In C# and WPF, can you bind an element of an array to an objects property?

Question

For example, is it possible to bind a Textblock\'s Text property to an element Name[2] of type String?

Answer 1

Yes you can. Following is the XAML approach. It is advisable to bind to an Observable collection if you want to update the UI automatically when the value changes.

public class DataStub
{
    public Array SomeNorthEasternStates
    {
        get
        {
            return new[] { "NH", "VT", "CT", "MA", "ME" };      
        }
    }
}

XAML: Assuming the DataContext is set correctly:

<TextBox Margin="5" Text="{Binding SomeNorthEasternStates[3], Mode=Default}"/>

Answer 2

I'm not sure what you mean exactly by saying:an element Name[2] of type String, so here are two possible solutions to your problem: Array1 and String1. Array1 show bow to bind to element of an array and String1 shows how to display one single character in a string.

CODE:

 public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private Array array1 = new[] {"test1", "test2", "test3"};
    public Array Array1 { get { return array1; } }

    public string string1 = "string";
    public string String1 { get { return string1; } }

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.DataContext = this;
    }
}

XAML:

 <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Array1[0]}"/>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Array1[2]}"/>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding String1[0]}"/>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding String1[1]}"/>
</StackPanel>

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

if you mean that if we can bind array item with textBox then, yes

 <TextBox Margin="10" Text="{Binding Name[2], Mode=Default}"  Name="textBox1"/>

Answer 4

I've added a button in xaml and subscribed "click" event.

Here is C# code.

public partial class MainWindow : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private Array array1 = new[] { "test1", "test2", "test3" };
    public Array Array1 { get { return array1; } }


    public string string1 = "string";
    public string String1
    {
        get { return string1; }
        set
        {
            string1 = value;
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("String1"));
        }
    }

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.DataContext = this;

    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        String1 = DateTime.Now.ToString();
        array1.SetValue("another test", 0); 
        PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Array1"));
    }
}

Answer 5

Use ObservableCollection instead:

private ObservableCollection<string> _myItems = new ObservableCollection<string>(new[] { "test1", "test2", "test3" });

public ObservableCollection<string> MyItems
{
    get { return _myItems; }
    set { _myItems = value; }
}

Xaml

    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
        <TextBox Text="{Binding MyItems[0]}"/>
        <TextBox Text="{Binding MyItems[2]}"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding MyItems[0]}"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding MyItems[1]}"/>
    </StackPanel>