Picking the right ItemsSource container

Question

I have a UserControl I've written to display a few properties from a custom object. There are multiple instances of these objects so I have an ObservableCollection of them so I can set them as an ItemsSource binding to a ListView. Now I can get an instance of this UserControl show up for each instance of my class in my ListView.

The problem is I don't really want the behavior of a ListView. I don't want the user to be able to select the entire UserControl. In fact, the user should be able to select individual elements in the UserControl.

I thought about just using a StackPanel to put these UserControls in, but it doesn't have an ItemesSource property. Is there an easy way to make this happen?

Answer 1

Replace your ListView with an ItemsControl and set the ItemTemplate to a suitable DataTemplate for your objects. You can set the ItemsPanel if you want to change how the panel lays out the items.

<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
              ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ItemTemplate}">
  <ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
    <ItemsPanelTemplate>
      <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
    </ItemsPanelTemplate>
  </ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>

See this example