Combo box check box object

Question

Hi,

I have a combobox whose itemstemplate is a check box whos itemsource is a collection of objects, say a Person.

Each person has a name and so this will be the checkboxes content.

However now I want to find out which checkbox in the comboboxs' collection is checked, though when I call - (this.MainComboBox.Item[i] as CheckBox).IsChecked  - fails because there is "no" check box.

How do I access the IsChecked property of the items in the combobox given that the item source is a collection on objects?

Thanks greatly in advance.

Person.

Answer 1

I saw your question about using a listbox of checkboxes and that is a better solution.

Answer 2

Person,

I don't think there is a technical posibility to do what you want. This sounds a bit like breaking all best practices :) If you insist (and you don't want to extent your class), you can also keep a separate list of Bools for every checkbox and keeping up to date subscribing to each checkbox click event.

Please let me know if this was helpful.

Answer 3

Yes having a property ischecked on the objects would work.......however I dont want to do this (ill mark you as accepted for your input).

Basically the itemtemplate contains the checkboxes, i dont see why i can access these even though the itemssource of the combobox is a collection of people. Essentially each person object has its name bound to the checkbox content property, is there no -- (combobox.Items[0].HostingComponent as CheckBox).IsChecked???

Thanks greatly in advance.

Person.

Answer 4

Dear Person,

please try to extend your collection's items with a property "IsChecked" bound to a "IsChecked" status of each checkbox.

Answer 5

Of course!! However I need multiple selected items in the combo box, I know that I can code my own events etc so that I can hold ctrl and the combo will stay open etc etc however its much nicer to have a compact CheckedBox ComboBox.

Thanks,

Person

Answer 6

Are you sure you must use checkboxes in the combobox? The checkboxes seem unnecessary.

You can use the SelectedItem member to get the selected item without using a checkbox.