Question

I am trying to display a default value (or even NO value) when selected index is -1, or selecteditem is null. This normally works perfectly fine but when I enable IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem and set it to True, the first value in my DataTable gets displayed. How can I have both IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem =”True” and show no/default value when it is loaded.

My Combo Box XAML:

<GroupBox Name="ClientGroup" Header="Client" Margin="63,182,0,177" FontSize="14" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="298">
<ComboBox Name="Supplier" Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True" ItemsSource="{Binding}" IsEditable="True" Text="Please Choose..." TextSearch.TextPath="CompanyName" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" Height="23" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,6,6,0" FontSize="11" StaysOpenOnEdit="True">
    <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid Margin="0,5,0,5">
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="CompanyName" />
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="EIC" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding CompanyName}" Grid.Column="0" />
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding EIC, StringFormat=' ({0})'}" Grid.Column="1" FontFamily="Courier New" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="12" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
</GroupBox>

My CS code behind:

ClientGroup.DataContext = (new CompanyDealsDataSetTableAdapters.CompanyTableAdapter()).GetData();

When I start my application it automatically selects the first row in my data table. It works as expected when I remove IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem.

Anyone have any solutions?

Answer 1

Found the answer, and it was much more simple than I thought.

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Supplier.Text = null;
    }

This seems to work, and all my bound field are set to null/default values :).