DataBinding SelectedItem property

[Matthew Cartwright]

I'd like to use the panel bar and have the SelectedItem property bound to a property in my data context (I'm using an MVVM pattern and the ViewModel will be the data context for the view). 

The XAML is:

<nav:RadPanelBar Name="pbReportingMenu" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem, Mode=TwoWay}"  >

The code behind specifies the datacontext:

this.DataContext = new Menu_ViewModel();

And the Menu_ViewModel() class takes care of the property:

        private RadPanelBar _selectedItem;

        public RadPanelBar SelectedItem
        {
            get { return _selectedItem; }
            set
            {
                _selectedItem = value;
                _OnPropertyChanged("SelectedItem");
            }
        }

When I add a breakpoint to my setter, it never gets hit. Any ideas?

(I have also tried using a dependency property, but this didn't work either)

        public RadPanelBar SelectedItem
        {
            get { return (RadPanelBar)GetValue(SelectedItemProperty); }
            set { SetValue(SelectedItemProperty, value); }
        }

        // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for SelectedItem.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
        public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedItemProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("SelectedItem", typeof(RadPanelBar), typeof(Menu_ViewModel), new PropertyMetadata(null));

What types will the property be? 

Does TwoWay binding work on the SelectedItem property?

Thanks,

[Tihomir Petkov]

Hi Matthew,

I already replied to your support ticket on the same topic.

Regards,
Tihomir Petkov
the Telerik team

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[Scott]

Hi Tihomir,

I'm having a similar issue at the moment. I'm binding my View's RadPanelBar.SelectedItem using two-way binding in XAML to a public property on my ViewModel named SelectedUserItem. The VM property is public of type UserItem (a POCO object) and raises an INotifyPropertyChanged event in its setter.

When I set the SelectedUserItem in the ViewModel, the RadPanelBar does not "select" the associated UserItem; however, when I click on a RadPanelBarItem in the View, the SelectedUserItem is set as expected.

Can the RadPanelBar.SelectedItem property be set through xaml binding?

Cheers,
Scott

[Hristo]

Hello Scott,

This is a bug in the component. We will fix it shortly with the next release. I can provide you with workaround till then. You can attach binding to SelectedItem property of the RadPanelBarItem instead to SelectedItem of the RadPanelbar. You can extend your viewmodel to support IsSelected property and fire the PropertyChanged event when changing the viewmodel. I'm attaching a working example demonstrating how to do it. The commented lines were used to simulate your case.

Best wishes,
Hristo Milyakov
the Telerik team

[Scott]

Hi Hristo,

Thanks very much for providing the workaround sample project. Good to know it will be fixed in the next release.

Cheers,
Scott