name="SearchProjectsBox" Grid.Column="5" Background="White" Grid.Row="1" Text="Search Projects"
Margin="47.333,0,0,654.333" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" Foreground="LightGray" Padding="6" FontSize="16" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="268" GotFocus="TextBox_GotFocus" LostFocus="TextBox_LostFocus"/>
<TreeView x:Name="Hierarchy" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="631" Margin="0,58,0,0" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="226"
ItemsSource="{Binding Projects}">
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding ChildFolders}">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Image Source="{Binding Icon}" Margin="5, 5, 5, 5"></Image>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" BorderThickness="0" FontSize="16" Margin="5"/>
</StackPanel>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
<Grid Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="631" Margin="245,58,0,0" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="540">
<ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden">
<ListView Margin="0,0,10,0" Name="ProjectView" ItemsSource="{Binding Projects}" FontSize="16" Foreground="Black">
<ListView.View>
<GridView ColumnHeaderContainerStyle="{StaticResource GridHeader}">
<GridViewColumn Header="Name" Width="200" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding ElementName=Hierarchy, Path=SelectedItem.Name, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"></GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn Header="Directory" Width="328" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding ElementName=Hierarchy, Path=SelectedItem.Path, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"></GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Grid>
The Path updates too but when it I see it it will display the path of the project rather than the fired change of name. It changes in real-time but doesn't save the String value..only registers that a change has happened.
Heres my Property Change too.
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if(PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
You have a few problems here.
ItemsSource="{Binding parents}"
Here's parents:
private void BuildData()
{
List<Project> parents = new List<Project>();
You're asking XAML to examine all the methods in the codebehind class, looking for local variables named parents. This isn't a reasonable request.
There are a few requirements if you want to bind to parents: It must be...
A public...
Property (not a field -- it needs a get block)...
Of whatever object is your TreeView's DataContext.
None of those are true.
Two more things -- not required, but a very good idea:
Make it ObservableCollection<T> rather than List<T>, so that it will notify the UI of added or removed items.
The class that owns it should be a viewmodel class, not your window/usercontrol. When we say "viewmodel", we mean it implements INotifyPropertyChanged and raises PropertyChanged when its property values change. Again, this is about keeping the UI informed of changes.
Keeping the UI informed is what bindings are all about: They listen for changes in the viewmodel and update the UI.
So you need a main viewmodel that looks like this:
public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
// C#6
/*
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerMemberName] string propName = null) =>
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
*/
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propName)
{
var handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null) {
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
}
}
}
public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
private ObservableCollection<Project> _projects;
public ObservableCollection<Project> Projects {
get { return _projects; }
set {
if (value != _projects) {
_projects = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Projects));
}
}
}
public void BuildData() {
Projects = new ObservableCollection<Project>();
// do the rest of the stuff
}
}
And you should rewrite your Project class as a ProjectViewModel derived from ViewModelBase, make it raise PropertyChanged in the same way, and use ObservableCollection<Project> for Children.
And in your main window...
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
var vm = new MainViewModel();
vm.BuildData();
DataContext = vm;
}
Your XAML needs a little work, too.
Projects has a capitalized name now
For the item template, you are binding to the property of the child item which provides the tree view item's children. That's the Children property of your Project class.
A datatemplate tells XAML how to present the content of a control. The tree creates a TreeViewItem with a Project as its DataContext, and then uses your HierarchicalDataTemplate to turn that DataContext into some kind of visual content. You don't use the template to create a TreeViewItem; you use it to create the visual stuff in the TreeViewItem.
So here's the new XAML:
<TreeView
x:Name="Hierarchy"
ItemsSource="{Binding Projects}"
Grid.Column="4"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="631"
Margin="0,58,0,0"
Grid.Row="1"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="265"
>
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding Children}">
<Label Content="{Binding Name}" />
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
There's no reason to get in the habit of DataContext = this;. Once you start that, the next thing you know you'll be doing it in a UserControl and coming here asking why all your bindings to it in the parent XAML are broken. Dependency properties are a bigger hassle than INPC, and you end up with code that ought to be in a viewmodel mixed into your MainWindow code. If you use viewmodelsit's the easiest thing in the world to shuffle your UI around. Maybe you want the original content of your main window to be just one of three tab pages in the main window. Keeping code separated properly makes that kind of thing much simpler.
