Wrong hover effect on the child elements of a WPF TreeView - c#

I would like to ask you an issue that I cannot solve. I have templated a WPF TreeView as follows:
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Focusable"
Value="True" />
<Setter Property="IsExpanded"
Value="True" />
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment"
Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="Width"
Value="{Binding Path=ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type TreeView}}}" />
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid Name="PART_grid">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander"
ClickMode="Press"
IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"/>
<Border x:Name="Bd"
Grid.Column="1"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header"
ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="ItemsHost" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
<Setter TargetName="PART_grid"
Property="Background"
Value="#e6f2fa" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
The problem is that the hover effect is really terrible. In fact, if the user goes on the TreeviewItem the effect should affect only the relative children and not the whole wrapper.
How can I solve this problem and make the hover effect fall only on the single element, parent or child?
Thank you so much and have a good day everyone

I suppose you are using the HierarchicalDataTemplate for your items.
In that case, the 'terrible' hover effect is actually working exactly as you specify it. E.g. the Sergio item will contain other sub-items. When you hover on Alessandro, the Sergio item actually contains the mouse too, because this Sergio item is that large and contains all the other sub-items, including Alessandro.
You have two options now.
Either do it in your data template, something like:
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding SubItems}">
<TextBlock x:Name="HeaderText" Text="{Binding Name}"/>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="HeaderText" Property="Background" Value="Red"/>
</Trigger>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
Or set the color not on the grid, but on the header only:
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true" SourceName="Bd">
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
<Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="#e6f2fa" />
</Trigger>
Note that I added SourceName="Bd" to the trigger: we only want to change the color when the corresponding header contains the mouse cursor.

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Treeview Toggle Button Style working only for Parent Node and not for Child Nodes

I have a treeview, for which I wrote the style template of treeview in App.xaml, as I need to apply the style in two or three treeviews in my application. Now my problem is that the togglebutton style works for parent and not for child nodes.
Here for the togglebutton collapse and expand, i added two images(
Resources/Images/arrowexpand.png
and
Resources/Images/arrowcollapse.png
It is working perfectly with parent nodes, but not with child and subchild nodes.
For the child and subchild nodes, the default triangle button comes.
I didn't use MVVM. I don't know where I am going wrong
In the treeview
<TreeView x:Name="myTreeview" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ms}"/>
Here is my code in App.xaml
<Style TargetType="TreeView">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TreeView">
<Border Name="Border" CornerRadius="5" BorderThickness="2">
<Border.BorderBrush>
<SolidColorBrush Color="DarkGreen"/>
</Border.BorderBrush>
<ItemsPresenter/>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ExpandCollapseToggleStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Image x:Name="image" Source="Resources/Images/arrowcollapse.png" />
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="image" Property="Source" Value="Resources/Images/arrowexpand.png" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ms" TargetType="TreeViewItem" >
<Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TreeViewItem">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- Connecting Lines -->
<Rectangle x:Name="HorLn" Margin="9,1,0,0" Height="1" Stroke="#DCDCDC" SnapsToDevicePixels="True"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="VerLn" Width="1" Stroke="#DCDCDC" Margin="0,0,1,0" Grid.RowSpan="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Fill="White"/>
<ToggleButton Margin="-1,0,0,0" x:Name="Expander" Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" ClickMode="Press"/>
<ToggleButton Margin="-1,0,0,0" x:Name="Collapsed" Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" ClickMode="Press"/>
<Border Name="Bd" Grid.Column="1" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" MinWidth="20"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="False">
<Setter TargetName="ItemsHost" Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="Expander" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader" Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Width" Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header" Property="MinWidth" Value="75"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader" Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Height" Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header" Property="MinHeight" Value="19"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="Green"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
I want the arrow button to be for the child items and subchild items. Please tell me where I am wrong
I found out the Solution. Actually I am trying to apply the styles for the derived classes of the treeview item. So only my style was not working.
What I did was I just added this style statement in my Constructor of the derived Class
Style = (Style)FindResource(typeof(TreeViewItem));
Then the style was applied to all the items in the treeview.

