WPF understanding Selector.IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem

Do not know if this is specific to the Infragistics xamDataGrid but here goes the question:

Infragistics xamDataGrid exposes a property IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem, which according to their documentation, synchronizes ActiveRecord with current item of a datasource that implements ICollectionView.

I have the following MasterDetails window with details (ContentControl) content based on the type of objects bound to the grid:

 <DockPanel Name="dockPanel" LastChildFill="True">
        <Grid>
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition/>
                <RowDefinition Height="5" MaxHeight="5"/>
                <RowDefinition/>
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <igDP:XamDataGrid 
                Name="dataGrid"                                  
                IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                SelectedItemsChanged="dataGrid_SelectedItemsChanged">                    
            </igDP:XamDataGrid>
            <GridSplitter              
                Style="{StaticResource blueHrizontalGridSplitter}"
                Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"              
                BorderThickness="1" Margin="1,0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"   />            

            <ContentControl Grid.Row="2" Name="contentControl" />

        </Grid>
    </DockPanel>

In code behind, I am attempting to establish a link between 开发者_C百科the current item of the grid's data source to the DataContext of the details control in my MasterDetailsWindow's constructor as follows:

 if (detailsControl != null)
            {
                var fwDControl = detailsControl as FrameworkElement;
                if (fwDControl != null)
                {
                    var b = new Binding() { ElementName = "dataGrid", Path = new PropertyPath("DataSource") };
                    fwDControl.SetBinding(DataContextProperty, b);
                }

                contentControl.Content = detailsControl;                     
            }
            else
            {
                var b = new Binding() { ElementName = "dataGrid", Path = new PropertyPath("DataSource") };
                contentControl.SetBinding(ContentProperty, b);

                b = new Binding("DataDetailsTemplate");
                contentControl.SetBinding(ContentTemplateProperty, b);
            }  

When constructing a instance of the MasterDetails, the caller needs to provide either a detailsControl object or a string representing the URL to DataTemplate. If a detailsControl is provided, I execute code that checks if details is not null. Otherwise, I assume DataDetailsTemplate is provided instead.

I would have doubted my thinking here but if I construct an instance of the MasterDetails window, with a URL that resolves to the following dataTemplate:

<DataTemplate x:Key="LogDetailsTemplate">                 
        <Grid Margin="5,5,5,0">
            <TextBox Text="{Binding Message}" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"/>            
        </Grid>     
    </DataTemplate>

selecting an item in the grid, displays the selected object's corresponding Message property in the TextBox.

However, if I provide a custom detailsControl object that derives from UserControl, selecting an item in the grid, does not cause change the DataContext of my detailsControl. Why is this?

TIA.

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Whoa there!!!!! I may be wrong but it looks like you've come from a WinForms background and are trying to to do things in WPF the way you would for WinForms.

The good news is, you don't have to: Master detail can be handled using a simple forwardslash. In the example below, look at the bindings in MainWindow.xaml - the forwardslash indicates the currently selected item.

MODELS

public class Country
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Population { get; set; }
}

public class Continent
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Area { get; set; }
    public IList<Country> Countries { get; set; }
}

VIEWMODELS

    public class MainViewModel
    {
        private ObservableCollection<ContinentViewModel> _continents;

        public ObservableCollection<ContinentViewModel> Continents
        {
            get { return _continents; }
            set
            {
            _continents = value;
            ContinentView = new ListCollectionView(_continents);
            ContinentView.CurrentChanged += (sender, agrs) => CurrentContinent = ContinentView.CurrentItem as ContinentViewModel;
        }
    }
    public ListCollectionView ContinentView {get; private set;}

    /// <summary>
    /// Use this to determine the current item in the list 
    /// if not willing to use \ notation in the binding.
    /// </summary>
    public ContinentViewModel CurrentContinent { get; set; }
}

public class ContinentViewModel
{
    private Continent _model;

    public Continent Model
    {
        get { return _model; }
        set
        {
            _model = value;
            Countries = _model.Countries
                .Select(p => new CountryViewModel { Model = p })
                .ToList();
        }
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return Model.Name; }
    }

    public int Area
    {
        get { return Model.Area; }
    }

    public List<CountryViewModel> Countries { get; private set; }
}

public class CountryViewModel
{
    public Country Model { get; set; }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return Model.Name; }
    }

    public int Population 
    {
        get { return Model.Population; }
    }
}

MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="XamDataGridMasterDetail.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:Views="clr-namespace:XamDataGridMasterDetail.Views"
        xmlns:igDP="http://infragistics.com/DataPresenter"
        Title="MainWindow">
    <Grid>
        <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">

            <!-- Continent list -->
            <igDP:XamDataGrid HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                              Margin="10,10,0,0"
                              Name="xamDataGrid1"
                              Height="300"
                              VerticalAlignment="Top"
                              DataSource="{Binding ContinentView}"
                              IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True">
                <igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings>
                    <igDP:FieldSettings  CellClickAction="SelectRecord" />
                </igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldSettings>
                <igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>
                    <igDP:FieldLayout>
                        <igDP:FieldLayout.Settings>
                            <igDP:FieldLayoutSettings AutoGenerateFields="False" />
                        </igDP:FieldLayout.Settings>
                        <igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>
                            <igDP:Field Name="Name"
                                        Label="Name" />
                            <igDP:Field Name="Area"
                                        Label="Area" />
                            <igDP:UnboundField Label="# Countries"
                                               Binding="{Binding Countries.Count}" />
                        </igDP:FieldLayout.Fields>
                    </igDP:FieldLayout>
                </igDP:XamDataGrid.FieldLayouts>
            </igDP:XamDataGrid>

            <!-- Continent detail -->
            <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding ContinentView/Countries}"
                     DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                     IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                     Height="200" />

            <!-- Country detail -->
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Label Content="Name: " />
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding ContinentView/Countries/Name}" />
                <Label Content="Population: " />
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding ContinentView/Countries/Population}" />
            </StackPanel>



        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

App.xaml.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using XamDataGridMasterDetail.ViewModels;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using XamDataGridMasterDetail.Model;

namespace XamDataGridMasterDetail
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for App.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class App : Application
    {
        protected override void OnSessionEnding(SessionEndingCancelEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnSessionEnding(e);
        }

        protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnStartup(e);

            var view = new MainWindow();
            var vm = new MainViewModel();
            vm.Continents = new ObservableCollection<ContinentViewModel>();
            vm.Continents.Add(new ContinentViewModel
            {
                Model = new Continent
                {
                    Name = "Australasia",
                    Area = 100000,
                    Countries = new[] 
                    {
                        new Country 
                        {
                            Name="Australia",
                            Population=100
                        },
                        new Country
                        {
                            Name="New Zealand",
                            Population=200
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
            vm.Continents.Add(new ContinentViewModel
            {
                Model = new Continent
                {
                    Name = "Europe",
                    Area = 1000000,
                    Countries = new[] 
                    {
                        new Country 
                        {
                            Name="UK",
                            Population=70000000
                        },
                        new Country
                        {
                            Name="France",
                            Population=50000000
                        },
                        new Country
                        {
                            Name="Germany",
                            Population=75000000
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
            view.DataContext = vm;
            view.Show();
        }

    }
}