Question

My understanding of DataBinding is still at the “working on it” level, so here is my issue. I have this data:

private class User
    {
        public string username { get; set; }
        public string real_name { get; set; }
    }

ObservableCollection<User> users = new ObservableCollection<User>();
...adds stuff...
CollectionView view = (CollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(users);

I want this to be displayed in a two column ListBox. I’ve gotten in in a two column ComboBox by doing:

<ComboBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="114,23,0,0" Name="comboBox_client" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="113" IsEditable="True" ItemsSource="{Binding}" >
        <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding username}" Name="left" Width="50" />
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding real_name}" Name="right" Width="100" />
                </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
    </ComboBox>

with

comboBox_client.ItemsSource = view;

But I’m not sure how to make the step over to a ListBox, since I see no ItemTemplate, and I don’t understand the concept behind what the above Xaml is actually doing. If I take out the ItemTemplate part and try the rest on the ListBox, I just just a listbox full of System.Windows.DataTemplate.

Point in the right direction please?

Answer 1

ListBox has an ItemTemplate property too. I think you just missed that.

You can just use the same DataTemplate you used for your ComboBox.