Wpf combobox text changed does not change selectedvalue

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Hi,

I am using a ComboBox control in a WPF UserControl. I have binded it to a Entity. The problem is if I type text manually (IsEditable = "True") the Text sometimes does not match with the DisplayMemberPath Value of the SelectedValue.

This is my Xaml Code:

ItemsSource="{Binding Companies, Mode=OneWay}"
                                      DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                                      SelectedValue = "{Binding SelectedItem.CompanyId, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True, ValidatesOnExceptions=True}"
                                      SelectedValuePath="CompanyId"
                                      IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                                      IsEditable="True"

And this C# Companies (ItemSource):

public class CompanyEntity : BaseEntity
    {
                
        public int? CompanyId { get; set; }
        public string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return GetValue(() => Name);
            }
            set
            {
                SetValue(() => Name,value);
            }
        }
}

(where GetValue and SetValue reproduces OnNotifiPropertyChanged.)

So, if I have this companies:
CompanyId:1 Name: Microsoft
CompnayId:2 Name: Apple

If I type manually "Mi", the ComboBox automatically select "Microsoft (SelectedValue = 1, Text = Microsoft). But If I delete the last word, SelectedValue remains 1 and Text changes to "Mi". So I have selected a value that does not correspond to Company with Id=1.

¿Anyone has experimented this issue and knows hoy to resolve it?

What I have tried:

I tried to change SelectedValue manually on this way:

ComboBox Xaml Code:

TextBoxBase.TextChanged="ComboBox_TextChanged"

C# view code behind:

private void ComboBox_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
       {
           if (sender is ComboBox)
           {
               ComboBox combo = sender as ComboBox;

               if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(combo.Text))
               {
                   if (combo.SelectedValue == null || (int)combo.SelectedValue == 0)
                       return;
                   else
                   {
                       var propertyInfo =                    combo.SelectedItem.GetType().GetProperty(combo.DisplayMemberPath);
                       string value = propertyInfo.GetValue(combo.SelectedItem, null).ToString();
                       if (!value.Equals(combo.Text, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                       {
                           combo.SelectedValue = 0;
                       }
                   }
               }


           }
       }

But in this case, when I update SelectedValue it automatically deletes Text.

Other option I have tried is updating Text after SelectedValue = 0, but then the cursor moves to the begining, whit a poor user experience.

Posted 14-Sep-16 22:26pm

tralladas

Updated 29-Sep-16 5:42am

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Rav! Srivastava · Answer 1 · 2016-09-29T05:42:00

Do Like this. After changes the value in combobox then check the value for "Companies.CurrentItem" in viewmodel. If you have any doubt please let me know.
XAML Code-

HTML

<ComboBox x:Name="comboBox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="56,79,0,0"
         ItemsSource="{Binding Companies, Mode=OneWay}"
                                      DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                                      SelectedValue = "{Binding SelectedItem.CompanyId, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True, ValidatesOnExceptions=True}"
                                      SelectedValuePath="CompanyId"
                                      IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
                                      IsEditable="True" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="222"/>

ViewModel Code-

C#

public class CompanyEntity
    {

        public int? CompanyId { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
   
    class MainWindowVM
    {
        ObservableCollection<CompanyEntity> companies = new ObservableCollection<CompanyEntity>();
        ICommand saveCommand = null;
        public MainWindowVM()
        {
            companies.Add(new CompanyEntity { CompanyId = 1,Name= "Microsoft" });
            companies.Add(new CompanyEntity { CompanyId = 2,Name= "Apple" });
        }
        public ICommand SaveCommand
        {
            get
            {
                return saveCommand = new RelayCommand(Save);
            }
        }

        private void Save()
        {
            
        }

        public CollectionView Companies
        {
            get
            { 
                return CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(companies) as CollectionView;
            }
        }
    }