WPF Listbox with checkboxes

[James]

I would like to create a listbox that contains checkboxes similar to this, but for WPF:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/listbox/examples/functionality/checkboxes/defaultcs.aspx

Notice in this demo that you can still 'select' a single row - independent of the checkboxes.  I need to preserve that functionality.  I just want to add checkboxes next to each item that can be checked (one or more).  I also need to know how to get the checked items.

Thank you,
James DiEdwardo

[Kalin]

Hi James,

The ListBox for WPF doesn't provide built-in CheckBoxes functionality, but you could easily implement it by yourself. You will need to apply ItemTemplate which contains CheckBox and TextBlock for example which TextBlock will be bound to a property in the custom object from the ListBox ItemsSource collection. As for the CheckBoxes they can be bound to the IsSelected property of each ListBoxItem, so whenever you check a CheckBox the item gets selected. Finally in order to get the checked items you could just use the SelectedItems collection of the ListBox which will contain only the selected ones. For your convenience I have prepared and attached a sample project which demonstrates the exact approach.

Hope this helps. 

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

[James]

Thanks for the reply, however what I need is a ListBox that allows users to SELECT a single item at time.  But then I also want to add a checkbox next to each item that allows multiple items to be CHECKED (and a way to detect which ones are checked).   Just like in this example (but I need a WPF version):  http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/listbox/examples/functionality/checkboxes/defaultcs.aspx

I also attached a screenshot of the example showing how it allows you to select a single item, but CHECK multiple items.

[Kalin]

Hello James,

I modified the sample project from the previous post in order to demonstrate the exact scenario from the mentioned example but for WPF. Only single item can be selected and when the button is clicked it gets all of the items which have checked CheckBoxes.

Hope this will work for you.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

[James]

Thank you!  It appears that this is a VS 2013 project... would it be convenient for you to output as 2010?

[Kalin]

Hi James,

I modified the project in order to be runnable in VS 2010. Please try it the attached project and let me know if you still have any issues.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

[James]

I think you may have forgotten to attach?

[Kalin]

Hello James,

I'm sorry about that - please check my previous post again for the attached sample project.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik

[Nir]

Thank you very much, that was very helpful :)

[Stephen]

kalin, this was great! the demonstration project was simple and to the point, and easy to follow. It solved my users' requests.

thanks!

[Stephen]

kalin, thanks. your attached project was simple and to the point, and easy to follow. it solved the issue our users had requested in quite an elegant fashion

thanks!

stephen

[JeffSM]

We are in 2018! ListView already provide a CheckBox?

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello JeffSM,

The RadListBox control does not provide a CheckBoxes property out of the box, however, as my colleague demonstrated, such a setup is not hard to accomplish.

Could you please clarify whether using an approach such as the one Kalin provided would work for you?

If that is not the case, feel free to open a new feature request in our feedback portal regarding such functionality and if the demand for such a feature is high, we will consider implementing it in future releases.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Progress Telerik