ComboBox SelectedItem Template different than ComboBoxItems Template

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I want combobox having contentitem which has template different than selected Item, eg. Dropdown contains items which are images with name but when any item is selected, I want to display only image name not image as selected.

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<ComboBox >
                <ComboBoxItem IsSelected="True">
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 1"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level1.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
                <ComboBoxItem>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 2"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level2.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
                <ComboBoxItem>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 3"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level3.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
                <ComboBoxItem>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 4"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level 4.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
                <ComboBoxItem>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 5"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level 5.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
                <ComboBoxItem>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.7*"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="0.3*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <Rectangle Stroke="#FFA9CF34" Grid.RowSpan="2" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2"/>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="2,0,2,2"><Run Text="Level 6"/></TextBlock>
                            <Image Source="D:\Level 6.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="2,2,2,2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="150" Height="100" />
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </ComboBoxItem>
            </ComboBox>

Posted 31-Aug-10 0:05am

Kunal_Daud

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Solution 1

This looks complex, but it doesn't look like a template that defines how a selected or non selected item should look, it looks like hard coded data to me.

Posted 31-Aug-10 0:33am

Christian Graus

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**Kunal_Daud** · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-31T00:43:00

Solution 2

data is hardcoded to make it easier.

Posted 31-Aug-10 0:43am

Kunal_Daud

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Christian Graus 31-Aug-10 6:45am

Please don't push 'answer' to comment or ask questions. No, it makes it impossible, or at least, harder. You should create a template with triggers to change how the data is presented based on if it's selected or not. Then you can just bind to whatever data you like and it will work. The way you're doing it is fighting every feature WPF provides for you to do what you want.