How to set comboboxitem silverlight value in xaml

Question

I create a datatemplate for combobox as follows:

<DataTemplate x:Key="AircraftTypeTemplate"> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="340"> <ComboBox> <ComboBoxItem>CJ1</ComboBoxItem> <ComboBoxItem>CJ3</ComboBoxItem> <ComboBoxItem>Bravo</ComboBoxItem> <ComboBoxItem>Excel</ComboBoxItem> <ComboBoxItem>Sovereign</ComboBoxItem> </ComboBox> </StackPanel> </DataTemplate> 

It displays fine, but I would like to be able to associate a value with each of the elements without having to bind it to some data context. For example, I would like the CJ1 comboboxitem to have a value of 5. How would I install them in XAML?

how

 <ComboBoxItem Value="5">CJ1</ComboBoxItem> 

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can set an arbitrary string for the Name property and use it. For more flexibility, you can use the Tag property, which according to MSDN:

Gets or sets an arbitrary value for an object that can be used to store user information about this object.

Read more about Tag here . I would say that Tag is probably better, unlike bending Name as you wish, and you can insert a string in Tag as easily as Name .