I've got a window with a field like this:
public partial class VariablesWindow : Window
{
public Dictionary<string, string> Variables { get; private set; }
And then in the window's XAML, I've created a ListView. How do I set the ItemsSource to bind to Variables?
<ListView ItemsSource="???"
I think what ChrisF posted would work...
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Variables}" />
But you may need to explicity set the DataContext.
this.DataContext = this;
DataContext too. The other answers were missing this :)
DataContext to something else.I think the following should work:
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Variables}" />
I'm not in a position to double check this right now, so I'm not 100% of whether the Path= is needed or not.
There's more information on the binding syntax on the MSDN here and here. All their examples have the Path= syntax.
And you will have to set the DataContext.
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Variables}" />
However, you may find it more useful to bind directly to keys or values, which you would do like this:
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Variables.Values}" />
Update: These bindings will work as long as your DataContext is null or equal to this. Otherwise, you would need to use something more cumbersome, like
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=x:Type Window}}, Path=Variables}
For binding help, take a look at this superb cheat sheet.
This works, but it's a bit ridiculously verbose:
ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=my:VariablesWindow, AncestorLevel=1}
Doesn't seem like the best way to do it.