Set text to TextBlock for selected list item
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="WPF" Height="300" Width="300"> <StackPanel> <ListBox SelectionChanged="OuterListBox_SelectionChanged" Name="outerListBox"> <ListBoxItem Content="Item 1" FontFamily="Tahoma" HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" /> <ListBoxItem Content="Item 2" FontFamily="Algerian" FontSize="16" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" /> <ListBoxItem Content="Item 3" FontSize="20" HorizontalContentAlignment="Right" /> <Button Content="Button directly in a list" Margin="5" /> <ListBoxItem HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" Margin="5"> <Button Content="Button wrapped in ListBoxItem" /> </ListBoxItem> <ListBox Height="50" Margin="5"> <ListBoxItem Content="Inner List Item 1" Selected="InnerListBoxItem_Selected" /> <ListBoxItem Content="Inner List Item 2" Selected="InnerListBoxItem_Selected" /> <ListBoxItem Content="Inner List Item 3" Selected="InnerListBoxItem_Selected" /> <ListBoxItem Content="Inner List Item 4" Selected="InnerListBoxItem_Selected" /> </ListBox> <StackPanel Margin="5" Orientation="Horizontal"> <Label Content="Enter some text:" /> <TextBox MinWidth="150" /> </StackPanel> </ListBox> <TextBlock Text="No item currently selected." Margin="10" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Name="txtSelectedItem" /> </StackPanel> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.cs using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; namespace WpfApplication1 { public partial class Window1 : Window { public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void InnerListBoxItem_Selected(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { ListBoxItem item = e.OriginalSource as ListBoxItem; if (item != null) { MessageBox.Show(item.Content + " was selected.", Title); } } private void OuterListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e) { object item = outerListBox.SelectedItem; if (item == null) { txtSelectedItem.Text = "No item currently selected."; } else { txtSelectedItem.Text = item.ToString(); } } } }