Getting value of TextBlock inside ComboBox DataTemplate

Question

I have the following XAML:

<ComboBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="2"
          Name="cbo_team" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="148"
          DataContext="{Binding ElementName=cbo_component, Path=SelectedItem}"
          SelectedIndex="0">
    <ComboBox.ItemsSource>
        <Binding XPath="Teams/Team/@id"
                 Converter="{StaticResource xmlConverter}">
            <Binding.ConverterParameter>
                <local:XmlConverterParameter
                    XPathTemplate="/Products/Teams/Team[{0}]"
                    XPathCondition="@id='{0}'" />
            </Binding.ConverterParameter>
        </Binding>
    </ComboBox.ItemsSource>
    <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding XPath=@name}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>

In C#, I'm trying to get the value of the TextBlock that is in the current selected item in the ComboBox. How do I do that? This question is pretty much the same, but the only answer doesn't help.

Answer 1

private void ComboBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    var comboBox = (ComboBox)sender;
    ComboBoxItem comboAsTextblock = (ComboBoxItem)comboBox.SelectedItem;
    string comboBoxItemText = comboAsTextblock.Content.ToString();
    // comboBoxItemText is what you want :)
}