WPF ComboBox doesn't change the selected item

Question

Hi people,

I'm a newbie in WPF, so it probably is something very basic that I'm forgetting to do but I can't see what it is.

I have a window with a combobox that display some data, I want the user to select a category in this combobox. It's working partially. The window show the combobox, starting with no selection, then the user choose a item, and it's set, but if the user try to change to other item, nothing works, it keeps the original selected item.

Here's me code:

[Category class]

public class Category {
    public long CategoryId { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Category MotherCategory { get; set; }
    public ICollection<Category> Categories { get; set; }
    public int Align { get; set; }
}

[ComboBox XAML]

<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" x:Name="motherCategoryComboBox" Margin="0,6,12,1"
    IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True">
    <ComboBox.Resources>
        <converter:LeftMarginConverter x:Key="LeftMarginConverter" />
    </ComboBox.Resources>
    <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
        <HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Categories}">
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Margin="{Binding Path=Align, Converter={StaticResource LeftMarginConverter}}" />
        </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
    </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>

[Window code-behind file]

    public CategoryWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        db = new JaspeContext();
        categorieslist = db.Categories.ToList();

        motherCategoryComboBox.ItemsSource = categorieslist;

        Title = "Add category";
    }

[The converter]

public class LeftMarginConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        double leftMargin = double.Parse(value.ToString());

        if (leftMargin != 1)
            leftMargin = leftMargin * 9;

        return new Thickness(leftMargin, 0, 0, 0);
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
    }
}

Need your help. This is making me crazy!

Thanks!!

Answer 1

I hope I understood your question correctly. Is your DataContext a Category object? Sounds to me like you need to bind the SelectedItem property of the ComboBox. E.g.:

<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" x:Name="motherCategoryComboBox" Margin="0,6,12,1"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" SelectedItem="{Binding MotherCategory , Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">