Multi column combo box in Silverlight

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Hi Amigos,

Can any one suggest me a way to display multiple columns in silverlight combo box with headers in the dropdown list.

I can get the multiple columns using a datatemplate, but this causes the combobox to display the full multi-column row and won't alow the controls displaymemberpath be set to a single column.

XML

<ComboBox Height="20"  HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="856,35,0,0"  VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="115" >
                        <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name, Mode=OneWay}" />
                                    <TextBlock Text=" " />
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Age, Mode=OneWay}" />
                                </StackPanel>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
                    </ComboBox>

Posted 9-May-12 23:41pm

krishnaprasad62

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Ganesan Senthilvel · Answer 1 · 2012-05-10T07:42:00

Here is the sample code:

XML

<ComboBox Name="cb" Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True" ItemsSource="{DynamicResource items}">
    <ComboBox.Resources>
        <CompositeCollection x:Key="items">
            <ComboBoxItem IsEnabled="False">
                <Grid TextElement.FontWeight="Bold">
                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="A"/>
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
                        <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="B"/>
                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <Grid.Children>
                        <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="Name"/>
                        <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="Occupation"/>
                    </Grid.Children>
                </Grid>
            </ComboBoxItem>
            <Separator/>
            <CollectionContainer Collection="{Binding Source={x:Reference cb}, Path=DataContext.Data}"/>
        </CompositeCollection>

        <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type obj:Employee}">
            <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="A"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="B"/>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <Grid.Children>
                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Name}"/>
                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding Occupation}"/>
                </Grid.Children>
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ComboBox.Resources>
</ComboBox>

atik sarker · Answer 2 · 2012-10-09T18:49:00

Solution 2

You can also see

http://forums.silverlight.net/t/189905.aspx/1[^]

Posted 9-Oct-12 18:49pm

atik sarker