Best WPF control to display a dynamic editable list of strings

Maura Monville

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I am looking for the proper WPF control(s) to display a list of strings subject to the following constraints:

1. The user can edit the single item
2. There may be some "empty" items
3. The code must have access to the list content before and after the editing

Maybe a ListBox or a ListView. Despite spending many hours searching for documentation and examples I am not sure yet if and how to make the list items editable. I am a novice... sigh

Thank you in advance.

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Sachin Singh4y ago
Accepted answer
You can use textbox inside ListBox item
public class StringContainer:INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _Value ;
public string Value {
get {
return _Value ;
}
set {
_Value = value;
OnPropertyRaised("Value");

}
}


public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyRaised(string propertyname) {
if (PropertyChanged != null) {
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyname));
}
}
}

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    ObservableCollection _nameList = null;

    public ObservableCollection NameList
    {
        get
        {
            if (_nameList == null)
            {
                _nameList = new ObservableCollection();
            }
            return _nameList;
        }
        set
        {
            _nameList = value;
        }
    }
    public MainWindow()
    {
        NameList.Add(new StringContainer{ Value = "sachin" });
        NameList.Add(new StringContainer{ Value = "Jhon" });
        InitializeComponent();
    }
"0" Grid.Column="0" DataContext="{Binding ElementName=main}" ItemsSource="{Binding NameList}">


            "{Binding Value, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
Muhammad Imran Ansari4y ago
Check the following link:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/36413/An-Editable-ListBox-for-WPF
Satya Karki4y ago
Check if this hepls you
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49365821/editable-listview-wpf
Rijwan Ansari4y ago
You can use datagrid control, which basically, an editable gridview.

Example:

Create a class that represents a row:
1. public class Item
2. {
3. public string Value { get; set; }
4. }
And set the ItemsSource property of the DataGrid to a collection of such objects:
1. string aa = "aa,xx,cc,vv,bbb,hh,gg,rr,tt,yy,uu,ooo";
2. _table.ItemsSource = aa.Split(',').Select(x => new Item() { Value = x });
XAML:
1. "_table" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
3. "Databases" Binding="{Binding Value}" />
Sachin Singh4y ago
You don't need to think about textbox, please go through the code, the strings will be populated from ObservableCollection, so you can add any number of strings, and a textbox will automatically generate for each item.
Maura Monville4y ago
This is an answer to Mr SACHIN SINGH.

Thank you for your complete solution.

Unluckily the C# compiler tells me "StringContainer does not implement interface INotifyPropertyChanged "

So I am pretty much stuck here.

Any suggestion?

Thanks