i have customized ListBox declared in XAML:
<ListBox x:Name="uicMDSQonfServer">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
Margin="0,5,0,5">
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding RelativeSource={TemplatedParent},
Path=Activated}" />
<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding RelativeSource={TemplatedParent},
Path=Content}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I need to dsiplay and interop with generic List, where T is:
public class QonfServer: QonfBase, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string ip;
private bool activated;
public string Ip {
get { return ip; }
}
public bool Activated
{
get { return activated; }
set
{
if (activated == value)
return;
activated = value;
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Activated"));
}
}
#region INotifyPropertyChanged Members
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
#endregion
}
QonfBase is pretty simple Base class:
public class QonfBase
{
private int id;
public int ID { get; set; }
}
When i turn Activated property programmatically, checkbox do not change state. Debug: PropertyChanged = null. Anybody know, what is incorrect?
One obvious problem meets the eye: TemplatedParent is for use with ControlTemplates. Since you're using a DataTemplate, this should work:
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Activated}" />
<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding Content}"/>
I didn't notice any problems with the C#.
Related
I have an ItemsControl that should display the values of some properties of an object.
The ItemsSource of the ItemsControl is an object with two properties: Instance and PropertyName.
What I am trying to do is displaying all the property values of the Instance object, but I do not find a way to set the Path of the binding to the PropertyName value:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource={Binding Path=InstanceProperties}>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=PropertyName, Mode=OneWay}"/>
<TextBlock Text=": "/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Source=??{Binding Path=Instance}??, Path=??PropertyName??, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
the question marks are the points where I don't know how to create the binding.
I initially tried with a MultiValueConverter:
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding}">
<TextBlock.DataContext>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource getPropertyValue}">
<Binding Path="Instance" Mode="OneWay"/>
<Binding Path="PropertyName" Mode="OneWay"/>
</MultiBinding>
</TextBlock.DataContext>
</TextBlock>
The MultiValueConverter uses Reflection to look through the Instance and returns the value of the property.
But if the property value changes, this change is not notified and the displayed value remains unchanged.
I am looking for a way to do it with XAML only, if possible, if not I will have to write a wrapper class to for the items of the ItemsSource collection, and I know how to do it, but, since it will be a recurring task in my project, it will be quite expensive.
Edit:
For those who asked, InstanceProperties is a property on the ViewModel which exposes a collection of objects like this:
public class InstanceProperty : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
//[.... INotifyPropertyChanged implementation ....]
public INotifyPropertyChanged Instance { get; set; }
public string PropertyName { get; set; }
}
Obviously the two properties notify theirs value is changing through INotifyPropertyChanged, I don't include the OnPropertyChanged event handling for simplicity.
The collection is populated with a limited set of properties which I must present to the user, and I can't use a PropertyGrid because I need to filter the properties that I have to show, and these properties must be presented in a graphically richer way.
Thanks
Ok, thanks to #GazTheDestroyer comment:
#GazTheDestroyer wrote: I cannot think of any way to dynamically iterate and bind to an arbitrary object's properties in XAML only. You need to write a VM or behaviour to do this so you can watch for change notifications, but do it in a generic way using reflection you can just reuse it throughout your project
I found a solution: editing the ViewModel class InstanceProperty like this
added a PropertyValue property
listen to PropertyChanged event on Instance and when the PropertyName value changed is fired, raise PropertyChanged on PropertyValue
When Instance or PropertyName changes, save a reference to Reflection's PropertyInfo that will be used by PropertyValue to read the value
here is the new, complete, ViewModel class:
public class InstanceProperty : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
#region Properties and events
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private INotifyPropertyChanged FInstance = null;
public INotifyPropertyChanged Instance
{
get { return this.FInstance; }
set
{
if (this.FInstance != null) this.FInstance.PropertyChanged -= Instance_PropertyChanged;
this.FInstance = value;
if (this.FInstance != null) this.FInstance.PropertyChanged += Instance_PropertyChanged;
this.CheckProperty();
}
}
private string FPropertyName = null;
public string PropertyName
{
get { return this.FPropertyName; }
set
{
this.FPropertyName = value;
this.CheckProperty();
}
}
private System.Reflection.PropertyInfo Property = null;
public object PropertyValue
{
get { return this.Property?.GetValue(this.Instance, null); }
}
#endregion
#region Private methods
private void CheckProperty()
{
if (this.Instance == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.PropertyName))
{
this.Property = null;
}
else
{
this.Property = this.Instance.GetType().GetProperty(this.PropertyName);
}
this.RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(PropertyValue));
}
private void Instance_PropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.PropertyName == this.PropertyName)
{
this.RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(PropertyValue));
}
}
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyname)
{
this.PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyname));
}
#endregion
}
and here is the XAML:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource={Binding Path=InstanceProperties}>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=PropertyName, Mode=OneWay}"/>
<TextBlock Text=": "/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=PropertyValue, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
I have a ListBox control with TypeUsers.When I select some record in Listbox and update Name in TextBox the Name property/textbox return always null. Never take value from TextBox, always null ?
