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    <p>I have 3 models: Machine, Part, and Component. On my ui, I have bound one listbox to a list of Machines and a second listbox to the selected Machine's list of Parts. Now when the user selects a part, I would like to bind a datagrid to the selected part's list of components. I tried setting the datagrid's itemssource to: </p> <p><code>ItemsSource="{Binding ElementName=PartSelectList, Path=SelectedItem.Components}"</code></p> <p>I also tried setting its datacontext and itemssource</p> <p><code>DataContext={Binding ElementName=PartSelectList, Path=SelectedItem}</code></p> <p><code>ItemsSource={Binding Components}</code></p> <p>However the datagrid does not automatically update if changes are made to the part's list of components via methods such as</p> <p><code>part.Bags.Add(new Component(..));</code> </p> <p>Anyone have suggestions on how I should approach this?</p> <p>Update: I have a class MachineCollection which implements INotifyPropertyChanged. In my xaml.cs code I create my MachineCollection object and bind the MainGrid to it's Machines property:</p> <p>Page1.xaml.cs:</p> <pre><code>private MachineCollection machines public Page1() { machineCollection = new MachineCollection(); MainGrid.DataContext = machineCollection.Machines actionThread = new Thread(InitLists); actionThread.Start(); } public void InitLists() { machineCollection.Machines.AddRange(dbCon.GetAllMachines()); } </code></pre> <p>Classes:</p> <pre><code>public class MachineCollection : INotifyPropertyChanged { public List&lt;Machine&gt; Machines { get { return machines; } set { machines = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Machines"); } } } public class Machine : INotifyPropertyChanged { public List&lt;Part&gt; Parts { get { return parts; } set { parts = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Parts"); } } public class Part : INotifyPropertyChanged { public List&lt;Component&gt; Components { get { return components; } set { components = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Components"); } } public class Component : INotifyPropertyChanged { public int Length { get { return length; } set { length = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Length"); } } </code></pre> <p>XAML:</p> <pre><code>&lt;Page&gt; &lt;Grid Name="MainGrid"&gt; &lt;ListBox x:Name="MachineSelectList" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Height="114" Width="231" Foreground="White" Background="#FF7A7A7A" FontSize="16" BorderBrush="#FFC13131" ItemsSource="{Binding}" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"&gt; &lt;ListBox.ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;DataTemplate&gt; &lt;Grid Width="200"&gt; &lt;TextBlock Text="{Binding SerialNumber}" TextAlignment="Left" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"/&gt; &lt;Button Name="DeleteMachine" Tag="{Binding SerialNumber}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Height="20" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="{x:Null}" Focusable="False" Click="Btn_Click" &gt; &lt;Image Source="..\Resources\Images\delete.png" Stretch="Uniform"/&gt; &lt;/Button&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/DataTemplate&gt; &lt;/ListBox.ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/ListBox&gt; &lt;ListBox Name="PartSelectList" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Height="164" Width="231" Background="#FF7A7A7A" Foreground="White" FontSize="16" BorderBrush="#FFC13131" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Parts}" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"&gt; &lt;ListBox.ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;DataTemplate&gt; &lt;Grid Width="200"&gt; &lt;TextBlock Text="{Binding PartNumber}" TextAlignment="Left" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"/&gt; &lt;Button Name="DeletePart" Tag="{Binding PartNumber}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Height="20" Background="{x:Null}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="{x:Null}" Focusable="False" Click="Btn_Click" &gt; &lt;Image Source="..\Resources\Images\delete.png" Stretch="Uniform"/&gt; &lt;/Button&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/DataTemplate&gt; &lt;/ListBox.ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/ListBox&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/Page&gt; </code></pre>
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    1. COCan you post the code for the parent containing the Grid and where it is that you are binding the instance of the models to? Also where is your view model?
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    2. COIf I'm reading your question right, have you tried [ObservableCollections](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms668604.aspx)? List types don't notify when they have items added or removed.
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    3. COI'm fairly new to WPF and wasn't sure what beneift ObservableCollections had over Lists. I'll give it a shot.
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