WPF Custom ComboBox Showing "System.Windows.Styles" on item - c#

I created a custom WPF ComboBox like this:
<ComboBox
x:Name="ComboBoxBtn"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="0,0,0,-1"
Width="300"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Selected, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True">
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentControl>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Favorite}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<Grid>
<Grid.Style>
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFE6E6FA"/>
</Style>
</Grid.Style>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Content="{Binding}" Width="250" />
<Button Grid.Column="1" Command="{Binding AddCommandButton, ElementName=root}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}">+</Button>
</Grid>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Favorite}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<Grid>
<Grid.Style>
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Yellow"/>
</Style>
</Grid.Style>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Content="{Binding}" Width="250" />
<Button Grid.Column="1" Command="{Binding RemoveCommandButton, ElementName=root}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}">-</Button>
</Grid>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
The Source binding contains a ObservableColleciton where the client has a Favorite field and is supposed to show a different background and a different button. But when I open the ComboBox all the items have:
"System.Windows.Styles"

Your problem is you are setting Style as Content in the Content Control.
<ContentControl>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
...
</Style>
</ContentControl>
In order to set the style of the content control you should add:
<ContentControl.Style>
So the code above will look like this:
<ContentControl>
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
...
</Style>
<ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>
EDIT
By the way your code is very complex for the simple task of changing the background. Here is a simplified version:
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Name="PART_GRID" Background="Yellow">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Content="{Binding}"
Width="250" />
<Button Name="PART_BUTTON"
Grid.Column="1"
Content="-"
Command="{Binding AddCommandButton, ElementName=root}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
</Grid>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Favorite}"
Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="PART_GRID"
Property="Background"
Value="#FFE6E6FA" />
<Setter TargetName="PART_BUTTON"
Property="Content"
Value="+" />
<Setter TargetName="PART_BUTTON"
Property="Command"
Value="{Binding RemoveCommandButton, ElementName=root}" />
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>

In my case, I found that I had:
<ComboBox>
<Style>
</Style>
</ComboBox>
which was directly adding a style as an item, which is similar to the solution above.

