Using ListBoxItemExtensions.IsSelected from WinRt Xaml Toolkit doesn't work TwoWay Binding

Question

In Windows RT App (c#) with WinRt Xaml Toolkit i use this:

<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Path=FilterBaseFields}" SelectionMode="Multiple">
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate >
                <DataTemplate  >
                    <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Key, Mode=TwoWay}" 
                  extensions:ListBoxItemExtensions.IsSelected="{Binding Path=IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        </ListBox>

For Text TwoWay Binding works great, but for extensions:ListBoxItemExtensions.IsSelected - doesn't work (work only from source to view).
Have any Idea?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

I asked it's already on WinRT XAML Toolkit discussion and author of that toolkit Filip Skakun answered:

That's right. It seems to be a limitation of this property. We would need to create a different one to support two way binding. Something like an "IsSelectedBinding" property using the pattern I described here: http://blog.onedevjob.com/2011/10/26/workaround-for-binding-not-supported-on-stylesettervalue-in-silverlight/ Maybe when I get a chance I will add that to the toolkit.

And I solve my problem with using Clemens answer.

It looks like:

public class MyListBox : ListBox
{
    protected override void PrepareContainerForItemOverride(
        DependencyObject element, object item)
    {
        base.PrepareContainerForItemOverride(element, item);

        if (item is Item)
        {
            var binding = new Binding
            {
                Source = item,
                Path = new PropertyPath("IsSelected"),
                Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay
            };

            ((ListBoxItem)element).SetBinding(ListBoxItem.IsSelectedProperty, binding);
        }
    }
}

Using ListBoxItemExtensions.IsSelected from WinRt Xaml Toolkit doesn't work TwoWay Binding

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