Binding to SelectedItem

[Franziska]

Hello

The SelectedItem property of the treeview does not always contain what I would expect.
Examples:

1. Cancel Selection
   The ItemsSource property is bound to a collection containing A and B objects. I want that only the A object are selectable. The B objects are just for information. I use the following code:
   

   void radTreeView_PreviewSelected(object sender, Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs e)
   {
     // get a reference to the item that will be selected
     RadTreeViewItem itemToSelect = e.OriginalSource as RadTreeViewItem;
   
     // check item that will be selected
     if (itemToSelect != null && itemToSelect.Item is B)
     {
       e.Handled = true;
     }
   }

   However, the SelectedItem property contains the B object afterwards. I would expect the SelectedItem property to be null.
2. Remove the selected item from the bound collection
   If I remove the currently selected item from the bound collection, then the node has disappeard as I expected, but the SelectedItem property still contains the removed object. I would expect, that the SelectedItem property always contains objects that are also in the ItemsCollection or null otherwise.

How should I handle these use cases? Binding to another property?

Best regards,
Franziska

[Kiril Stanoev]

Hello Franziska,

First of all, I'd like to apologize for the late reply.

I investigated both issues you describe and indeed, even though PreviewSelected is handled, the SelectedItem holds a B object. We will further investigate the problem and provide solution for it as soon as possible. For that, I have added 1000 Telerik points to your account.

As for the second issue you describe, unfortunately I was not able to reproduce it. I bound a TreeView to a collection of objects. As soon as I removed the SelectedItem of the TreeView from the collection, the SelectedItem was null. I have attached a sample project that demonstrates this functionality. Have a look at it and let me know if I am missing something.

Sincerely yours,
Kiril Stanoev
the Telerik team

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[Franziska]

Hello Kiril

Thank you very much for your reply.
I have looked at your example for the second issue. It was very helpful, because I have seen, that I have done something wrong in my internal data structure. Sorry for causing trouble with this issue.

Kind regards,
Franziska