WPF Listbox display property binding

Question

I have a WPF ListBox as follows:

<ListBox x:Name="myListBox"  ItemsSource="{Binding}" Visibility="Visible" Width="Auto"  SelectionMode="Single"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" MinWidth="150">
</ListBox>

private ObservableCollection<MyClass> _myCollection;
private ListBox _listBox;

protected virtual void GetControls()
{
    object value;

    if ((value = GetTemplateChild("myListBox")) != null)
    {
        _listBox = value as ListBox;
        if (_listBox != null)
        {
            if (_listBox.ItemsSource == null)
                _listBox.ItemsSource = _myCollection;
        }
    }
}

private void LoadItems()
{
    List<MyClass> items = await GetAllItemsForDisplay();

    _myCollection.AddRange(verbs.AsParallel().OrderBy(v => v?.DisplayName));
}

This result in all the items getting listed in the listbox but the display text is My.NameSpace.MyCLass. When in fact I want to display the DisplayName property of MyClass.

How can I do this? How can I set the value for Display equal to MyClass.DisplayName

Could you show us `GetAllItemsForDisplay()`? – Dec 19 '16 at 12:39 — , Dec 19 '16 at 12:39
Have a look at `DisplayMemberPath` – Pikoh Dec 19 '16 at 12:40 — Pikoh, Dec 19 '16 at 12:40
All it does is fetch a list of MyClass objects. – Harry Boy Dec 19 '16 at 12:41 — Harry Boy, Dec 19 '16 at 12:41

WPFUser · Answer 1 · 2016-12-19T12:46:45.180

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Set DisplayMemberPath="DisplayName" in ListBox

DisplayMemberPath

ItemTemplate

edited Dec 19 '16 at 12:46

answered Dec 19 '16 at 12:40

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