How to drag ListBoxItem?

Question

Hi, I can not drag any ListBoxItem from a ListBox to another ListBox. I tried to search in the internet, but the ppl answered for WPF or using only ListView instead or I have to set the content Grid's CanDrag to True.

Is it impossible to drag only a ListBoxItem? But can someone explain why we could drag a ListViewItem of ListView?

Answer 1

Hello,

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How to drag ListBoxItem?

To enable dragging on an element, set its CanDrag property to true. In your scenario, you need to set the CanDrag property of the root element of the Content of ListBoxItem.

I've made a simple demo about this so you could understand it better:

            Grid grid = new Grid();  
            grid.CanDrag = true;  
  
            TextBlock block = new TextBlock();  
            block.Text = "123";  
            grid.Children.Add(block);  
  
            ListBoxItem item = new ListBoxItem();  
            item.Content = grid;  
            MyListBox.Items.Add(item);  

The Grid is the root element of the Content of ListBoxItem, so make it draggable by enable the CanDrag property of the Grid. Then you could drag the Item.

Please check the document Drag and drop for more information about how to handle the drag and drop event.

Thank you.

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