treeview binding wpf cannot bind nested property in a class

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Published on 2010-03-21T06:33:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 6:41 UTC
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Hi all New to wpf and therefore struggling a bit. I am putting together a quick demo before we go for the full implementation I have a treeview on the left with

Continent
    Country
       City  structure

when a user select the city it should populate some textboxes in a tabcontrol on the right hand side

I made it sort of work but cannot make it work with composite objects.

In a nutshell can you spot what is wrong with my zaml or code. Why is not binding to a my CityDetails.ClubsCount or CityDetails.PubsCount?

What I am building is based on http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/TreeViewWithViewModel.aspx

Thanks a lot for any suggestions or reply

DataModel

       public class City
        {
            public City(string cityName)
            {
                CityName = cityName;
            }

            public string CityName { get; set; }
            public string Population { get; set; }
            public string Area { get; set; }
            public CityDetails CityDetailsInfo { get; set; }
        }

        public class CityDetails
        {
            public CityDetails(int pubsCount,int clubsCount)
            {
                PubsCount = pubsCount;
                ClubsCount = clubsCount;
            }

            public int ClubsCount { get; set; }
            public int PubsCount { get; set; }
        }

ViewModel

        public class CityViewModel : TreeViewItemViewModel
        {
            private  City _city;
            private RelayCommand _testCommand;
            public CityViewModel(City city, CountryViewModel countryViewModel):base(countryViewModel,false)
            {
                _city = city;
            }

            public string CityName
            {
                get { return _city.CityName; }
            }
            public string Area
            {
                get { return _city.Area; }
            }
            public string Population
            {
                get { return _city.Population; }
            }
            public City City
            {
                get { return _city; }
                set { _city = value; }
            }

            public CityDetails CityDetailsInfo
            {
                get { return _city.CityDetailsInfo; }
                set { _city.CityDetailsInfo = value; }
            }
           }

XAML

     <DockPanel>
            <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
                <Label DockPanel.Dock="top" Content="Title " HorizontalAlignment="Center"></Label>
                <StatusBar DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
                    <StatusBarItem Content="Status Bar" ></StatusBarItem>
                </StatusBar>
                <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top">
                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <ColumnDefinition/>
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                        <ColumnDefinition Width="2*"/>
                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <TreeView Name="tree" ItemsSource="{Binding Continents}">
                        <TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
                            <Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
                                <Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="{Binding IsExpanded,Mode=TwoWay}"/>
                                <Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding IsSelected,Mode=TwoWay}"/>
                                <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Normal"/>
                                <Style.Triggers>
                                    <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
                                        <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"></Setter>
                                    </Trigger>
                                </Style.Triggers>
                            </Style>
                        </TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>

                        <TreeView.Resources>
                            <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:ContinentViewModel}"
                                              ItemsSource="{Binding Children}">
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <Image Width="16" Height="16" Margin="3,0" Source="Images\Continent.png"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding ContinentName}"/>
                                </StackPanel>
                            </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

                            <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:CountryViewModel}"
                                              ItemsSource="{Binding Children}">
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <Image Width="16" Height="16" Margin="3,0" Source="Images\Country.png"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding CountryName}"/>
                                </StackPanel>
                            </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:CityViewModel}" >
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <Image Width="16" Height="16" Margin="3,0" Source="Images\City.png"/>
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding CityName}"/>
                                </StackPanel>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </TreeView.Resources>
                    </TreeView>
                    <GridSplitter Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Background="LightGray"
                         Width="5" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
                    <Grid Grid.Column="2" Margin="5" >
                        <TabControl>                                
                            <TabItem Header="Details" DataContext="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.City, ElementName=tree, Mode=OneWay}">
                                <StackPanel >
                                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding CityName}"/>
                                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding Area}"/>
                                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding Population}"/>
                                    <!-- DONT WORK WHY-->
                                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding SelectedItem.CityDetailsInfo.ClubsCount}"/>
                                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding  SelectedItem.CityDetailsInfo.PubsCount}"/>
                                </StackPanel>
                            </TabItem>
                        </TabControl>
                    </Grid>
                </Grid>
            </DockPanel>       
        </DockPanel>

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