Question

I have a CommentsData class and this is used to load, manipulate and save values in a DataGrid. I want to make the Status field in the class shown as a dropdown in the grid. The Comment values need to be populated one time only. I have tried many variations but this does not work. The combo is blank. I need to be able to populate the values in the combo and when the selection changes the value should remain there and not dissappear.

Here is the Xaml for the Grid (Updated 2)

<DataGrid Grid.Row="2" AutoGenerateColumns="False"  Height="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Name="grdComments" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" CanUserAddRows="True" CanUserDeleteRows="True" BeginningEdit="grdComments_BeginningEdit" InitializingNewItem="grdComments_InitializingNewItem" PreviewKeyDown="grdComments_PreviewKeyDown" SizeChanged="grdComments_SizeChanged">
  <DataGrid.Columns>
    <DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding Path=Author}" Header="Author" />
    <DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Status" >
        <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ComboBox  ItemsSource="{Binding UserValues}" DisplayMemberPath="UserStatus" SelectedValuePath="UserStatus" SelectedValue="{Binding Status, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />
            </DataTemplate>
        </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
    </DataGridTemplateColumn>
    <DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding Path=Comment}" Header="Comment" Width="570" />
  </DataGrid.Columns>

Here is the code for the CommentData class (Updated 2)

public class CommentsData 
{

    public string Author { get; set; }
    public string Status { get; set; }
    public string Comment { get; set; }
    public string Username { get; set; }

    public ObservableCollection<StatusValue> UserValues { get; set; }

    public CommentsData()
    {
        UserValues = new ObservableCollection<StatusValue>();

        UserValues.Add(new StatusValue("New"));
        UserValues.Add(new StatusValue("Open"));
        UserValues.Add(new StatusValue("ReOpen"));
        UserValues.Add(new StatusValue("Closed"));

    }

}

public class StatusValue
{
    public string UserStatus { get; set; }

    public StatusValue (string value)
    {
        UserStatus = value;
    }
}

Here is the code where the comments list is initialized

private List<CommentsData> _commentsList;

private void InitializeObjects()
{
        _commentsList = new List<CommentsData>();
        grdComments.ItemsSource = _commentsList;

}

The above code is working Thanks to all the feedback

Answer 1

As stated on MSDN article about DataGridComboBoxColumn to populate the drop-down list, you must first set the ItemsSource property for the ComboBox by using one of the following options:

• A static resource.
• An x:Static code entity.
• An inline collection of ComboBoxItem types.

If you want to bind ComboBox.ItemsSource to object property, it`s easier to use DataGridTemplateColumn like this:

<DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Status">
     <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
         <DataTemplate>
              <ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding UserValues}" DisplayMemberPath="UserStatus" SelectedValuePath="UserStatus" SelectedValue="{Binding Status, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />
         </DataTemplate>
     </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>