Adjust dropdown arrow margin of WPF TreeView

I have a TreeView which simplified is defined as
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding TreeItems}">
<TreeView.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type models:MyModel}">
<Border Margin="{Binding Margin}" >
<Grid>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Margin="3,3,3,3" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</TreeView.Resources>
</TreeView>
It looks like this
As you can see due to the Margin, which is variable, there is space between the items. The problem is the dropdown arrow. It is not centered on the element. Well, it is centered on the element ignoring the margin. How do I adjust the arrow?
Your XAML markup is both incomplete and incorrect: the DataTemplate should be a HierarchicalDataTemplate and it should be placed in a <TreeView.ItemTemplate> tag. This doesn't apply after your edit.
You can apply the margin to the complete TreeViewItem content including the dropdown arrow:
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="TreeViewItem">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="{Binding Margin}"/>
</Style>
</TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate ItemsSource="{Binding SubItems}">
<Border>
<Grid>
<TextBlock Margin="3,3,3,3"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
Yes, I know the style below is too lengthy, but give it a try.
Just put it in a separate resource dictionary and merge it.
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding TreeItems}" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource CenteredExpanderTreeViewItemStyle}">
<TreeView.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type models:MyModel}">
<Border Margin="{Binding Margin}" >
<Grid>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Margin="3,3,3,3" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</TreeView.Resources>
</TreeView>
CenteredExpanderTreeViewItemStyle.xaml
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemFocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Rectangle/>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Checked.Fill" Color="#FF595959"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Checked.Stroke" Color="#FF262626"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Stroke" Color="#FF27C7F7"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Fill" Color="#FFCCEEFB"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Checked.Stroke" Color="#FF1CC4F7"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Checked.Fill" Color="#FF82DFFB"/>
<PathGeometry x:Key="TreeArrow" Figures="M0,0 L0,6 L6,0 z"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Fill" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Stroke" Color="#FF818181"/>
<Style x:Key="ExpandCollapseToggleStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border Background="Transparent" Height="16" Padding="5,5,5,5" Width="16">
<Path x:Name="ExpandPath" Data="{StaticResource TreeArrow}" Fill="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Fill}" Stroke="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Stroke}">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="135" CenterY="3" CenterX="3"/>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="RenderTransform" TargetName="ExpandPath">
<Setter.Value>
<RotateTransform Angle="180" CenterY="3" CenterX="3"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Checked.Fill}"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.Static.Checked.Stroke}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Stroke}"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Fill}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"/>
<Condition Property="IsChecked" Value="True"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Checked.Stroke}"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItem.TreeArrow.MouseOver.Checked.Fill}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="CenteredExpanderTreeViewItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="1,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItemFocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander" VerticalAlignment="Center" ClickMode="Press" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"/>
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.Column="1" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="ItemsHost" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizing" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ItemsPanel">
<Setter.Value>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
Use given style for TreeViewItem like give below
<Style TargetType="TreeViewItem" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TreeViewItem}}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="3,3,3,3"></Setter>
</Style>
Hope this help.
To add a margin to the ToggleButton in a TreeView, you have to add a custom ControlTemplate. There are several good tutorials on MSDN, for example here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/ms788727(v=vs.85).aspx
I stripped one example down to the necessary elements to match your requirements. Please note, that the ToggleButton is this example is not styled at all, so it appears a normal Button would do. But I am sure, you find several good examples on how to style this Button in a way that suites you the best.
The code:
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid Margin="{Binding Margin}">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="20" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton Grid.Column="0" x:Name="Expander" ClickMode="Press" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" />
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="-10,0,0,0"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="ItemsHost" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ItemsPanel">
<Setter.Value>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding TreeItems}" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource TreeViewItemStyle}">
<TreeView.Resources>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type library:MyModel}" ItemsSource="{Binding Children}" >
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"></TextBlock>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</TreeView.Resources>
</TreeView>
You should be able to do just this:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TreeViewItem}}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,0" />
<!--Or edit Padding if Margin doesn't work-->
</Style>
It will use default style of a TreeViewItem and edit only defined properties. If you use explicitly defined style for TreeViewItem, use BaseOn="{StaticResource [YourStyleKey]}" (without [ ]).
If you need some more advanced styling I'd suggest you to use Blend to get the ControlTemplate of a TreeViewItem, then just edit it to your needs, without changing too much (keep in mind that names of controls used as a template may have a crucial meaning, so be careful what you are editing).
If you don't know how to use Blend to get your control's template, here is a simple tutorial described in a documentation of Telerik controls (don't worry, it works the same for all controls). You just need to create copy of a TreeViewItem ControlTemplate, paste it to your application and you are good to go (editing).
By using Blend you can get templates of all building blocks of a TreeView control and make them look like you want them to. You just need to do some digging.

ControlTemplate Bind to ToolTip property from button

I want to add some text next to my button, but I want to use the tooltip for this text or better yet another tag I can add within the controls properties.
Then I want to reference this tag within my ControlTemplate so it will add the text next to my button, here is my button XAML:
<Button Style="{StaticResource MainMenuButton}" ToolTip="Home" Content="" />
And here is my Style:
<Style x:Key="MainMenuButton" TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource FontAwesome}" />
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="27" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#545863" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="15" />
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="5" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Grid x:Name="grid">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Column="0" x:Name="border"
CornerRadius="40"
BorderThickness="0"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Margin}">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Center"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
TextElement.FontWeight="Bold" />
</Border>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=DataContex.ToolTip}"
FontSize="16"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#757b8d" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#29a1d5" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
The code I have there now doesn't work: {Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Path=DataContex.ToolTip}.
Woopps, found the solution. Was far too simple and I expected it be more complicated.
<TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding Tag}" FontSize="16"/>

How to change Datagrid row background when clicking on togglebutton inside rowheader?

