XAML Binding RadComboBox SelectedValuePath to an attached property of a RadComboBoxItem

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  1. gk
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    Jul 2010

    Posted 09 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    In XAML, can you bindRadComboBox SelectedValuePath to an attached property of a  RadComboBoxItem?
    I think this may be a WPF/SL limitation where the binding syntax for attached props "(local:LocalClass.SomeValue)" doesn't work, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer.
    Anyone know for sure?
    Thanks in advance, GK

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  3. Konstantina
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    Posted 14 Mar 2012 Link to this post

    Hi Gabe,

    Since I assume you are asking for both - WPF and Silverlight, I will give you the solution for both:
    WPF: You can bind the property without any problems, for example:

    <telerik:RadComboBox IsEditable="True" SelectedValuePath="(telerik:TextSearch.Text)" >
                            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="bb" telerik:TextSearch.Text="ii" /> 
                            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 1" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i2" /> 
                            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 2" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i3"/> 
                            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 3" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i4"/> 
                    </telerik:RadComboBox>

    As for Silverlight you will need a work-around to make it work: bind the attached property to the Tag property and then the SelectedValuePath to the Tag, for example:

    <telerik:RadComboBox IsEditable="True" VerticalAlignment="Center" SelectedValuePath="Tag"
                        SelectionChanged="RadComboBox_SelectionChanged_1">
      
                    <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="bb" telerik:TextSearch.Text="ii"
                            Tag="{Binding (telerik:TextSearch.Text), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
      
                    <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 1" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i2"
                            Tag="{Binding (telerik:TextSearch.Text), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
      
                    <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 2" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i3"
                            Tag="{Binding (telerik:TextSearch.Text), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
      
                    <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Content="item 3" telerik:TextSearch.Text="i4"
                            Tag="{Binding (telerik:TextSearch.Text), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
      
                </telerik:RadComboBox>

    However, this seems like a not very good practise, so I would recommend you to data bind your RadComboBox and avoid binding to the attached property.

    Greetings,
    Konstantina
    the Telerik team
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