microsoft / microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
NavigationView UI doesn't update when setting NavigationView.SelectedItem from code-behind
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Description
### Describe the bug
When the NavigationView.Selecteditem is set in code behind, the NavigationViewraises an event as expected to show this has happened, and any interrigation of which item is selected is correct, but the UI selector dissapears, with no item showing as selected.
This is required for dynamically generated content where data binding is not possible
### Steps to reproduce the bug
Create a xaml NavigationView with items
Select an item in the UI - remember it in code
Select a different item in UI
Select the original selected item in code-behind - all works except the UI does not update
### Expected behavior
Regardless of how the currently selected item is selected, the UI should update
### Screenshots
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### NuGet package version
WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.6.5: 1.6.250205002
### Windows version
Windows 11 (24H2): Build 26100
### Additional context
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the issue with a XAML NavigationView using Windows App SDK 1.6.5, selecting items first through the UI and then through code-behind, and trace the NavigationView control implementation and existing tests. Done means the selector remains visible and matches SelectedItem regardless of how selection changes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100