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How to: Use the Master-Detail Pattern with Hierarchical XML Data

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This example shows how to implement the master-detail scenario with XML data.

Example

This example is the XML data version of the example discussed in Use the Master-Detail Pattern with Hierarchical Data. In this example, the data is from the file League.xml. Note how the third ListBox control tracks selection changes in the second ListBox by binding to its SelectedValue property.

<Window x:Class="SDKSample.Window1"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  Title="Multiple ListBox Binding Sample"
  Width="400" Height="200"
  Background="Cornsilk">
    <Window.Resources>
      <XmlDataProvider x:Key="MyList" Source="Data\Leagues.xml"
                       XPath="Leagues/League"/>
      <DataTemplate x:Key="dataTemplate">
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=@name}" />
      </DataTemplate>

    </Window.Resources>

    <DockPanel DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyList}}">
      <StackPanel>
        <Label>My Soccer Leagues</Label>
        <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding}"
                 ItemTemplate="{StaticResource dataTemplate}"
                 IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="true"/>
      </StackPanel>

      <StackPanel>
        <Label Content="{Binding XPath=@name}"/>
        <ListBox Name="divisionsListBox"
                 ItemsSource="{Binding XPath=Division}"
                 ItemTemplate="{StaticResource dataTemplate}"
                 IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="true"/>
      </StackPanel>

      <StackPanel>
        <Label Content="{Binding XPath=@name}"/>
        <ListBox DataContext="{Binding ElementName=divisionsListBox,
                                       Path=SelectedItem}"
                 ItemsSource="{Binding XPath=Team}"
                 ItemTemplate="{StaticResource dataTemplate}"/>
      </StackPanel>
    </DockPanel>
</Window>

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