Databinding 2 WPF ComboBoxes to 1 source without being "linked"

Question

I have a master-detail scenario where I have 1 ComboBox listing companies from an ObjectDataSourceProvider. Under that I have 2 ComboBoxes binding to the Contacts property from the current Company object. I need to be able to select a different contact in each ComboBox; however, as soon as I change selection in one list the other list updates to the same contact.

I have tried different settings (OneWay vs. TwoWay) but so far nothing seems to work. Here is an excerpt of my XAML.

<Page.Resources>
    <!-- This is a custom class inheriting from ObjectDataProvider -->
    <wg:CustomersDataProvider x:Key="CompanyDataList" />
</Page.Resources>

<Grid>
    <!--- other layout XAML removed -->
    <ComboBox x:Name="Customer" Width="150"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource CompanyDataList},Path=Companies,Mode=OneWay}"
              DisplayMemberPath="Name"
              SelectedValuePath="Id"
              IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
              SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Id, Mode=OneWay}" 
              VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />

    <ComboBox x:Name="PrimaryContact" Width="150"
              DataContext="{Binding ElementName=Customer,Path=Items,Mode=OneWay}"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Contacts,Mode=OneWay}"
              DisplayMemberPath="FullName"
              SelectedValuePath="Id"
              IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
              SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Id,Mode=OneWay}" />

    <ComboBox x:Name="AdminContact" Width="150"
              DataContext="{Binding ElementName=OwnerCustomer,Path=Items,Mode=OneWay}"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Contacts,Mode=OneWay}"
              DisplayMemberPath="FullName"
              SelectedValuePath="Id"
              IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
              SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Id,Mode=OneWay}" />

    <!--- other layout XAML removed -->
</Grid>

I thought that creating a CollectionViewSource would be the way to go, but I have not been able to make that work. Is there a simple way to do this so the PrimaryContact and AdminContact aren't linked?

Answer 1

Change your "IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem" attributes to "False".