Add row (item) from custom form

[Edo Cof]

I am trying to build custom form for adding rows.

Part of my xaml looks like:

<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="gridStavek" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="5,5,5,5">
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition />
                <RowDefinition />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <TextBox x:Name="editName" Grid.Row="1" LabelText="Ime:" Width="150" Text="{Binding Path=Name, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnExceptions=true, NotifyOnValidationError=true}"></TextBox >
        </Grid>

Name is the column in my table.

gridStavek.SetBinding(Grid.DataContextProperty, new Binding { Source = radGrid, Path = new PropertyPath("SelectedItem"), Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay });

Now on button click i called radGrid.BeginInsert() and on other button DomainDataSource.SubmitChanges().

If i write some text direct to RadGrid, the text appears in TextBox too. But if i write to TextBox the text doesn't appear in RadGrid, and in my WebServer project i get null for Name property.

I know that i can write something like this:

Groups group = new Groups();
group.Name = tbName.Text;
DS.Groups.Add(group);  //DS = DomainDataSource

But i would rather see that grid do the hard work. The only problem is how to connect TextBlock to Grid.

[Milan]

Hi Matjaz Cof,

The problem is that the TextBox will only update the bound property (Name) when the TextBox loses focus - for example if you press Enter nothing happens because the binding is still not updated. One way to solve the problem is to manually update the binding when Enter key is pressed:

// subscribe for KeyDown of editName
private void editName_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    TextBox box = (TextBox)sender;

    if (e.Key == System.Windows.Input.Key.Enter)
    {
        var bindnig = box.GetBindingExpression(TextBox.TextProperty);

        if (bindnig != null)
            bindnig.UpdateSource();
    }
}

Another possible cause of such problems is when the data items do not implement INotifyPropertyChanged.

Hope this helps.

Greetings,
Milan
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[Edo Cof]

Well, thanks.

I cut some code, so the example would be easier to look. I don't use TextBox, but my own edit and i didn't implement INotifyPropertyChanged.