How can I pass the DataContext of LayoutRoot to the converter of the ContentControl inside the ListBox items template?
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"
Background="White"
DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource myViewModel}}">
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="6,6,0,394"
Orientation="Vertical"
Width="200"
d:LayoutOverrides="Height">
<ListBox x:Name="listBox2"
ItemsSource="{Binding MyCollection, Mode=TwoWay}"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Height="400">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentControl Content="{Binding}"
ContentTemplate="{Binding Converter={StaticResource myConverter}}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Value1, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
I want to be able to touch the objects inside the DataContext from within the Converter and use them for TwoWay binding on controls within the ListBox item's DataTemplate.
Any ideas? Any suggestions?
Thank you.
I just got the DataContext up to the converter using:
<ContentControl Content="{Binding}"
ContentTemplate="{Binding Converter={StaticResource stringToDataTemplateConverter}, ConverterParameter={StaticResource myViewModel}}" />
Now I have another problem my dynamic property binding is not working.
(sorry for my bad english)
I'm not sure about what you are trying to do here but with SL 5 you can use RelativeSource to get the DataContext:
{Binding DataContext,RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorLevel=1,AncestorType=Grid}}
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I have to make listbox with textbox in it... and it has to be dynamic. I have observable collection in code behind and I want to bind that for listbox. I want dynamic listbox and this list should have editable textbox in it. So, basically I want to bind multiplr textbox from listbox. Any help would be appreciated
<ListBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="ListTwo" Height="100" Margin="286.769,165.499,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Source=obs}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Name="TextBoxList"></TextBox>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
By doing this, I have number of textbox same as items in observable collection but textbox's text is not set up.
If the items in your ObservableCollection are just plain strings, then you can data bind to the whole string value like this:
<ListBox Name="ListTwo" ItemsSource="{Binding Source=obs}" ... >
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Name="TextBoxList" Text="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
From the Binding.Path Property page on MSDN:
Optionally, a period (.) path can be used to bind to the current source. For example, Text="{Binding}" is equivalent to Text="{Binding Path=.}".
Note that if you had some objects with properties in the collection, then #nit's answer would have been correct as you would need to reference the relevant property name:
<ListBox Name="ListTwo" ItemsSource="{Binding Source=obs}" ... >
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Name="TextBoxList" Text="{Binding PropertyName}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
You will have to Bind your textbox to the property in your class of which observable collection you have bound
<ListBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="ListTwo" Height="100" Margin="286.769,165.499,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Source=obs}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Binding="{Binding PROPERTYINCLASS}"></TextBox>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I'm creating a DataTemplate in WPF, so it won't compile if I use x:Name. This is the relevant part of my code:
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image .../>
<Textbox Width={Binding to image?, Path=ActualWidth} />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
How can I bind to the Image without the use of name?
You can use RelativeSource:
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="{Binding Photo}"/>
<TextBox Width="{Binding Path=Children[0].ActualWidth, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=StackPanel, AncestorLevel=1}}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
You can't directly binding to Image but you can do that with StackPanel and property Children.
I have recently moved ContentControl on the View(xaml) inside a telerik RadPane like so:
<telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
<telerik:RadSplitContainer Visibility="{Binding UserControlVisible}">
<telerik:RadPaneGroup>
<telerik:RadPane CanUserClose="False" Header="{Binding Operation}">
<ContentControl x:Name="ActiveItem" Margin="10" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
</telerik:RadPane>
</telerik:RadPaneGroup>
</telerik:RadSplitContainer>
</telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
Since, I have done this my UserControls are not injected as the Content inside ContentControl. I have tried to explicitly bind Content Property on ContentControl to ActiveItem but that says, unable to find the associated view.
Any help will be much appreciated.
try to add a datatemplate to the current content:
<DataTemplate>
<ContentControl cal:View.Model="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
Where cal is:
xmlns:cal="http://www.caliburnproject.org"
and bind the active item explicitly.
Now it looks like
<telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
<telerik:RadSplitContainer Visibility="{Binding UserControlVisible}">
<telerik:RadPaneGroup>
<telerik:RadPane CanUserClose="False" Header="{Binding Operation}">
<ContentControl x:Name="ActiveItem" Margin="10" VerticalAlignment="Top" Content="{Binding ActiveItem}">
<ContentControl.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentControl cal:View.Model="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ContentControl.ContentTemplate>
</ContentControl>
</telerik:RadPane>
</telerik:RadPaneGroup>
</telerik:RadSplitContainer>
</telerik:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
First the code:
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding DataTransferModel.Output}" Background="Transparent" Margin="0" VerticalContentAlignment="Top" AlternationCount="2" Name="lvOutput" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" Grid.Row="2">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,1">
<UserControls:OutputTextBox Text="{Binding Data, Mode=OneWay}"
IsReadOnly="True"
Grid.Row="2"
TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=DataContext.SelectedOutput,
Mode=TwoWay,
UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Grid}}
}"
/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
And the problem is that the property Data on the OutputTextBox control comes from the list, but the property SelectedOutput should come from the main DataContext the ViewModel. And the property SelectedOutput should be the same for every entry in the list. But currently it dosn't work. :(
does your listview is enclosed in tags and if yes does the grid has the DataContext from the ViewModel? if yes it should work.
do you see any binding errors in your output window? maybe you should try using Snoop to see your real binding of SelectedValue.
