Bind List to DataGrid

binding, datagrid, wpf

Solution

Change this:

public struct SomeInfo
{
    public string Name;
    public string Description;
    public string ID;
}

to this:

public class SomeInfo
{
    public string Name {get;set;}
    public string Description {get;set;}
    public string ID {get;set;}
}

WPF does not support binding to fields. Only properties. And a `struct` is not an appropiate type for the data you're trying to represent.

Problem

I have a problem binding a `List` to a `DataGrid` in WPF. Let me explain what I have tried. ``` public struct SomeInfo { public string Name; public string Description; public string ID; } List<SomeInfo> arrSomeInfo; ``` The `arrSomeInfo` contains multiple items of structure `SomeInfo`. The `DataGrid` Looks something like: ``` <DataGrid Name="grdMailbag" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding}"> <DataGrid.Columns> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="cID" Binding="{Binding ID}" Header="ID" /> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="cName" Binding="{Binding Name}" Header="Name" /> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="cDescription" Binding="{Binding Description}" Header="Description" /> </DataGrid.Columns> </DataGrid> ``` I have tried the following without success: ``` this.grdMailbag.ItemsSource = arrSomeInfo; //Didn't worked this.grdMailbag.DataContext= arrSomeInfo; // Didn't worked ``` What is happening is that it is adding the rows as per `List arrSomeInfo` but all the rows are blank.

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