I have a collection of Patients which I set in my ComboBox, whenever I ran and test the form, it seems fine, but whenever I update a record or add another one (from another form), the ComboBox doesn't get updated. I can do a remedy to this by using the code behind and IContent interface but I like to reduce the use of code behind as much as possible. Can you pinpoint to me what markup or code that is lacking?
Here is my Grid Markup (I omitted the RowDefinitions and ColumnDefinitions)
<UserControl.Resources>
<common:ImageSourceConverter x:Key="ToImageSourceConverter" />
<businessLogic:PatientMgr x:Key="PatientsViewModel" />
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="ItemsSource" ObjectInstance="{StaticResource PatientsViewModel}" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="DetailsGrid" DataContext="{StaticResource ItemsSource}">
<Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="8" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" BorderBrush="Turquoise" BorderThickness="2">
<Image x:Name="InsideButtonImage"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
StretchDirection="Both" Stretch="Uniform"
Source="{Binding ElementName=FullNameComboBox, Path=SelectedItem.PictureId, Converter={StaticResource ToImageSourceConverter}, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
/>
</Border>
<TextBox x:Name="IdTextBox" Text="{Binding ElementName=FullNameComboBox, Path=SelectedItem.Id, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Visibility="Collapsed"/>
<ComboBox x:Name="FullNameComboBox" Grid.Row="10" Grid.Column="1" IsEditable="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ComboBoxItemsCollection, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
DisplayMemberPath = "FullName"
SelectedIndex="0"
SelectionChanged="FullNameComboBox_OnSelectionChanged"
/>
<TextBox x:Name="GenderTextBox" Text="{Binding ElementName=FullNameComboBox, Path=SelectedItem.GenderName, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Grid.Row="11" Grid.Column="1" IsReadOnly="True" IsReadOnlyCaretVisible="True"/>
</Grid>
Here is my BusinessLogicLayer
public class PatientMgr :INotifyPropertyChanged
{
#region Fields
private readonly PatientDb _db;
private Patient _entity;
private List<Patient> _entityList;
private ObservableCollection<Patient> _comboBoxItemsCollection;
private Patient _selectedItem;
#endregion
#region Properties
public Patient Entity
{
get { return _entity; }
set
{
if (Equals(value, _entity)) return;
_entity = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public List<Patient> EntityList
{
get { return _entityList; }
set
{
if (Equals(value, _entityList)) return;
_entityList = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public ObservableCollection<Patient> ComboBoxItemsCollection
{
get { return _comboBoxItemsCollection; }
set
{
if (Equals(value, _comboBoxItemsCollection)) return;
_comboBoxItemsCollection = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public Patient SelectedItem
{
get { return _selectedItem; }
set
{
if (Equals(value, _selectedItem)) return;
_selectedItem = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
#endregion
#region Constructor
public PatientMgr()
{
_db = new PatientDb();
Entity = new Patient();
EntityList = new List<Patient>();
Parameters = new Patient();
ComboBoxItemsCollection = new ObservableCollection<Patient>(_db.RetrieveMany(Entity));
SelectedItem = ComboBoxItemsCollection[0];
}
#endregion
public List<Patient> RetrieveMany(Patient parameters)
{
return _db.RetrieveMany(parameters);
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
var handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null) handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Because ItemsSource used statically, your ComboBox doesn't get notified when it's source changed. Try using an instance of PatientMgr as your UserControl.DataContext like this:
public partial class YourUserControl: UserControl
{
private PatientMgr PatientsViewModel;
public YourUserControl()
{
InitializeComponent();
PatientsViewModel = new PatientMgr();
DataContext = PatientsViewModel;
}
public void AddComboItem(Patient item)
{
PatientsViewModel.ComboBoxItemsCollection.Add(item);
}
public void UpdateComboItem(Patient item)
{
//your update code
}
After removing static bindings, your XAML should looks like this:
<UserControl.Resources>
<common:ImageSourceConverter x:Key="ToImageSourceConverter" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="DetailsGrid"
<Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="8" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" BorderBrush="Turquoise" BorderThickness="2">
<Image x:Name="InsideButtonImage" ...
