In the code below, when user selects Customer in the combobox, the customer's name is displayed in a textbox. I fill the Combox box with an ObservableCollection property on my ViewModel but how do I handle the SelectedItem event in my ViewModel?
It's easy to implement this with code-behind as shown below, but how do I do this with the MVVM pattern?
I currently have DelegateCommand and AttachedBehaviors in my basic MVVM template that I can use, but I can't figure out how to get them to fire when "combobox selects a new item".
View:
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="CustomerTemplate">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding LastName}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<DockPanel LastChildFill="False" Margin="10">
<ComboBox
x:Name="CustomerList"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CustomerTemplate}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
DockPanel.Dock="Top"
Width="200"
SelectionChanged="CustomerSelected"
ItemsSource="{Binding Customers}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="CurrentlySelectedCustomer"/>
</DockPanel>
Code Behind:
private void CustomerSelected(object sender, System.Windows.Controls.SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
Customer customer = (Customer)CustomerList.SelectedItem;
CurrentlySelectedCustomer.Text = String.Format("{0} {1}", customer.FirstName, customer.LastName);
}