Silverlight - Applying Converters within Templates - silverlight

Question

I am currently updating the template of a ListPicker. In particular, I'm trying to style the contents of the full mode popup. This information appears to be defined in the following code:
<Popup x:Name="FullModePopup">
<Border Background="{StaticResource PhoneChromeBrush}">
<!-- Popup.Child should always be a Border -->
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ContentControl Grid.Row="0" Content="{TemplateBinding FullModeHeader}"
Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilySemiBold}"
FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="24 12 0 0"/>
<ListBox x:Name="FullModeSelector" Grid.Row="1"
FontSize="{TemplateBinding FontSize}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneMargin}">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel/>
<!-- Ensures all containers will be available during the Loaded event -->
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Popup>
My challenge is, I need to trim the text of each item bound in this popup list. More importantly, I need to do this with a converter. Is this even possible? How do I use a converter in this template? Traditionally, I've used something like:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name, Converter={StaticResource myConverter}}" />
How do I apply a Converter to the items in the Popup of my ListPicker?
Thank you!

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?
Basically overriding the itemtemplate, putting in a textblock and apply your converter to the binding.
Like this
<ListBox ItemsSource="{StaticResource customers}" Width="350" Margin="0,5,0,10">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0"
Text="{Binding FirstName, Converter={StaticResource yourConverter}}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
Here is the msdn documentation
HTH