How can I bind a List collection to TabControl headers in WPF?

Question

I can get data into my TabControl but the headers have frames around them and I can\'t slick from tab to tab.

What am I doing wrong with the XAML binding syntax on

Answer 1

just bind your List to your TabControl as ItemsSource, e.g.

<TabControl ItemsSource="{Binding Customers}"/>

this will give you a tab for each object in customer.

Answer 2

Here ist what I would do

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        //create all 
        var customers = new List<Customer>{
            new Customer {FirstName = "Jim", LastName = "Smith", NumberOfContracts = 23},
            new Customer {FirstName = "Jane", LastName = "Smith", NumberOfContracts = 23},
            new Customer {FirstName = "John", LastName = "Tester", NumberOfContracts = 23}};

        //show 
        TheTabControl.ItemsSource = customers;
        TheTabControl.SelectedIndex = 0;
    }


public class Customer
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public int NumberOfContracts { get; set; }
}

And on the XAML side

<TabControl x:Name="TheTabControl">            
    <TabControl.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>                    
            <TextBlock>                            
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding FirstName}"/> <TextBlock Text="{Binding LastName}"/>
            </TextBlock>                        
        </DataTemplate>
    </TabControl.ItemTemplate>
    <TabControl.ContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock>                            
                This is <TextBlock Text="{Binding FirstName}"/> <TextBlock Text="{Binding LastName}"/>
            </TextBlock>
        </DataTemplate>
    </TabControl.ContentTemplate>
</TabControl>

Answer 3

Your answer can be found here.

http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=31821

Notice how he sets the ContentTemplate as well as the ItemTemplate...you almost had it!

Answer 4

I found a solution here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wpf/thread/956eaba3-53bd-4683-b3dd-28b20e4b7526/

It worked for me.