How to set value of RadComboBoxItem in XAML

[Rick]

I create a datatemplate for a combobox as follows:

<DataTemplate x:Key="AircraftTypeTemplate"> 
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="340"> 
        <telerik:RadComboBox> 
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem>CJ1</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem>CJ3</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem>Bravo</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem>Excel</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem>Sovereign</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 
        </telerik:RadComboBox> 
    </StackPanel> 
</DataTemplate> 

It renders fine, but I would like to be able to associate a value with each of the items without having to bind it to some data context. For example I would like the CJ1 comboboxitem to have a value of 5. How would I set those in XAML?

Like:

    <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="5">CJ1</telerik:RadComboBoxItem> 

And then how would I bind the SelectedValue of the combobox to the Tag of the selected item?

Thanks!

[Valeri Hristov]

Hello Rick,

Here is an alternative to the binding - you could put the data items in XAML:
public class DataItem
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public int Text { get; set; }
}

<telerik:RadComboBox DisplayMemberPath="Text">
    <local:DataItem ID="1" Text="one" />
    <local:DataItem ID="2" Text="two" />
    <local:DataItem ID="3" Text="three" />
</telerik:RadComboBox>

You could take a look at the following article for more information about how to retreive the values of the items (the Using SelectedValue and SelectedValuePath section):
http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radcombobox-features-selection.html

Kind regards,
Valeri Hristov
the Telerik team