Question

I’ve got a MenuItem whos ItemsSource is databound to a simple list of strings, its showing correctly, but I’m struggling to see how I can handle click events for them!

Here’s a simple app that demonstrates it:

<Window x:Class='WPFDataBoundMenu.Window1' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' Title='Window1' Height='300' Width='300'> <Grid>     <Menu>         <MenuItem Header='File' Click='MenuItem_Click' />         <MenuItem Header='My Items' ItemsSource='{Binding Path=MyMenuItems}' />     </Menu> </Grid> 

using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Windows;  namespace WPFDataBoundMenu {     /// <summary>     /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml     /// </summary>     public partial class Window1 : Window     {         public List<string> MyMenuItems { get; set;}          public Window1()         {             InitializeComponent();             MyMenuItems = new List<string> { 'Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3' };             DataContext = this;         }          private void MenuItem_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)         {             MessageBox.Show('how do i handle the other clicks?!');         }     } } 

Many thanks!

Chris.

Answer 1

<MenuItem Header='My Items' ItemsSource='{Binding Path=MyMenuItems}' Click='DataBoundMenuItem_Click' /> 

Code behind..

private void DataBoundMenuItem_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {    MenuItem obMenuItem = e.OriginalSource as MenuItem;    MessageBox.Show( String.Format('{0} just said Hi!', obMenuItem.Header)); } 

Events will bubble up to the common handler. You can then use the Header text or better the DataContext property to switch and act as needed