Best WPF control to display a dynamic editable list of strings

Question

I am looking for the proper WPF control(s) to display a list of strings subject to the following constraints:

1. The user can edit the single item
2. There may be some "empty" items
3. The code must have access to the list content before and after the editing

Maybe a ListBox or a ListView. Despite spending many hours searching for documentation and examples I am not sure yet if and how to make the list items editable. I am a novice... sigh

Thank you in advance.

Sachin Singh · Answer

You can use textbox inside ListBox item public class StringContainer:INotifyPropertyChanged { private string _Value ; public string Value { get { return _Value ; } set { _Value = value; OnPropertyRaised( "Value" ); } } public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; private void OnPropertyRaised(string propertyname) { if (PropertyChanged != null) { PropertyChanged( this , new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyname)); } } } public partial class MainWindow : Window { ObservableCollection _nameList = null; public ObservableCollection NameList { get { if (_nameList == null) { _nameList = new ObservableCollection (); } return _nameList; } set { _nameList = value; } } public MainWindow() { NameList.Add( new StringContainer{ Value = "sachin" }); NameList.Add( new StringContainer{ Value = "Jhon" }); InitializeComponent(); } "0" Grid.Column= "0" DataContext= "{Binding ElementName=main}" ItemsSource= "{Binding NameList}" > "{Binding Value, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />

Rijwan Ansari · Answer

You can use datagrid control, which basically, an editable gridview. Example: Create a class that represents a row: public class Item { public string Value { get; set; } } And set the ItemsSource property of the DataGrid to a collection of such objects: string aa = "aa,xx,cc,vv,bbb,hh,gg,rr,tt,yy,uu,ooo"; _table.ItemsSource = aa.Split(',').Select(x => new Item() { Value = x }); XAML: "_table" AutoGenerateColumns="False"> "Databases" Binding="{Binding Value}" />

Sachin Singh · Answer

You don't need to think about textbox, please go through the code, the strings will be populated from ObservableCollection , so you can add any number of strings, and a textbox will automatically generate for each item.

Muhammad Imran Ansari · Answer

Check the following link: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/36413/An-Editable-ListBox-for-WPF

Satya Karki · Answer

Check if this hepls you https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49365821/editable-listview-wpf

Maura Monville · Answer

This is an answer to Mr SACHIN SINGH. Thank you for your complete solution. Unluckily the C# compiler tells me "StringContainer does not implement interface INotifyPropertyChanged " So I am pretty much stuck here. Any suggestion? Thanks

Best WPF control to display a dynamic editable list of strings

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