wpf how to bind a listbox to a list (two ways) - c#

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Published on 2011-03-05T22:29:07Z Indexed on 2011/03/06 0:11 UTC
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Hi,

I want to create a 2 way bind between a listbox and a .NET list. In my GUI, I have a listbox, a textbox and add and remove buttons. The listbox displays cars, and my goal is to create a 2way bind between the .Net car list and the listbox: when the user enters a car into the textbox, it gets updated only in the .Net list, and the listbox is updated automatically. When the user press the GUI "remove" button, a car gets removed from the GUI and the .Net list is updated automatically.

I've started to write the xaml code, but figured that I don't actually know how to do the binding on both sides (c# and xaml):

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" 
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:c="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="369" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Window.Resources>
        <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="carsData" 
                        ObjectType="{x:Type c:Window1}" />
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid Width="332">
        <ListBox Margin="10,62,0,100" Name="myListBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="120" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource CarsData}}"/>
        <Button Height="23" Margin="66,0,0,65" Name="addBtn" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Click="addBtn_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="64">add</Button>
        <TextBox Margin="10,0,0,64.48" Name="myTextBox" Height="23" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="47" />
        <Button Height="23" Margin="66,0,0,33" Name="removeButton" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="64" Click="removeButton_Click">Remove</Button>
    </Grid>
</Window>

There is my c# code:

namespace WpfApplication1 { public partial class Window1 : Window { MyModel listMgr; ObservableCollection carList;

    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        listMgr = new MyModel();
    }

    private void addBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        listMgr.add(new Car(0, myTextBox.Text, 2011));

    }

    private void removeButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        //myListBox.Items.RemoveAt(0);
    }

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        carList = listMgr.getList();
        myListBox.DataContext = carList;
        //secondListBox.DataContext = carList;
    }
}

}

Thanks, Li

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