Window + DataBinding + ItemsControl

[Mark]

My requirements are to have a dashboard like experience utilizing windows so that users can move these windows around the screen as they see fit.

The setup is very MVVM... instead of adding windows through code I have been trying to utilize an items control bound to my list of "windows". This items controls' generated item template is a RadWindow.

1. The windows never appear.
2. If I call 'Show' in the windows loaded event I get an exception stating that the window can have only one parent.
3. I know the test case is sound as when I utilize a simple stack panel in the item template all is well.

question... is Window + DataBinding + ItemsControl possible?

Thanks!

[Kaloyan]

Hello Mark,

Could you please share some code with us so that we can try to reproduce the problem and resolve it? I tried the code snippet bellow and it seemed to be working fine.

 <ItemsControl x:Name="itemsControl">
            <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <StackPanel>
                        <telerikNavigation:RadWindow Loaded="RadWindow_Loaded">
                            <Button Content="some content" Width="100" Height="25" />
                        </telerikNavigation:RadWindow>
                    </StackPanel>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
        </ItemsControl>

private void RadWindow_Loaded(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var window = sender as RadWindow;
            window.Show();
        }

What am I missing?

Kind regards,
Kaloyan
the Telerik team

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[Mark]

Interesting... not sure if it was the solution but having wrapped the window in a stackpanel is what fixes the issue. (a hint from you example).

works now!