Related

Use a different item controls in WPF ListBox

I have a code like this:
<ListBox Name="lstBox"
ItemsSource="{Binding ViewModelsView}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedAlertViewOutput, Mode=OneWayToSource}">
<ListBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBox}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBox}">
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Padding="1" >
<ScrollViewer Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" >
<ItemsPresenter SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="ItemContainerStyle">
<Setter.Value>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="IsSelected"
Value="{Binding AlertRecord.IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<controls:AlertExpander
Margin="1"
Value="{Binding AlertRecord.AlertCategory}"
IsExpanded="{Binding Path=IsSelected, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsActive="{Binding AlertRecord.IsActive, Mode=OneWay }"
StartTime="{Binding AlertRecord.Timestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
StopTime="{Binding AlertRecord.EndTimestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
AlertId="{Binding AlertRecord.Id, Mode=OneWay}"
<controls:AlertExpander.Content>
<ContentPresenter>
</ContentPresenter>
</controls:AlertExpander.Content>
</controls:AlertExpander>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ListBox.Style>
<ListBox.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:AlertUnknownViewModel}">
<local:AlertUnknownView></local:AlertUnknownView>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.Resources>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="4">
<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding}"></ContentPresenter>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
ListBox uses my control AlertExpander as ListBoxItem.
Is it possible to create a list consisting not only of elements of type AlertExpander? I would like for an element of another type to also use the parameters on which AlertExpander depends.
I have several types of controls that accept the same parameters as AlertExpander, but look different, and I need to display elements of all types in the list, not just AlertExpander.
AlertExpander.xaml:
<Expander
<Control.Style>
<Style TargetType="Expander">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Expander">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- Header -->
<ToggleButton Name="HeaderButton">
<ToggleButton.Style>
<Style TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="IsChecked" Value="{Binding IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<Setter Property="IsEnabled" Value="{Binding Path=Expandable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid>
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"
CornerRadius="{Binding BorderCornerRadius, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}">
</Border>
<!-- Border shade -->
<Border Name="BorderShade" Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Transparent" Visibility="Collapsed"
</Border>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="10">
<Image.OpacityMask>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="{Binding SelectedItem.IconSource, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</Image.OpacityMask>
<Image.Source>
<MultiBinding Mode="OneWay" Converter="{converters:GrayscaleImageSourceConverter}">
<Binding Path="SelectedItem" RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}"/>
<Binding Path="IsActive" RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}"/>
</MultiBinding>
</Image.Source>
</Image>
<StackPanel x:Name="topHeader" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
</StackPanel>
<Label x:Name="bottomHeader" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="Transparent" Padding="0,2,0,0" FontSize="9pt"
Content="{Binding AlertHeaderTime, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}">
</Label>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="BorderShade" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
</Trigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsAlertHeaderTimeShown, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="topHeader" Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter TargetName="topHeader" Property="Grid.RowSpan" Value="2"/>
<Setter TargetName="bottomHeader" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid>
<Border Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"
CornerRadius="{Binding BorderCornerRadius, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay, Converter={converters:AlertExpanderCornerRadiusTopConverter}}">
</Border>
<!-- Border shade -->
<Border Name="BorderShade" Grid.Row="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Transparent" Visibility="Collapsed"
Background="{Binding MouseOverShade, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}"
CornerRadius="{Binding BorderCornerRadius, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay, Converter={converters:AlertExpanderCornerRadiusTopConverter}}">
</Border>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="10">
<Image.OpacityMask>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="{Binding SelectedItem.IconSource, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</Image.OpacityMask>
<Image.Source>
<MultiBinding Mode="OneWay" Converter="{converters:GrayscaleImageSourceConverter}">
<Binding Path="SelectedItem" RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}"/>
<Binding Path="IsActive" RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}"/>
</MultiBinding>
</Image.Source>
</Image>
<StackPanel x:Name="topHeader" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<Label Background="Transparent" Padding="0,0,0,2" FontSize="12pt"
FontWeight="{Binding IsActive, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Converter={converters:BoolToFontWeightConverter}}"
Content="{Binding AlertHeader, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}">
</Label>
<Label Background="Transparent" Padding="4,0,0,2" FontSize="12pt"
FontWeight="{Binding IsActive, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Converter={converters:BoolToFontWeightConverter}}"
Visibility="{Binding IsActive, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Converter={converters:InactiveNoteVisibilityConverter}}"
Content="{Binding InactiveNote, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}">
</Label>
</StackPanel>
<Label x:Name="bottomHeader" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="Transparent" Padding="0,2,0,0" FontSize="9pt"
Content="{Binding AlertHeaderTime, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}">
</Label>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="BorderShade" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
</Trigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsAlertHeaderTimeShown, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=controls:AlertExpander}, Mode=OneWay}" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="topHeader" Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter TargetName="topHeader" Property="Grid.RowSpan" Value="2"/>
<Setter TargetName="bottomHeader" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</DataTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ToggleButton.Style>
</ToggleButton>
<!-- Content -->
<ScrollViewer Name="ContentScrollViewer" Grid.Row="1"
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom"
Visibility="Visible">
<Border Name="ExpanderContentBorder" BorderThickness="1,0,1,1" BorderBrush="Black">
<ContentPresenter ContentSource="Content"/>
</Border>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Control.Style>
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Before I get to the code, I want to point out that this is a job for data templates, rather than control templates.
The Template property takes a ControlTemplate and is used to define the structure of a control. This is usually used when you are building a control from scratch or significantly altering one. What you want to do is just change how your data is being displayed inside an existing control. For that, there are DataTemplate properties, such as ItemTemplate.
With that out of the way, I put together some code for you that should at least point you in the right direction:
<ListBox Name="lstBox" ItemsSource="{Binding ViewModelsView}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedAlertViewOutput, Mode=OneWayToSource}">
<ListBox.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="local:AlertRecord" x:Key="AlertExpanderItem">
<controls:AlertExpander Margin="1"
Value="{Binding AlertCategory}"
IsExpanded="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsActive="{Binding IsActive, Mode=OneWay }"
StartTime="{Binding Timestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
StopTime="{Binding EndTimestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
AlertId="{Binding Id, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="local:AlertRecord" x:Key="OtherControlItem">
<controls:OtherControl Margin="1"
Value="{Binding AlertCategory}"
IsExpanded="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsActive="{Binding IsActive, Mode=OneWay }"
StartTime="{Binding Timestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
StopTime="{Binding EndTimestamp, Mode=OneWay}"
AlertId="{Binding Id, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.Resources>
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentControl Content="{Binding}">
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource OtherControlItem}"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Value}" Value="0">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource AlertExpanderItem}"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
...
public class AlertRecord
{
...
public bool HasPositiveValue { get { return Value >= 0 } }
...
}
I start by defining two different ItemTemplates inside inside the Resources of the ListBox. You would define one for each of the different controls you need to use. Notice that I left off "AlertRecord." from the bindings. That is because each DataTemplate instance will have the AlertRecord as its DataContext.
For the ItemTemplate property, I borrowed from this answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10191762/5086631. I made a DataTemplate with a ContentControl and used the Style to change the ContentTemplate based on DataTriggers. This lets you change the template based on the properties of your list item.
Based on your comment, the style is set up so that "OtherControlItem" (the non-expander control) is used by default, and AlertExpanderItem is used when HasPositiveValue returns true. HasPositiveValue is a property you would need to add to AlertRecord.

