Question

I am new to mvvm. I have a listbox in my silverlight application which is binded to a observable collection in view model i want to make the listbox with first item selected. I tired this but it doesnt work.

<ListBox Height="431" Canvas.Left="17" Canvas.Top="77" Width="215" FontSize="13" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Categorys, Mode=TwoWay}" DataContext="{Binding}" SelectedItem="{Binding CurrentCategory, Mode=TwoWay}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CategoryDataTemplate}" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" Name="lst_category">

then i added this in mainpage load of mainpage viewmodel

CurrentCategory = Categorys[0];

Can any one Help me

Answer 1

Do the following steps:

1. Make sure that the collection Categorys is filled already. You might need to use AsycCTP, Asynchronous Programming with Async and Await or some other mechanism to first wait for the collection to be filled.

   The await operator is applied to a task in an asynchronous method to suspend the execution of the method until the awaited task completes. The task represents ongoing work.

2. Implement INotifyPropertyChanged in ViewModel exposing the Property, CurrentCategory and raise the event of PropertyChanged from within the Setter of the Property.

   private Category _currentCategory = null;
   
   public Category CurrentCategory 
   {
       get { return _currentCategory; }
       set
       {
           if (_currentCategory != value)
           { 
               _currentCategory = value;
   
               // Update bindings
               RaisePropertyChanged("CurrentCategory");
           }
       }
   }
   

Now you can use the same piece of code:

CurrentCategory = Categorys[0];