How to access row data from a MouseLeftButtonDown event on a textblock, in a gridview

Question

I am trying to modify data in rows in a gridview which I have pulled from a database.

The data is being bound to each gridview column like the following.

<GridViewColumn Header="Status" Width="120" util:GridViewSort.PropertyName="Status">
    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Status}" FontWeight="Bold" MouseLeftButtonDown="TextBlock_MouseLeftButtonDown_1"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>

I have a MouseLeftButtonDown event on the textblock, and this fires when I click on the specific text.

private void TextBlock_MouseLeftButtonDown_1(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Hello");
}

The issue I am having is that I can't find a way to access the row data(such as the id, or the text in the row).

Is there any way to access all the row data from within the click event?

Thanks

The TextBox' DataContext should hold the information about the entire row. — Florian Gl, Sep 13 '13 at 11:03
That would be awesome. I can get to the datacontext through the sender, but how do I get to the data in it? Thanks for your help. — DiscoDamo, Sep 13 '13 at 11:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '13 at 10:37

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Try This:

  private void TextBlock_MouseLeftButtonDown_1(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        TextBlock textBlock = (sender as TextBlock);
        string text = textBlock.Text;// Text in the TextBlock
        object datacontext = textBlock.DataContext; // datacontext, Entire row info
    }

answered Sep 13 '13 at 10:37

user2323308

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-1 The user is not asking how to access the `TextBlock.Text` property value. – Sheridan Sep 13 '13 at 10:42
Thanks for your answer, its getting me closer to where I need to be. I am looking to also get data from other fields in the row, such as a hidden ID row and so forth. – DiscoDamo Sep 13 '13 at 10:47
This line return you all field in the row - object datacontext = textBlock.DataContext; – user2323308 Sep 13 '13 at 11:23
Ahh, I got it now, Thanks for all your help. – DiscoDamo Sep 13 '13 at 11:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '13 at 10:44

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You should not do anything not directly related to the UI in the code behind of your XAML file.. you should bind the click event to a command of your Model or ViewModel (the entity bound to your cell, in your case the entity which contains the "Status" property) ; that entity should have easier access to "the row data".

answered Sep 13 '13 at 10:44

franssu

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As a non native speaker I think I misunderstood row data for raw data :/ – franssu Sep 13 '13 at 10:52
Thanks for your help. My terminology probably isn't the best, I am very new to WPF. Basically I have 6 rows in a grid. All contain textblocks. when I click on one textblock, I want to get the text contained in the other textblocks in the same row. I can access the text of the block I click on using the sender object, but I cant find a way to get to the textblocks in the rest of the row. – DiscoDamo Sep 13 '13 at 10:57

How to access row data from a MouseLeftButtonDown event on a textblock, in a gridview

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