How can I populate a WPF combo box in XAML with all the items from a given enum?

Question

Say I have an enum with four values:

public enum CompassHeading {     North,     South,     East,     West } 

What XAML would be required to have a ComboBox be populated with these items?

<ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding WhatGoesHere???}" /> 

Ideally I wouldn't have to set up C# code for this.

Answer 1

You can use the ObjectDataProvider to do this:

<ObjectDataProvider MethodName="GetValues"      ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Enum}" x:Key="odp">     <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>         <x:Type TypeName="local:CompassHeading"/>     </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters> </ObjectDataProvider>  <ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource odp}}" /> 

I found the solution here:

http://bea.stollnitz.com/blog/?p=28