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This is my code
<ListBox x:Name="LstTypeUsers"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="4"
Width="220" Height="120"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
ItemsSource="{Binding TypeUsers}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name">
</ListBox>
<TextBox
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2"
x:Name="txtName"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="170"
Text="{Binding ElementName=LstTypeUsers, Path=SelectedItem.Name, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}"
Validation.ErrorTemplate="{x:Null}"/>
<Button
Grid.Column="0"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="100" Height="30"
Command="{Binding UpdateTypeUserCmd}"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Margin="20,90,0,0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="/Images/Save.png" />
<TextBlock Width="55" Height="18" ><Run Text=" "/><Run Text="Update"/></TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</Button>
EDIT
// Model class
public class UserType: INotifyPropertyChanged
{
[Key]
private int usertypeId;
public int UserTypeId
{
get
{
return this.usertypeId;
}
set
{
this.usertypeId = value;
OnPropertyChanged("UserTypeId");
}
}
[MaxLength(200)]
private string name;
public string Name
{
get
{
return this.name;
}
set
{
this.name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
[Required]
private bool status;
public bool Status
{
get
{
return this.status;
}
set
{
this.status = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Status");
}
}
public virtual ObservableCollection<User> User { get; private set; }
public UserType()
{
this.User = new ObservableCollection<User>();
}
}
// ViewModelBase class
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
// UserTypeViewModel
public class UserTypeViewModel
private UserType _userType;
private ObservableCollection<UserType> _UserTypeList;
// Constructor
public UserTypeViewModel()
{
_userType = new UserType();
_UserTypeList = new ObservableCollection<UserType>(GetUserTypeAll());
}
public ObservableCollection<TypeUsers> TypeUsers
{
get
{
return _UserTypeList;
}
set
{
_UserTypeList = value;
//OnPropertyChanged("TypeUsers");
}
}
public string Name
{
get
{
return _userType.Name;
}
set
{
_userType.Name = value;
//OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
Thank you.
Implement INotifyPropertyChanged interface in UserType class.
You're binding directly to the WPF control (ListBox) and not the ViewModel. I suggest you add a property in your ViewModel that will bind to the TextBox.Text property, once the data changes or the user had changed the value in the TextBox, then the data will update and be reflected in the UI.
Also, if I remember correctly, at launch, the SelectedItem property of the ListBox is null, so there might be a problem there too, but I'm not certain about that...
I have resolved my problem. I have also implemented INotifyPropertyChanged interface in Model class. I'm new in WPF MVVM and I read that this interface is implemented only in the ViewModel for connection with View. Now I have implemented in both classes and everything works great.
Thanks Everyone.
I am trying to bind a listview item to a member of a structure, but I am unable to get it to work.
The structure is quite simple:
public struct DeviceTypeInfo
{
public String deviceName;
public int deviceReferenceID;
};
in my view model I hold a list of these structures and I want to get the "deviceName" to be displayed in a list box.
public class DevicesListViewModel
{
public DevicesListViewModel( )
{
}
public void setListOfAvailableDevices(List<DeviceTypeInfo> devicesList)
{
m_availableDevices = devicesList;
}
public List<DeviceTypeInfo> Devices
{
get { return m_availableDevices; }
}
private List<DeviceTypeInfo> m_availableDevices;
}
I have tried the following but I can't get the binding to work, do I need to use relativesource?
<ListBox Name="DevicesListView" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="10" MinHeight="250" MinWidth="150" ItemsSource="{Binding Devices}" Width="Auto">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding DeviceTypeInfo.deviceName}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
You need to make the members in the struct properties.
public struct DeviceTypeInfo
{
public String deviceName { get; set; }
public int deviceReferenceID { get; set; }
};
I ran into a similar situation yesterday :P
EDIT: Oh yeah, and like Jesse said, once you turn them into properties, you'll want to set up the INotifyPropertyChanged event.
Your TextBlock's DataContext is an object of type DeviceTypeInfo, so you only need to bind to deviceName, not DeviceTypeInfo.deviceName.
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding deviceName}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
In addition, you should be binding to Properties, not fields. You can change your fields to properties by adding { get; set; } to them like the other answer suggests
I think you need getters and setters. You also might need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged.
public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
I have a List<String> in a custom user control. Whenever the List<String> is modified, I want the custom user control to have checkboxes for every item in the List<String>. My original idea (being used to Java) was to just add the checkboxes and remove them directly.
But... I know C# can do better than that. Is there some way I can "bind" the strings to the UI so they show up as checkboxes? (or any other method that works?)
