WPF ComboBox: static list of ComboBoxItems, but databound SelectedItem?

Question

In my WPF application, I have a ComboBox that is filled with a static list of ComboBoxItems because its contents will never change. However, because I want to databind the Selec

Answer 1

If you use SelectedValuePath then you need to bind to the SelectedValue property which is

Gets or sets the value of the SelectedItem, obtained by using SelectedValuePath

So modify your binding to

SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Amount, Mode=TwoWay}" 

because as you experienced the SelectedItem will always contain the actually selected item (in your case the ComboBoxItem) not the value.