I currently have a working method, but does not work for what I need. Here's how the Settings window looks:
Right now I am binding the Department tab DataContext property to an ObservableCollection of Department objects, and then I just refer to the properties of the Department object in the text boxes to the right. Here is the code for this tab:
<TabItem Header="Department Settings"
DataContext="{Binding Departments}">
<DockPanel Margin="3,3,3,3">
<DockPanel DockPanel.Dock="Left"
Width="200">
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBox x:Name="tbxAddDepartmentName"
Width="160"
Padding="0,5,0,5" />
<Button x:Name="btnAddDepartment"
Content="Add"
Margin="5,0,5,0"
Padding="5,5,5,5"
Command="{Binding AddDepartmentCommand, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />
</StackPanel>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding}" />
</DockPanel>
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Bottom">
<Button Content="Save Changes"
Padding="5,5,5,5"
HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
</StackPanel>
<Grid Margin="5">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Labels -->
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">Department Name:</Label>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Report Number:</Label>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">Address:</Label>
<!-- Input -->
<TextBox x:Name="tbxDepartmentName"
Text="{Binding Name}"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Margin="0,5,0,5"
Padding="5" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
Text="{Binding ReportNumber}"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Margin="0,5,0,5"
Padding="5" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1"
Text="{Binding Address}"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
AcceptsReturn="True"
Margin="0,5,0,5"
Padding="5" />
</Grid>
</DockPanel>
</TabItem>
What I want to do is have a pointer to the specific Department object that is selected with the ListBox inside my ViewModel. This way, I should be able to do a one way binding on the textboxes to the right, and save change to the SQL Compact DB after I hit the "Save Changes" Button.