You can do that easily by binding an ItemsControl to the list of strings:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Strings}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox Content="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
However that's not very useful, because you have no easy way to access the state of the CheckBox... A better option would be to wrap the string in a class that also exposes a bool property:
public class CheckableItem<T> : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public CheckableItem(T value)
{
_value = value;
}
private T _value;
public T Value
{
get { return _value; }
set
{
_value = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Value");
}
}
private bool _isChecked;
public bool IsChecked
{
get { return _isChecked; }
set
{
_isChecked = value;
OnPropertyChanged("IsChecked");
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
var handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
You can then expose a list of CheckableItem<string> instead of a list of strings, and change the XAML as follows:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox Content="{Binding Value}" IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
If you need to test if the CheckBox is checked, just test the IsChecked property in the CheckableItem<T> class.
If you need the CheckBox to have 3 states (checked/unchecked/indeterminate), just declare IsChecked as bool? instead of bool.
I have one main outstanding issue, I know now how to databind to lists and individual items, but there is one more problem I have with this, I need to bind a listbox to some properties that are in a Class.
For Example I have two Properties that are bound in some XAML in a class called Display:
Public Property ShowEventStart() As Visibility
Public Property ShowEventEnd() As Visibility
I can use these in my XAML but I want them to be in a ListBox/Drop-down List, how can I have my properties show in this list and be able to change their values, does it have to be a List to be in a List?
I just want to be able to modify these properties from a Drop-down list to toggle the Visibility of the ShowEventStart and ShowEventEnd Property Values using the Checkboxes in the Drop-down List.
Plus this must be a Silverlight 3.0 solution, I cannot figure out how to have something that can be bound in the XAML which is not a list and then bound it as a list to modify these items!
I just need a list of Checkboxes which alter the values of the Class Properties such as ShowEventStart and ShowEventEnd, there are other properties but this will be a start.
You can create a PropertyWrapper class and in you window code behind expose a property that returns a List<PropertyWrapper> and bind your ListBox.ItemsSource to it.
public class PropertyWrapper
{
private readonly object target;
private readonly PropertyInfo property;
public PropertyWrapper(object target, PropertyInfo property)
{
this.target = target;
this.property = property;
}
public bool Value
{
get
{
return (bool) property.GetValue(target, null);
}
set
{
property.SetValue(target, value, null);
}
}
public PropertyInfo Property
{
get
{
return this.property;
}
}
}
your window code behind:
public partial class Window1 : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
properties = new List<PropertyWrapper>
{
new PropertyWrapper(this, typeof(Window1).GetProperty("A")),
new PropertyWrapper(this, typeof(Window1).GetProperty("B")),
};
this.DataContext = this;
}
private List<PropertyWrapper> properties;
public List<PropertyWrapper> Properties
{
get { return properties; }
}
private bool a;
private bool b = true;
public bool A
{
get
{
return a;
}
set
{
if (value != a)
{
a = value;
NotifyPropertyChange("A");
}
}
}
public bool B
{
get
{
return b;
}
set
{
if (value != b)
{
b = value;
NotifyPropertyChange("B");
}
}
}
protected void NotifyPropertyChange(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged.Invoke(
this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
}
your window markup:
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Properties}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Property.Name}"/>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Path=Value}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
Hope this helps
I tried to mock up something similar. See how this works for you and let me know if I misunderstood the question.
From MainPage.xaml:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ListBox SelectedItem="{Binding ShowControls, Mode=TwoWay}" x:Name="VisibilityList"/>
<Button Content="Test" Visibility="{Binding ShowControls}"/>
<CheckBox Content="Test 2" Visibility="{Binding ShowControls}"/>
</StackPanel>
The code behind MainPage.xaml.cs:
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
{
VisibilityData visibilityData = new VisibilityData();
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
VisibilityList.Items.Add(Visibility.Visible);
VisibilityList.Items.Add(Visibility.Collapsed);
this.DataContext = visibilityData;
}
}
And the data class:
public class VisibilityData : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private Visibility showControls = Visibility.Visible;
public Visibility ShowControls
{
get { return showControls; }
set
{
showControls = value;
OnPropertyChanged("ShowControls");
}
}
private void OnPropertyChanged(string p)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(p));
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
}
When you run that code you should get a ListBox with the options Visible and Collapsed and when you choose an option you should see the visibility of the button and checkbox is changed to reflect your choice. Let me know if that's not what you were looking for.
After thinking about this the solution occured to me, which is to construct the List in XAML then using a Converter on the Checkboxes to convert their Boolean IsChecked to the Property Visibility Property in the Class.
You can create a list such as:
<ComboBox Canvas.Left="6" Canvas.Top="69" Width="274" Height="25" Name="Display">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Path=Display.EventStart,Mode=TwoWay,Converter={StaticResource VisibilityConverter}}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Event Start"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Path=Display.EventEnd,Mode=TwoWay,Converter={StaticResource VisibilityConverter}}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Event End"/>
</StackPanel>
</ComboBox>
I can then Bind to the Two Properties I want (this example from the actual application).