How to Bind ListBox with List: WPF

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Binding c# Controls WPF XAML - September 06, 2013

According to the previous post we don’t need to define the items first. Means the source having the items to be bind with listbox. In the XAML define a listbox with some common properties you want as height, width and etc. Don’t forget the name property, because it will be used to assign itemsSource for this control.

<ListBox Name="listBox" Width="200"/>

Create a list of type string and add some items with Add() method of list. I have added the same items as in grid resources.

List<string> strList = new List<string>();
strList.Add("London");
strList.Add("Italy");
strList.Add("California");
strList.Add("France");
listBox.ItemsSource = strList;

Just run the code and the same window will be shown with a listbox containing above four items.

Listbox have a property selectedIndex which is used to get or set the selected index of the control. To select an item by default we can use this property as:

listBox.SelectedIndex = 2;

Write the above line of code just below the c# code, and California will be selected.