Sort Combobox Items

[JAnn81]

I have a combo box created using xaml. I bind the item source to a xml document.

<Items>
<Item>
<Name>David</Name>
<Age>20</Age>
</Item>
<Item>
<Name>Marcus</Name>
<Age>25</Age>
</Item>
<Item>
<Name>George</Name>
<Age>25</Age>
</Item>
</Items>
 
 
<ComboBox Name="cb1" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource myList}, XPath=Items/Item}" DisplayMemberPath="Name"/>
 

I would like to sort the combobox items so that the items are displayd in ascending order.

I manage to sort the above list by using SortDescription as below :

SortDescription sd = new SortDescription("Name", ListSortDirection.Ascending);

cb1.Items.SortDescriptions.Add(sd);

The combobox will display the items in the following order.

David
George
Marcus

Now, when I add a node to the xml document, I added CData to handle invalid characters. The xml document will be updated as below :

<Items>
<Item>
<Name>David</Name>
<Age>20</Age>
</Item>
<Item>
<Name>Marcus</Name>
<Age>25</Age>
</Item>
<Item>
<Name>George</Name>
<Age>25</Age>
</Item>
<Item>
<Name><![CDATA[Peter&#M]]></Name>
<Age>25</Age>
</Item>
</Items>

When I do this, the sorting failed. The node with CData is always sorted to the top of the list.

Peter&#M
David
George
Marcus


Any idea what I can do to solve this problem?

Thanks.

[LoanB]

Look at creating a Item Template for the combo box. Then add 2 columns one for Name and other for age. You ban then try to sort on the column you want.

I'm not 100% on this but it is where I would start looking.