MVVM newcomers find creating a UI like this (a simple ListView containing a button that removes current row) quite intricated.
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This because, while you can add a command to the item bound to each row, it’s more convenient to have a common DeleteCommand on parent ViewModel that accepts the Item to remove from the collection feeding the list.
Here’s our ViewModel:
public class MyViewModel { private RelayCommand<ReportUnit> deleteCommand; public MyViewModel() { this.Items = new ObservableCollection<ReportUnit>(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { this.Items.Add(new ReportUnit() { Name = $"Item {i}" }); } } public RelayCommand<ReportUnit> DeleteCommand { get { return this.deleteCommand ?? (this.deleteCommand = new RelayCommand<ReportUnit>((o) => { this.Items.Remove(o); })); } } public ObservableCollection<ReportUnit> Items { get; private set; } } public class ReportUnit { public string Name { get; set; } }
And here’s the page XAML:
<Page x:Class="DemoBinding.MainPage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d"> <Page.Resources> <Style x:Key="ListItemContainerStyle" TargetType="ListViewItem"> <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" /> </Style> </Page.Resources> <Grid x:Name="RootGrid"> <ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MyItemTemplate}" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListItemContainerStyle}"> </ListView> </Grid> </Page>
The “magic” is of course inside MyItemTemplate:
<DataTemplate x:Key="MyItemTemplate"> <Grid d:DesignWidth="568.775" Height="80" d:DesignHeight="100"> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="26.667" /> <Button Grid.Column="1" Content="Delete" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Command="{Binding DataContext.DeleteCommand, ElementName=RootGrid}" CommandParameter="{Binding}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="5" /> </Grid> </DataTemplate>
As you see, the button ‘steal’ the DataContext of RootGrid element and invokes MyViewModel’s DeleteCommand while passing its own DataContext as CommandParameter.
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