I am overriding DataGrid row header style, and I’m been hindered with the following two issues:
1.The DataGrid row header contains an Image and a ToggleButton. When the ToggleButton is ‘Checked’ I want to change the background color of the whole row, however I only managed to change the background of the row header and couldn’t figure out a way to fire a trigger on the row level.
2.When a row is selected the row and the header background is set to different background, the other way around does not work. What I need to do is to change the background of the row when the row header is selected
Here is a the style code of the DataGridRowHeader
<Style x:Key="{x:Type DataGridRowHeader}" TargetType="{x:Type DataGridRowHeader}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DataGridRowHeader}">
<Grid>
<Border Name="RowHeaderBorder"
BorderThickness="0,0,3,0"
Margin="0,0,0,0"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource DataGridRowBorder}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Source="{Binding ImageSource}" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" Stretch="None" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<ToggleButton x:Name="tglButton" Visibility="{Binding ActiveCall}" Grid.Column="1" Content="Button" Focusable="True" BorderThickness="1" Width="80" Height="33" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
</ToggleButton>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=tglButton, Path=IsChecked}" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="RowHeaderBorder" Value ="Green"/>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
And here is the style of the DataGridRow:
<Style x:Key="DataGridRowStyle" TargetType="{x:Type DataGridRow}">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource DataGridRowBorder}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource DataGridRowHoveredBackground}" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0" BlurRadius="20"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource RowBackgroundSelectedBrush2}" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"/>
<Setter Property="Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0" BlurRadius="20"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=DataGridRowHeader.tglButton, Path=IsChecked}" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" Value ="Green"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
This is because tglButton is present in the row header, which is a child of the DataGridRow. A trigger defined in child row header is trying to update a property of the parent (DataGridRow) and is not able to find it.
One solution for this is to define the template for DataGridRowHeader inside the template for DataGridRow and supply a name for it, which can be used in the trigger. A very crude example:
<Style
TargetType="{x:Type DataGridRow}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DataGridRow}">
<Border x:Name="DGR_Border"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
CornerRadius="8,8,8,8">
<SelectiveScrollingGrid>
<SelectiveScrollingGrid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</SelectiveScrollingGrid.ColumnDefinitions>
<SelectiveScrollingGrid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</SelectiveScrollingGrid.RowDefinitions>
<DataGridCellsPresenter Grid.Column="1"
ItemsPanel="{TemplateBinding ItemsPanel}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
<DataGridDetailsPresenter Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="1"
SelectiveScrollingGrid.SelectiveScrollingOrientation="{Binding AreRowDetailsFrozen,
ConverterParameter={x:Static SelectiveScrollingOrientation.Vertical},
Converter={x:Static DataGrid.RowDetailsScrollingConverter},
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}"
Visibility="{TemplateBinding DetailsVisibility}" />
<DataGridRowHeader Name="RHeader" Grid.RowSpan="2"
SelectiveScrollingGrid.SelectiveScrollingOrientation="Vertical"
Visibility="{Binding HeadersVisibility,
ConverterParameter={x:Static DataGridHeadersVisibility.Row},
Converter={x:Static DataGrid.HeadersVisibilityConverter},
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="tglButton"
Grid.Column="1"
Content="Button"
Focusable="True"
BorderThickness="1"
Width="80"
Height="33"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
</ToggleButton>
</Grid>
</DataGridRowHeader>
</SelectiveScrollingGrid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected"
Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="DGR_Border"
Property="Background"
Value="Gray" />
</Trigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ElementName=tglButton, Path=IsChecked}"
Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background"
TargetName="RHeader"
Value="Green" />
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="Green" />
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="DataContext"
Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
<Setter Property="BorderThickness"
Value="1" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush"
Value="Aqua" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected"
Value="true">
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="Pink" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight"
Value="Bold" />
<Setter Property="Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="0"
BlurRadius="20" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>

WPF Tree view, how to change indention

My Treeview basically has "folder" nodes, and one level below items which do NOT contain other items.
Therefor the space for the expand / collapse icons is not required (on level 2). Can I give up this icon space and hence reduce the indention. The items (in the example "airports") shall be shifted some pixels to the left.
Important: Basically looking for the code solution (C#), not the XAML version.
Really what you want to do is edit the HierarchicalDataTemplate and change the way it behaves. The following page, has a pretty good high level view of editing the Hierarchical Data Template.
I have also found this one to be pretty good to start out with. While neither of the pages specifically say what to do, you are essentially changing the layout properties in the items presenter.
Edit
Whoops, I was incorrect. Not HierarchicalDataTemplate, but TreeViewItem template.
See below for an example. This is just the simplest way to do it if you KNOW that there are not going to be any third level nodes.
Pay special attention to the ItemsPresenter element named ItemsHost. It has a margin of -12,0,0,0. That means that its left margin is negative and thus spills out of the grid column containing it in the left direction. Thus all of the child nodes will be pulled to the left a little. If you have third level nodes in the future, they also will be pulled to the left. If you don't want that, then you will have to supply different templates for different levels of nodes. But that is outside the scope of this answer.
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander" ClickMode="Press" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"/>
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.Column="1" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="-12,0,0,0"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="ItemsHost" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ItemsPanel">
<Setter.Value>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<VirtualizingStackPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>

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