Question

I have a ListBox that during development I had the items in the ListBox hardcoded and styled. This is how the items were styled.

<ComboBoxItem Width='Auto' Height='Auto' Content='ComboBoxItem' >     <ComboBoxItem.Foreground>         <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint='0.5,1' StartPoint='0.5,0'>             <GradientStop Color='#FF6F6F6F' Offset='0'/>             <GradientStop Color='#FFD1D1D1' Offset='1'/>         </LinearGradientBrush>     </ComboBoxItem.Foreground> </ComboBoxItem> 

But when I set the ItemsSource property to a data object, It said my xaml was invalid. Presumably because it was adding an item through XAML.

How can I create the Style for each item, as noted in the above XAML, once you have it bound to a datasource?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using Styles:

<ComboBox ItemsSource='{Binding}'>   <ComboBox.Resources>     <Style TargetType='{x:Type ComboBoxItem}'>       <Setter Property='Foreground'>         <Setter.Value>           <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint='0.5,1' StartPoint='0.5,0'>             <GradientStop Color='#FF6F6F6F' Offset='0'/>             <GradientStop Color='#FFD1D1D1' Offset='1'/>           </LinearGradientBrush>         </Setter.Value>       </Setter>     </Style>   </ComboBox.Resources> </ComboBox> 

Hope this helps!