EDIT: Please try a Type other then Grid, maybe ListView if it has the ViewModel DataContext.
<UserControls:OutputTextBox Text="{Binding Data, Mode=OneWay}"
IsReadOnly="True"
Grid.Row="2"
TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=DataContext.SelectedOutput,
Mode=TwoWay,
UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ListView}}
}"
/>
I have the following ItemsControl in Silverlight 3.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding ValueCollectionList}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Button x:Name="MyBtn" Height="40" Content="{Binding Name}"
Tag="{Binding Value}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=LayoutRoot, Path=ButtonCommand}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=MyBtn, Path=Tag}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
The Problem is that I have the ItemsControl bound to the Collection in my ViewModel, but I need the button to trigger a command on the ViewModel which is of course not Available in the DataContext of the button since it only contains the collection.
I can make the command fire by setting my ViewModel as a Resource and then binding to it as a StaticResource, but I want to know why the element to element binding won't work in this scenario. I would prefer not to use the StaticResource binding because that requires the default constructor on the ViewModel and so I can't inject my data easily.
UPDATE
I'm working through this slowly... Looking at the suggestions from Peter I realized that I may have more serious binding issues because of my page setup. I have two possible road blocks, but first things first.
My Items control above is wrapped in another items control that is bound to an observable collection. I moved my items control so that its a direct child of the root items control. It was wrapped in another control that I'll get to. So I tried the element binding to the items control ControlItemList, but its a collection so it can't find my ButtonCommand method in that Collection. What I need to do is bind to an item within that collection. How do I bind to a single item within the collection?
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"><!-- DataContext="{Binding Path=., Source={StaticResource lvvm}}">-->
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<ItemsControl x:Name="ControlItemList" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="100" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock x:Name="ControlName" Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding ValueCollectionList}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
So, Assuming I can get the above to work the other road block is that my items control is wrapped in another usercontrol that I'm using to get DataTemplateSelector type functionality. I think this control may be blocking me from getting to the parent DataContext. Is there a limit as to how far up the tree you can go?
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector Grid.Column="1" FieldType="{Binding ValueType}" Margin="0,2,0,2">
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.StringTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay}" Width="100"/>
</DataTemplate>
</common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.StringTemplate>
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.DateTimeTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Text="this is date time binding" Width="100"/>
</DataTemplate>
</common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.DateTimeTemplate>
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.BooleanTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay}" />
</DataTemplate>
</common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.BooleanTemplate>
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.IntegerTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding ValueCollection}" DisplayMemberPath="Value" SelectedIndex="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay}" >
</ComboBox>
</DataTemplate>
</common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.IntegerTemplate>
<common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.MultiButtonTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding ValueCollectionList}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Button x:Name="MyBtn"
Height="40" Content="{Binding Name}"
Tag="{Binding Value}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=ControlItemList, Path=DataContext.ButtonCommand}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.CommandParameter="{Binding Value}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</DataTemplate>
</common:DeviceControlTemplateSelector.MultiButtonTemplate>
<Button x:Name="MyBtn"
Height="40" Content="{Binding Name}"
Tag="{Binding Value}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=ControlItemList, Path=ButtonCommand}"
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.CommandParameter="{Binding Value}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
Thanks again everyone for your help!
the best solution i have found so far to deal with this situation is by Dan Wahl where he uses a DataContextProxy.
http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2009/08/20/creating-a-silverlight-datacontext-proxy-to-simplify-data-binding-in-nested-controls.aspx
Try to change
from
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=LayoutRoot, Path=ButtonCommand}"
to
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=LayoutRoot, Path=DataContext.ButtonCommand}"
OR
cmd:ButtonBaseExtensions.Command="{Binding ElementName=LayoutRoot.DataContext, Path=ButtonCommand}"
In MVVM messaging is a strong concept for cummunication between ViewModels. You could use PRISM Eventaggregator or the Messenger class of MVVM Light Toolkit. On the button command you can publish a message and subscribe to it in the viewmodel.