Add a button (or any control really) to a listbox in C# WPF?

Question

I know this probably simple, but I have been searching google, and I really haven't made much ground.

I would like to take a button for example, and add it to a listbox, programatically, not in the xaml.

My current stategy for doing this is :

Button testButton = new Button();
listbox.Items.add(testButton);

Answer 1

Have you tried this...

 private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Button b = new Button();
        b.Content = "myitem";
        b.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(b_Click);
        listBox1.Items.Add(b);
    }

    void b_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Item CLicked");
    }

Answer 2

ListBox has an Items collection property that you can add any control into it.

var listBox = new ListBox();
var button = new Button()
                        {
                         Content = "Click me"
                        };
var textBlock = new TextBlock()
                        {
                         Text = "This is a textblock"
                        };
 listBox.Items.Add(button);
 listBox.Items.Add(textBlock);

Add method is expecting an object type so it can take data types like strings, integer, classes that you want to show in the list.