WPF

I have a WPF propertyGrid, in which I need to bind the collection of strings to a paramter that should display a combo box.

If I use a property of enum type, then by default control is displaying as Combo box. However I have collection of strings those can't be formed into an enum type (as few strings starts with numbers and some special characters).

List<string> timesList = new List<string>();timesList.Add("MidNight");timesList.Add("3:00 AM");timesList.Add("6:00 AM");timesList.Add("9:00 AM");timesList.Add("NOON");timesList.Add("3:00 PM");timesList.Add("6:00 PM");timesList.Add("9:00 PM");timesList.Add("NightComplete");Wanted to bind the above created list of strings to PropertyGrid, so that it displays the above in the combo box. So what would be the best way to achieve the requirement. Please share the way.

<ListBox x:Name="Contacts"           
            ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
            ItemsSource="{Binding Contacts}"
            SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedContact}">
    <ListBox.ItemsPanel>
        <ItemsPanelTemplate>
            <WrapPanel IsItemsHost="True" 
                        Orientation="Horizontal"
                        FlowDirection="LeftToRight"/>
        </ItemsPanelTemplate>
    </ListBox.ItemsPanel>
    <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Border CornerRadius="3"
                    Height="200"
                    Width="300"
                    Padding="5"
                    Margin="8"
                    Background="White"
                    BorderBrush="DarkGray"
                    BorderThickness="1">
                <Border.Effect>
                    <DropShadowEffect Color="DarkGray"
                            ShadowDepth="7"/>
                </Border.Effect>
                <Border Margin="2"
                        CornerRadius="3"
                        Padding="4"
                        BorderBrush="LightSteelBlue"
                        BorderThickness="1">
                    <Grid>
                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                        <Image Height="45"
                                Width="45" Source="/Falcon.UI.WPF;component/Media/Images/customer_48.png"
                                Grid.Row="0"
                                Grid.Column="0"/>
                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
                                    Grid.Row="0"
                                    Grid.Column="1">
                                    
                            <TextBlock Style="{Binding PageHeaderLabelStyle}"
                                        FontSize="28"
                                        Foreground="#2B579A"
                                        Text="{Binding FirstName}"/>
                            <TextBlock Style="{Binding PageHeaderLabelStyle}"
                                        FontSize="28"
                                        Foreground="#2B579A"
                                        Margin="5,0,0,0"
                                        Text="{Binding LastName}"/>
                        </StackPanel>
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1"
                                    Grid.Column="1"
                                    Style="{Binding PageHeaderLabelStyle}"
                                    FontSize="18"
                                    Foreground="#2B579A"
                                    Margin="0,-10,0,0"
                                    Text="{Binding Title}"/>
                                
                    </Grid>
                </Border>
            </Border>

        </DataTemplate>
    </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            
</ListBox>

public interface IBaseView{}
public interface IShowAsTree:IBaseView{}
public interface IShowAsTabs:IBaseView{}
public interface IShowAsGroupBoxes:IBaseView{}

public class DataCollection:BaseVM, IShowAsTree, IShowAsTabs, IShowAsGroupBoxes
{
    //extended data class
}

public class ExtenededDataView:BaseVM
{
    public String[] ViewAsOptions{get{return new[] {"Tree","Tabs","GroupBoxes"}}

    private String _viewAs;
    public String ViewAs
    {
        get {return _viewAs;}
        set
        {
            _viewAs = value;
            OnPropertyChanged(()=>View);
        }
    }
    private DataCollection _view;
    public IBaseView View
    {
        get
        {
            switch(ViewAs)
            {
                case "Tree":
                return _view as IShowTabs;
                break;
                //...
            }
        }
    }
}

public class SwitchMyUI
    {
        public DataCollection Details { get; set; }

        public SwitchMyUI(DataCollection details)
        {
            Details = details;
        }

        public SwitchMyUI(SwitchMyUI copyFrom)
        {
            Details = copyFrom.Details;
        }
    }

    public class ShowTabs : SwitchMyUI
    {
        public ShowTabs(SwitchMyUI copyFrom) : base(copyFrom)
        {
        }
    }

    public class ShowTree : SwitchMyUI
    {
        public ShowTree(SwitchMyUI copyFrom) : base(copyFrom)
        {
        }
    }