WPF GridViewColumn's DisplayMemberBinding using a Dictionary Key's Value

Question

I haven't found anything similiar to this on Stack or Google, so maybe it isnt' possible, but hopefully someone smart will have an idea. I'm a bit of a noobie to WPF/XAML.

I have a custom class that resembles something similiar to this.

public class LogEntry
{
   public Diciontary<string, string> Stuff;
   public string MyOtherProperty;   
}

My GridView will have 2 columns. One for MyOtherProperty and one for Stuff["Stuff1"]. Assuming I cannot change the Diciontary to something a lot easier to bind to.

I am binding my ListView to a List<LogEntry>. How would I accomplish it in this scenario.

<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding}" DataContext="{Binding}">
   <ListView.View>
      <GridView>
         <GridView.Columns>
            <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding MyOtherProperty}"></GridViewColumn>
            <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="**{Binding Stuff[Stuff1]}**"></GridViewColumn>
         </GridView.Columns>
      </GridView>
   </ListView.View>
</ListView>

Any ideas? Thanks.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1525333/wpf-binding-dictionarystring-liststring-to-listview-listbox-how — Wonko the Sane, Aug 17 '11 at 14:44
No, I don't think it's a duplicate of that. The ItemsSource is the List not the dictionary in this case. — scottheckel, Aug 17 '11 at 15:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '11 at 15:34

4

WPF supports binding to properties and not fields. Change LogEntry class to below and it should work.

public class LogEntry
{
    public Dictionary<string, string> Stuff { get; set; }
    public string MyOtherProperty { get; set; }
}

answered Aug 17 '11 at 15:34

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Thanks! That did the trick. It's always those simple issues that make you scratch your head. – scottheckel Aug 17 '11 at 15:41

WPF GridViewColumn's DisplayMemberBinding using a Dictionary Key's Value

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