Handles ListBoxItem Selected events for the ListBoxItems in the inner ListBox.
<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.vb Imports System.Windows Imports System.Windows.Controls Namespace WpfApplication1 Public Partial Class Window1 Inherits Window Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() End Sub Private Sub InnerListBoxItem_Selected(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Dim item As ListBoxItem = TryCast(e.OriginalSource, ListBoxItem) If item IsNot Nothing Then MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToString(item.Content) & " was selected.", Title) End If End Sub Private Sub OuterListBox_SelectionChanged(sender As Object, e As SelectionChangedEventArgs) Dim item As Object = outerListBox.SelectedItem If item Is Nothing Then txtSelectedItem.Text = "No item currently selected." Else txtSelectedItem.Text = item.ToString() End If End Sub End Class End Namespace