Comments on: How to create a generic method to get selected value from WPF ListBox Control http://ilearneditonline.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/how-to-create-a-generic-method-to-get-selected-value-from-wpf-listbox-control/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: insane4wpf http://ilearneditonline.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/how-to-create-a-generic-method-to-get-selected-value-from-wpf-listbox-control/#comment-88 insane4wpf Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:55:44 +0000 http://www.ilearneditonline.com/?p=152#comment-88 Rob, Thanks, I discovered that over the weekend and forgot to post it. With one small exception, which doesn't really make any difference. Thanks for the input, I wish I had found out about this before spending so much time traversing the visuals. Contact contact = (Contact)MyListBox.SelectedItem; Rob,

Thanks, I discovered that over the weekend and forgot to post it. With one small exception, which doesn’t really make any difference. Thanks for the input, I wish I had found out about this before spending so much time traversing the visuals.

Contact contact = (Contact)MyListBox.SelectedItem;

]]> By: Rob Relyea http://ilearneditonline.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/how-to-create-a-generic-method-to-get-selected-value-from-wpf-listbox-control/#comment-87 Rob Relyea Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:40 +0000 http://www.ilearneditonline.com/?p=152#comment-87 MyListBox.SelectedItem should return the Contact directly, so you shouldn't have to dig into the visuals of the DataTemplate. Try something like this: Contact contact = MyListBox.SelectedItem as Contact; if (contact != null) MsgBox.Show("Contact.ID:" + contact.ID); Thanks, Rob Rob Relyea | WPF & Xaml Language Team robrelyea.com | /blog | /wpf | /xaml MyListBox.SelectedItem should return the Contact directly, so you shouldn’t have to dig into the visuals of the DataTemplate.

Try something like this:
Contact contact = MyListBox.SelectedItem as Contact;
if (contact != null)
MsgBox.Show(“Contact.ID:” + contact.ID);

Thanks, Rob
Rob Relyea | WPF & Xaml Language Team
robrelyea.com | /blog | /wpf | /xaml

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