Modifying an ObservableCollection using move() ?
- by user1202434
I have a question relating to modifying the individual items in an ObservableCollection that is bound to a ListBox in the UI.
The user in the UI can multiselect items and then drop them at a particular index to re-order them.
So, if I have items {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} the user can choose items 2, 5, 7 (in that order) and choose to drop them at index 3, so that the collection now becomes,
{0,1,3, 2, 5, 7, 4, 8,9}
The way I have it working now, is like this inside of ondrop() method on my control,
I do something like:
foreach (Item item in draggedItems)
{
int oldIndex = collection.IndexOf(item.DataContext as MyItemType);
int newIndex = toDropIndex;
if (newIndex == collection.Count)
{
newIndex--;
}
if (oldIndex != newIndex)
{
collection.Move(oldIndex, newIndex);
}
}
But the problem is, if I drop the items before the index where i start dragging my first item, the order becomes reversed...so the collection becomes,
{0,1,3, 7, 5, 2, 4, 8,9}
It works fine if I drop after index 3, but if i drop it before 3 then the order becomes reversed.
Now, I can do a simple remove and then insert all items at the index I want to, but "move" for me has the advantage of keeping the selection in the ui (remove basically de-selects the items in the list..)....so I will need to make use of the move method,
what is wrong with my method above and how to fix it?
Thanks!
