How To Bind The List Of String To WPF Datagrid?

Updated on Dec 12, 2025

This sample illustrates how to bind the list of string to WPF DataGrid (SfDataGrid).

DataGrid is bound to a collection with a class type. You can bind a list of string as an ItemsSource of DataGrid can be achieved by using GridTemplateColumn.

public class ViewModel
{
    public ViewModel()
    {
        this.DataFieldList = new List<string>() { "Item1", "Item2" , "Item3", "Item4", "Item5", "Item6", "Item7", "Item8", "Item9", "Item10" };
    }

    public List<string> DataFieldList
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

<Window.DataContext>
    <local:ViewModel />
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid Name="dataGrid"
                            AllowFiltering="False"
                            AllowResizingColumns="False"
                            AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                            ColumnSizer="Star"
                            NavigationMode="Row"
                            ItemsSource="{Binding DataFieldList, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">
        <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
            <syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Column Name" >
                <syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" />
                    </DataTemplate>
                </syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
            </syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn>
        </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
</Grid>

DataGrid bound with List