Player
{
IsNew, Name, LastName, PlayerNumber
}
I have an ObservableCollection<Player> Players in my ViewModel. My grid is binded to this Players collection
I want to make my column that displays my playernumber enabled depending on my IsNew field
I created a multibinding convertor to pass the value IsNew with some other value on my ViewModel that i need.
I'm having problems passing the IsNew property value to my converter. Binding Path="IsNew" does not work. What do I have to do to pass the entire player object to the converter or just the one field from the player that i need?
<igDP:UnboundField Name="LastName" Label="Last Name" BindingPath="LastName" BindingMode="TwoWay" Width="115" > <igDP:Field.Settings> <igDP:FieldSettings EditorType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}"> <igDP:FieldSettings.EditorStyle> <Style TargetType="{x:Type igEditors:XamTextEditor}"> <Setter Property="IsEnabled"> <Setter.Value> <MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource RosterEdit}"> <Binding Path="IsNew" /> <Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type core:GlassWindow}}" Path="DataContext.AllowEdit" /> </MultiBinding> </Setter.Value> </Setter> </Style> </igDP:FieldSettings.EditorStyle> </igDP:FieldSettings> </igDP:Field.Settings> </igDP:UnboundField>
Hello,
I have been looking into your question and in order to implement the needed functionality you can try using a converter within the multi binding:
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<local:conv x:Key="aaa"/>
</Grid.Resources>
…
<TextBlock.Text>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource aaa}">
<Binding Path="porp1" />
<Binding Path="porp2"/>
</MultiBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
Notice that the converter implements the IMultiValueConverter interface:
public class conv : IMultiValueConverter
public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
return "custom value";
public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
throw new NotImplementedException();
Please let me know if you need further assistance regarding the discussed matter.
Sincerely,
Ekaterina
Developer Support Engineer
Infragistics, Inc.
www.infragistics.com/support
Also after trying your code above it did not work. passing the name of my properties are not being recognized. I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that my player is binded to the combo box and the textboxt needs to be passed some form of relative ancestor like the issue i was having earlier. Would you know what it is that i must pass to have my variables work? This would probably also solve the stringformatting issue. It's probably currently not being able to define the properties inside of the parent control's selecteditem.
This code works NOT USING INFRAGISTICS:
Using the .Net controls i binded a player collection from my view model to a combo box and customized the display according to different properties within my the player object. How do i accomplish this same behavior with infragistics? I am not using a grid. I just have a combo box in a form
<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Name="cbFGPlayer" SelectedItem="{Binding FieldGoal.Player, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" ItemsSource="{Binding PlayerCollection}"> <ComboBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBlock> <TextBlock.Text> <MultiBinding StringFormat=" {0} - {1}, {2} ({3}) "> <Binding Path="PlayerNumber" /> <Binding Path="LastName" /> <Binding Path="FirstName" /> <Binding Path="Position" /> </MultiBinding> </TextBlock.Text> </TextBlock> </DataTemplate> </ComboBox.ItemTemplate> </ComboBox>
I tried this to accomplish the same behavior in infragistics and that did not work
<igEditors:XamComboEditor Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Name="cbFGPlayer" ItemsSource="{Binding PlayerCollection}" SelectedItem="{Binding FieldGoal.Player,NotifyOnSourceUpdated=True,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"> <igEditors:XamComboEditor.Template> <ControlTemplate> <TextBlock> <TextBlock.Text> <MultiBinding StringFormat=" {0} - {1}, {2} ({3}) "> <Binding Path="PlayerNumber"/> <Binding Path="LastName"/> <Binding Path="FirstName"/> <Binding Path="Position"/> </MultiBinding> </TextBlock.Text> </TextBlock> </ControlTemplate> </igEditors:XamComboEditor.Template> </igEditors:XamComboEditor>
<MultiBinding StringFormat=" {0} - {1}, {2} ({3}) ">
FYI ... this controls are NOT within a XAMDATAGRID. If you're getting confused by the Grid.Row and Grid.Column that is a grid to line up controls so they are not unorganized on the screen. You can take those two out and the code will still work if that is what's confusing you.
I have been looking into your example and I think I better understood your concerns.
There are two XamComboEditors – the first one is a cross platform control and the second one is a WPF specific. The WPF specific combo editor has an ItemTemplate property and you can achieve your goal just as you did with the combo box. The Cross platform control does not expose ItemTemplate, but it uses comboBox as an inner control and you can set
<igEditors:XamComboEditor.ComboBoxStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="ItemTemplate">
In order to set the items template.
The cross platform editor belongs to the xmlns:igEditors="http://infragistics.com/Editors"
namespace and I assume that this is the control that you are using.
In your sample code you are setting the XamComboEditor.Template property. This will set the control’s template, but not the control’s items template. That means that the items in the drop down would not be formatted as they are in the comboBox.
I have attached a sample that illustrates the above mentioned implementations. Please take a look and let me know if it meets your requirements.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you.
I am just checking your progress on the issue.
If you require any further assistance please do not hesitate to ask .
Infragistics
This worked, it was what i was looking for but when the dropdown is initially loaded you cannot tell it is a drop down until you click on it and then the border draws out and the down arrow showing there are choices to select. Is there a way to force the combobox to always show not only the border but the down arrow so user knows there is a dropdown?
I am just checking the progress of this issue and was wondering if you managed to achieve your goal or if you need any further assistance on the matter.
I have modified the sample Ekaterina sent you, so now it has the functionality you want. Basically I use the XamComboEditor’s ValueToDisplayTextConverter to convert the Value to format you want. When the editor is not in edit mode and this way I didn’t set its Template property, which doesn’t make it to lose its default look.
Hope this helps you.