Hide and show a usercontrol placed inside a usercontrol

I have two user controls(A & B) placed on a particular user control(C). I want these control to come up or show only when button is clicked. I bound the visibility of A and B controls to properties but of no use. I applied styles also to hide/show but again no success.
Also I want usercontrol C to be stretched if in case both A and B controls are not visible.
Here is the usercontrol xaml where main datacontext is RunViewModelObject
<UserControl>
<UserControl.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Control}" x:Key="RTMLOVPanel">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding LovPaneVisible, ElementName=RtmLovView, Mode=TwoWay,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Control}" x:Key="AttachmentPanel">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding AttachmentsPaneVisible, ElementName=AttachmentsView, Mode=TwoWay,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="RtmLovTemplate" x:Name="RtmLovView">
<Shared:SidePaneView_RtmLov/>
</ControlTemplate>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="AttachmentsTemplate" x:Name="AttachmentsView">
<Shared:SidePaneView_Attachments/>
</ControlTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid DataContext="{Binding RunViewModelObject}">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentControl Grid.Column="0" Template="{StaticResource ResourceKey=RtmLovTemplate}"
DataContext="{Binding LovObject}" Style="{DynamicResource RTMLOVPanel}" />
<ContentControl Grid.Column="0" Template="{StaticResource ResourceKey=AttachmentsTemplate}"
DataContext="{Binding AttachmentsObject}" Style="{DynamicResource AttachmentPanel}" />
<Grid Grid.Column="1" >
<ContentControl x:Name="CCRunView" Loaded="UserControl_Loaded" Unloaded="UserControl_Unloaded" >
<ContentControl.Content>
<UC:UCDynamicRunForm Visibility="{Binding DataSourceControlVisibility, Converter={StaticResource ResourceKey=BoolToOppositeVisibilityConverter}}" DataContext="{Binding UCDynamicFormVMObject}"/>
</ContentControl.Content>
</ContentControl>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

