'WPF Binding in textblock does not work but in its tooltip does
I have a weird issue.
In my application (witten with C# .net framework 4.8 with Microsoft's MVVM toolkit) I have a ListView bound to a BindingList<VisualMachine>, everything works as expected.
Now I wanted to add to the Itemtemplate a DockPanel with data from another BindingList<PreviewParameter> (another property of the original VisualMachine object ).
This is when weirdness starts: In this new ItemTemplate I have a Grid that contains an Image, a TextBlock and a Tooltip. The TextBlock and the Tooltip are bound to the same object, but only the ToolTip actually show data!
I feel like it's some DataContext Issue, but I am not able to pin it... Can anybody give me some advice?
Thanks!
The code:
<ListView Name="MachinesListView" Margin="2" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" BorderThickness="0" DockPanel.Dock="Top" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Machines}" PreviewMouseRightButtonDown="ListView_PreviewMouseRightButtonDown" SelectedItem="{Binding Path=SelectedMachine}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- Other stuff -->
<DockPanel>
<!--#region PREVIEW PARAMETERS PANEL-->
<WrapPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Visibility="{Binding Path=PreviewParameters.Count, Converter={StaticResource CountToVisConverter}}">
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Path=PreviewParameters}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid MinWidth="50">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="25"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" MinWidth="25"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Source="{Binding Path=Icon, Converter={StaticResource ResourceKey=BmpToBmpImageConverter}}"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" MaxWidth="100" DataContext="{Binding}">
<TextBlock.Text>
<!-- THIS DOES NOT APPEAR -->
<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} [{1}]}">
<Binding Path="Parameter.VisualizedValue"/>
<Binding Converter="{StaticResource ParamToEnumDescConverter}" Path="Parameter"/>
</MultiBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
<Grid.ToolTip>
<TextBlock MaxWidth="100" TextWrapping="Wrap">
<TextBlock.Text>
<!-- THIS DOES APPEAR -->
<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} [{1}] - {2} TEST:{3} {4}">
<Binding Path="Parameter.Reference"/>
<Binding Path="Parameter.SetupIndex"/>
<Binding Path="Description"/>
<Binding Path="Parameter.VisualizedValue"/>
<Binding Converter="{StaticResource ParamToEnumDescConverter}" Path="Parameter"/>
</MultiBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</Grid.ToolTip>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</WrapPanel>
<!-- Other stuff -->
</DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
What happens:
Solution 1:[1]
I found it.
There was a } in the StringFormat property of the TextBlock's MultiBinding.
So instead of
<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} [{1}]}">
it should be
<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} [{1}]">
And BAM! Now it works.
I'll leave the question as the following reminder to anybody: "Write your code, review it, than go take a coffee o chat a little and then come back. You'll be amazed on how blind you could be."
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Marcomattia Mocellin |

