Question

I have an enum:

public enum UnitOfMeasure
{
    Meters,
    Kilometers,
    Yards,
    Miles,
    Time
}

and I want to bind it to a ListBox (actually a Telerik RadListPicker, but it works the same):

<telerikInput:RadListPicker
    Header="Measure work in:"
    ItemsSource="{Binding WorkUnitOfMeasure}"
    HeaderStyle="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}"
    x:Name="workUnitsListPicker"
    Margin="18">
</telerikInput:RadListPicker>

My View Model:

/// <summary>
/// The <see cref="WorkUnitOfMeasure" /> property's name.
/// </summary>
public const string WorkUnitOfMeasurePropertyName = "WorkUnitOfMeasure";

private ObservableCollection<Enum<UnitOfMeasure>> _workUnitOfMeasure;
/// <summary>
/// Gets the WorkUnitOfMeasure property.
/// Changes to that property's value raise the PropertyChanged event. 
/// This property's value is broadcasted by the Messenger's default instance when it changes.
/// </summary>
public ObservableCollection<Enum<UnitOfMeasure>> WorkUnitOfMeasure
{
    get
    {
        return _workUnitOfMeasure;
    }
    set
    {
        if (_workUnitOfMeasure == value)
        {
            return;
        }
        var oldValue = _workUnitOfMeasure;
        _workUnitOfMeasure = value;
         RaisePropertyChanged(WorkUnitOfMeasurePropertyName);
    }
}

And in my constructor I have tried variations of something like this:

WorkUnitOfMeasure = new ObservableCollection<Enum<UnitOfMeasure>>();

I can’t seem to get the listbox to bind to Enum. I know I’m missing something simple, but I can’t figure it out.

Answer 1

I believe it should be an

ObservableCollection<UnitOfMeasure>

not

ObservableCollection<Enum<UnitOfMeasure>

If not what error are you seeing?