ListBox Control For Windows 10

Introduction 

 

ListBox presents a list of items the user can select from. ListBox lets users select from a pre-defined list of options presented as a text control. We use a ListBox when you want the options to be visible all the time or when users can select more than one option at a time. ListBox controls are always open, so several items can be displayed without user interaction.

 

In the following demo, we are listing some items using a ListBox from which the user can select and the selected will be shown in a TextBlock shown below and clicking the selected Item once more will also remove it.

 

Step 1

 

Open a blank app and add a ListBox control with some items and a TextBlock control either from the toolbox or by copying the following XAML code into your grid. 

<StackPanel Margin="10,10,0,0">
    <TextBlock Text="List Box" FontSize="20"></TextBlock>
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,20,0,0">
        <TextBlock Text=" Select your options" VerticalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
        <ListBox Margin="10,0,0,0" Name="myListBox" SelectionMode="Multiple" SelectionChanged="myListBox_SelectionChanged">
            <ListBoxItem Content="Item 1"></ListBoxItem>
            <ListBoxItem Content="Item 2"></ListBoxItem>
            <ListBoxItem Content="Item 3"></ListBoxItem>
        </ListBox>
    </StackPanel>
    <TextBlock Margin="0,10,0,0" Name="selectedItems" Foreground="Green"></TextBlock>
</StackPanel>

SelectionMode defines whether to allow Single or Multiple selections.

 

 

Step 2

 

Add the following code to your cs page to handle the event while the selection changes.

private void myListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    var selected = myListBox.Items.Cast<ListBoxItem>()
        .Where(p => p.IsSelected)
        .Select(t => t.Content.ToString())
        .ToArray();

    selectedItems.Text ="The selected items are " + string.Join(", ", selected);
}

Step 3

 

Run your application and check yourself.

 

 

 

Summary 

 

In this article, we learned about ListBox Control For Windows 10.