Since ComboBoxItemsCollection is an ObservableCollection, it notifies UI on add/remove automatically, however you have to write proper update functionality in order to force UI to refresh.
EDIT:
To implement an update method by taking advantage of Editable feature of ComboBox you could follow these steps:
Defined an integer property to track the last valid index (index != -1) of combo-box selected item and bind it to FullNameComboBox.SelectedIndex.
Defined a string property that represents the text value of combo-box selected item and bind it to FullNameComboBox.Text (the binding should trigger on LostFocus so the changes only accepted when user finished typing).
Find and remove ComboBoxItemsCollection.OldItem (find it by last valid index) and insert ComboBoxItemsCollection.ModifiedItem when FullNameComboBox.Text changes. Using remove and insert instead of assigning (OldItem = ModifiedItem;) will force UI to update.
In PatientMgr Code:
public int LastValidIndex
{
get { return _lastIndex; }
set
{
if (value == -1) return;
_lastIndex = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public string CurrentFullName
{
get
{
return SelectedItem.FullName;
}
set
{
var currentItem = SelectedItem;
ComboBoxItemsCollection.RemoveAt(LastValidIndex);
currentItem.FullName = value;
ComboBoxItemsCollection.Insert(LastValidIndex, currentItem);
SelectedItem = currentItem;
}
}
In UserControl.Xaml :
<ComboBox x:Name="FullNameComboBox" Grid.Row="1" IsEditable="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ComboBoxItemsCollection,
UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}"
SelectedIndex="{Binding LastValidIndex}"
IsTextSearchEnabled="False"
Text="{Binding CurrentFullName, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}"
DisplayMemberPath = "FullName"
/>
I don’t like this:
public ObservableCollection<Patient> ComboBoxItemsCollection
{
get { return _comboBoxItemsCollection; }
set
{
if (Equals(value, _comboBoxItemsCollection)) return;
_comboBoxItemsCollection = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
Try this:
OnPropertyChanged(“ComboBoxItemsCollection”);
And, are you sure this equals is resolved right?
if (Equals(value, _comboBoxItemsCollection)) return;
Try to debug it …
Your problem has to do with that IsEditable="True" set on the ComboBox. Your bindings work fine for me.
Here is what i've just tried:
Simple Patient model with its FullName property:
public class Patient : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged = delegate { };
private string _FullName;
public string FullName
{
get { return _FullName; }
set
{
_FullName = value;
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("FullName"));
}
}
}
This is the XAML:
<Window x:Class="PatientsStack.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PatientsStack"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.Resources>
<local:PatientsMgr x:Key="PatientsViewModel"/>
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="ItemsSource" ObjectInstance="{StaticResource PatientsViewModel}" />
</Window.Resources>
<Grid DataContext="{StaticResource ItemsSource}">
<StackPanel>
<ComboBox x:Name="FullNameComboBox" IsEditable="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ComboBoxItemsCollection, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
TextSearch.TextPath="FullName"
DisplayMemberPath="FullName"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedPatient}"
Text="{Binding SelectedPatient.FullName, Mode=TwoWay}"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
IsTextSearchEnabled="False"
SelectedIndex="0">
</ComboBox>
<Button Content="Change name" Command="{Binding ChangeNameCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=FullNameComboBox, Path=SelectedItem}"/>
<Button Content="Add patient" Command="{Binding AddPatientCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=FullNameComboBox, Path=SelectedItem}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
This two pieces right here did the job:
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedFilter}"
Text="{Binding SelectedPatient.FullName, Mode=TwoWay}"
Without the Text binding, the updated worked, but you didn't see it unless you click the drop down.
As you see, i have 2 command to change one existing Patient's FullName or to add a new one. Both work as expected.
