Binding Dictionary> to ListBox in WPF

Question

I have a Dictionary> where the key is the hostname of a machine that writes to a server, and the value is an list of Wr

Answer 1

For your ItemsControl you need to set an ItemTemplate:

        <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <TextBlock>Server: </TextBlock>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Server}"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>

That will get you started.

Answer 2

Set DataContext property for inner control to show WritingMachine properties. Like so :

<StackPanel DataContext="{Binding Value}" Grid.Row="1">

This will change the DataContext to List<WritingMachine> for inner display control, where you can do normal binding. See full XAML code below :

<ListBox x:Name="LbxMachineDictionary" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Row="1">
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="5">
                        <Grid Width="461" Height="199">
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="4*"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Key}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
                            <StackPanel DataContext="{Binding Value}" Grid.Row="1">
                                <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left"  Grid.Row="1" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding HostName}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
                                <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Program}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
                                <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Login}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
                                <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Server}" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
                            </StackPanel>
                        </Grid>
                    </StackPanel>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        </ListBox>