Question

How to get ItemsControl display items selected Item textbox text value using MVVM pattern?

<ListBox Margin="0,25,0,0" Grid.Row="3" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ViewModelSearchResults}" SelectedItem="{Binding Path=SelectedCategoryViewModel, Mode=TwoWay}">
                    <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate >
                            <Grid>
                                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                                    <ColumnDefinition/>
                                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Path=CategoryName}" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Normal" />
                                <TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Path=CategoryID}" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Normal" Visibility="Hidden" />
                            </Grid>
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                </ListBox>

Answer 1

Like getting anything else from Views: bind it! Yes, ItemsControl has SelectedItem but ItemsControl itself doesn’t have selection behavior. You should use something like ListBox instead.