#974 – Properties for Retrieving Selected Items in a ListBox

December 18, 2013 Leave a comment

You can use the following properties to find out which items in a ListBox are selected:

  • If a single item is selected:
    • SelectedIndex is the 0-based index of the selected item
    • SelectedItem refers to the selected item
    • SelectedItems is a list containing the single selected item
  • If multiple items are selected:
    • SelectedIndex is the 0-based index of the first item that the user selected
    • SelectedItem refers to the first item that the user selected
    • SelectedItems is a list containing all selected items
  • If no items in the ListBox are selected:
    • SelectedIndex is -1
    • SelectedItem is null
    • SelectedItems is null

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#910 – Using Data Binding to Control the Currently Selected Tab of a TabControl

September 19, 2013 1 Comment

In addition to using data binding to control the tabs that appear in a TabControl, you can use binding to control which tab is currently selected.

Below, we bind the SelectedIndex of a TabControl to a property in our class.  We do the same for a ComboBox, as well as binding the ItemSource of the ComboBox to the same collection that the TabControl is bound to.  After doing this, we can use the ComboBox to select the correct tab or manually select a different tab to cause the ComboBox to be updated.

        <TabControl Margin="5"
                    ItemsSource="{Binding RomanDudes}"
                    SelectedIndex="{Binding DudeIndex}">
        <!-- Templates here -->
        </TabControl>

 

        <ComboBox Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,5"
                  ItemsSource="{Binding RomanDudes}"
                  SelectedIndex="{Binding DudeIndex}"/>

Property that we bind to:

        private int dudeIndex;
        public int DudeIndex
        {
            get { return dudeIndex; }
            set
            {
                if (value != dudeIndex)
                {
                    dudeIndex = value;
                    RaisePropertyChanged("DudeIndex");
                }
            }
        }

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#906 – Programmatically Changing the Current Tab on a TabControl

September 13, 2013 Leave a comment

You can change the currently selected tab on a TabControl in one of several ways:

  • Change the TabControl’s SelectedIndex property (0..n-1)
  • Change the TabControl’s SelectedItem property (if you have a reference to the TabItem for the tab that you want to switch to)
  • Use data binding and change the object that the SelectedItem is bound to

Below is an example of changing the SelectedIndex property when the user clicks on a Button.

        <TabControl Name="tabMeals">
            <TabItem Header="Breakfast">
                <StackPanel>
                    <RadioButton Content="Eggs"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Cereal"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Spam"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </TabItem>
            <TabItem Header="Lunch">
                <StackPanel>
                    <RadioButton Content="Ham Sandwich"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Soup"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Wimpy Burger"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </TabItem>
            <TabItem Header="Dinner">
                <StackPanel>
                    <RadioButton Content="Spam Sandwich"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Spam Casserole"/>
                    <RadioButton Content="Spam Jello Surprise"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </TabItem>
        </TabControl>
        <Button Grid.Row="1" Content="Change Tabs" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Padding="10,5"
                Click="Button_Click"/>

 

        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (tabMeals.SelectedIndex == (tabMeals.Items.Count - 1))
                tabMeals.SelectedIndex = 0;
            else
                tabMeals.SelectedIndex++;
        }

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