Here is the ViewModel for this:
public class PatientsMgr : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private ObservableCollection<Patient> _ComboBoxItemsCollection;
public ObservableCollection<Patient> ComboBoxItemsCollection
{
get
{
return _ComboBoxItemsCollection;
}
set
{
_ComboBoxItemsCollection = value;
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("ComboBoxItemsCollection"));
}
}
private Patient _SelectedPatient;
public Patient SelectedPatient
{
get { return _SelectedPatient; }
set
{
_SelectedPatient = value;
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("SelectedPatient"));
}
}
public ICommand ChangeNameCommand { get; set; }
public ICommand AddPatientCommand { get; set; }
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged = delegate { };
public PatientsMgr()
{
ComboBoxItemsCollection = new ObservableCollection<Patient>();
ComboBoxItemsCollection.Add(new Patient() { FullName = "Patient1" });
ComboBoxItemsCollection.Add(new Patient() { FullName = "Patient2" });
ComboBoxItemsCollection.Add(new Patient() { FullName = "Patient3" });
ChangeNameCommand = new RelayCommand<Patient>(ChangePatientName);
AddPatientCommand = new RelayCommand<Patient>(AddPatient);
}
public void ChangePatientName(Patient patient)
{
patient.FullName = "changed at request";
}
public void AddPatient(Patient p)
{
ComboBoxItemsCollection.Add(new Patient() { FullName = "patient added" });
}
}
I am posting my RelayCommand too, but i am sure you have it defined for your actions:
public class RelayCommand<T> : ICommand
{
public Action<T> _TargetExecuteMethod;
public Func<T, bool> _TargetCanExecuteMethod;
public RelayCommand(Action<T> executeMethod)
{
_TargetExecuteMethod = executeMethod;
}
public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
{
if (_TargetExecuteMethod != null)
return true;
return false;
}
public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;
public void Execute(object parameter)
{
T tParam = (T)parameter;
if (_TargetExecuteMethod != null)
_TargetExecuteMethod(tParam);
}
}
I have a MVVM setup that creates a View on my MainWindow. I am not sure how to know when a user Clicks on a specific Notification Item inside the View. Where would I add the event, or a command to know when that happens?
here are is my MVVM code :
MainWindow
cs:
NotificationViewModel notificationViewModel = new NotificationViewModel();
notificationViewModel.AddNoticiation(new NotificationModel() { Message = "Error", Name = "Station 21" });
NotificationView.DataContext = notificationViewModel;
xaml:
<notification:NotificationView x:Name="NotificationView" />
NotificationModel
public class NotificationModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _Message;
public string Message
{
get { return _Message; }
set
{
if (_Message != value)
{
_Message = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Message");
}
}
}
private string _Name;
public string Name
{
get { return _Name; }
set
{
if (_Name != value)
{
_Name = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
public string TimeStamp
{
get { return DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm:ss"); }
}
#region PropertChanged Block
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string property)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
}
}
#endregion
}
NotificationViewModel
public class NotificationViewModel
{
private ObservableCollection<NotificationModel> _Notifications = new ObservableCollection<NotificationModel>();
public ObservableCollection<NotificationModel> Notifications
{
get { return _Notifications; }
set { _Notifications = value; }
}
public void AddNoticiation(NotificationModel notification)
{
this.Notifications.Insert(0, notification);
}
}
NotificationView
<Grid>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" >
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Notifications}"
Padding="5,5,5,5">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border Background="SlateGray"
CornerRadius="4">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="100" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="100" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
Text="{Binding Path=TimeStamp}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1"
Text="{Binding Path=Name}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="2"
Text="{Binding Path=Message}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
There's no real selection mechanism built into an ItemsControl. It would probably solve your problem to switch out your ItemsControl for a ListBox.
If you do that, you can bind to SelectedItem, then handle any changes made to SelectedItem using the PropertyChanged event.
Example:
In your view model's constructor:
PropertyChanged += NotificationViewModel_PropertyChanged;
Add a property to your view model to allow the binding:
private string _selectedNotification;
public string SelectedNotification
{
get { return _selectedNotification; }
set
{
if (_selectedNotification != value)
{
_selectedNotification = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("SelectedNotification");
}
}
}
Finally, add the event handler to your view model:
NotificationViewModel_PropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e))
{
if (e.PropertyName = "SelectedNotification") DoStuff();
}
You may find that you don't even need to hook into PropertyChanged if you just want to update another control in your view based on the selected item in your list box. You can just bind directly to the property within xaml.