WPF combobox binding not working.. It is not showing the exact value

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I will show you the exact code and output of the code...

This is my linq .dbml file

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This i the combobox cbx_contact code :

 <ComboBox Height="22.669" Margin="107.769,43.75,424.266,0" Name="cbx_contact" VerticalAlignment="Top" IsTabStop="True" SelectedValuePath="ContactID" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" IsEditable="True" IsTextSearchEnabled="True">
        <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <Grid>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ContactName}"/>
                    </Grid>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
    </ComboBox>

This is the .cs file :

public Contacts()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        DataClasses1DataContext db = new DataClasses1DataContext();
        cbx_contact.ItemsSource = db.Contacts;
        cbx_contact.SelectedIndex = 0;     
    }

This is the output view of the combobox :

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Here in the drop down list of combobox i get all the values but when i select any value the text does not change it gives Contact_Manager.Contact....

I dont know what i am missing here... I have binded combobox like this before also it was working at that time but here it is creating probs... thanks in advance for the help...

This is a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1844156/wpf-iseditable-true-combobox-filled-with-objects-displays-the-tostring-as-the-s — Andrew Shepherd, Apr 23 '11 at 08:23
@andrew shepherd : sorry for that i searched it on stackoverflow but was searching with wrong key words... thanks again — Saral Doshi, Apr 23 '11 at 10:58
it's something we all do :-) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1122928/generate-a-unique-temporary-file-name-with-a-given-extension-using-net — Andrew Shepherd, Apr 23 '11 at 11:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

Applying the concepts from this answer:

<ComboBox Height="22.669" Margin="107.769,43.75,424.266,0" Name="cbx_contact" VerticalAlignment="Top" IsTabStop="True" SelectedValuePath="ContactID" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" IsEditable="True" IsTextSearchEnabled="True" 
        TextSearch.TextPath=ContactName
         >
        <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <Grid>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ContactName}"/>
                    </Grid>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
    </ComboBox>

WPF combobox binding not working.. It is not showing the exact value

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