Trigger to set Property in ItemTemplate

I have the following definition of a UserControl
<UserControl x:Class="Logger.View.AdvancedToggleButton"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:converter="clr-namespace:Logger.Converter"
xmlns:commonControls="clr-namespace:Logger.CommonControls"
mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300"
DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}">
<UserControl.Resources>
<converter:CountToVisibilityConverter x:Key="CountToVisibilityConverter" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding LogElements, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">
<ItemsControl.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}" >
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name="container"
BorderThickness="1" Margin="1,2,1,1" Padding="2,2,4,2" BorderBrush="Black">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" />
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="container" Value="{Binding SelectionBrush, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" TargetName="container" Value="1,1,1,0"></Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand"/>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="container" Value="{Binding SelectionBrush, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding SelectionBrush, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.Resources>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ToggleButton Margin="2,1"
IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, Mode=TwoWay}"
Command="{Binding DataContext.ToggleCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}">
<ToggleButton.Content>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0,5,0" x:Name="tbText"/>
<Border Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,-1,-3,-1" MinWidth="20"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Background="Yellow" BorderBrush="LightGray" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0"
Visibility="{Binding WarningCount, Converter={StaticResource CountToVisibilityConverter}}"
Cursor="Hand">
<commonControls:ActionLink HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding WarningCount}"
FontFamily="Consolas" Margin="2,0" Command="{Binding DataContext.NavigateToWarningCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=UserControl}}"/>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Column="2" Margin="3,-1,-3,-1" MinWidth="20"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Background="Red" BorderBrush="LightGray" BorderThickness="1,0,0,0"
Visibility="{Binding ErrorCount, Converter={StaticResource CountToVisibilityConverter}}"
Cursor="Hand" >
<commonControls:ActionLink HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding ErrorCount}"
FontFamily="Consolas" Foreground="White" Margin="2,0" />
</Border>
</Grid>
</ToggleButton.Content>
</ToggleButton>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</UserControl>
Everything just works fine. Now I've added another Property to this UserControl to set the BackgroundColor of the Checked ToggleButton-TextBlock (tbText) to a given SolidColorBrush.
My problem now is, that I have no idea how to correctly set the Trigger for this.
I tried to add the Trigger to the ControlTemplate.Triggers when the IsChecked is True. But I don't know how to access tbText from this point. Is this the correct location for the Trigger or do I have to add another Trigger at a lower level?
Your ToggleButton.IsChecked property is data bound to your IsSelected property so by default, you also want to set the TextBlock.Background when this IsSelected property is true. You can do that like this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0,5,0"
x:Name="tbText">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsSelected}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding YourColourBrush,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type
YourPrefix:YourUserControl}}}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
Alternatively, you could just data bind directly to the ToggleButton.IsChecked property like this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0,5,0"
x:Name="tbText">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsChecked, RelativeSource={RelativeSource
AncestorType={x:Type ToggleButton}}}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding YourColourBrush,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type
YourPrefix:YourUserControl}}}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>

WPF trigger from a different control

I'm trying to change the containing border background color based on the focus property of a contained textbox. Can someone explain what's the problem with my code?
<Border BorderBrush="LightBlue" BorderThickness="2" Background="#33000000">
<Border.Style>
<Style>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger
Binding="{Binding IsFocused, ElementName=txtValue}"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Border.Background" Value="Green" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Border.Style>
<Grid Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Name="txtValue" Grid.Column="0" Text="20" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
</Border>
Your DataTrigger is not change the value of the Background property because you set it inside the Border declaration. So, once setted, it will never changed. To allow changing, you have to set the value inside the Style.
<Border BorderBrush="LightBlue" BorderThickness="2" >
<Border.Style>
<Style TargetType="Border">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#33000000"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsFocused, ElementName=txtValue}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Green" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Border.Style>
<Grid Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Name="txtValue" Grid.Column="0" Text="20" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
</Border>

Setting Grid.Column using DataTrigger in WPF

I am trying to set the Grid.Column property using a datatrigger:
<Style TargetType="ListBox">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding View}" Value="HistoryLeft">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding View}" Value="HistoryRight">
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Grid.ColumnSpan" Value="2"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
The Grid.ColumnSpan works fine but the Grid.Column does not set. Any ideas?
The XAML for the Listbox is:
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding HistoryItemsRight}" BorderThickness="0,1,0,0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" ItemsPanel="{StaticResource NoHorizontalScroll}" Background="White" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource HistoryItem}"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
<ListBox.Style>
<Style TargetType="ListBox">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding View}" Value="HistoryLeft">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding View}" Value="HistoryRight">
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Grid.ColumnSpan" Value="2"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ListBox.Style>
<ListBox.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/Resources/HistoryViewTemplates.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type viewModel:HistoryItemView}">
<Grid Style="{StaticResource HistoryItemGrid}">
<Grid.ToolTip>
<controls:HistoryViewToolTip></controls:HistoryViewToolTip>
</Grid.ToolTip>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="30" MinWidth="30"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="60" MinWidth="50"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="250*" MinWidth="100"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions >
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Date, StringFormat=' HH:mm:ss'}" Grid.Column="1"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path}" Grid.Column="2" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Button FontWeight="Bold" Padding="2,0,2,0" Margin="0,0,2,0" Width="19" Command="{Binding OperationToRight}" Grid.Column="0" Style="{StaticResource RightSideHistoryButton}" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ListBox.Resources>
</ListBox>
This might have to do with Dependency Property Value Precedence. You probably set the Column explicitly while the ColumnSpan uses the default value of one.

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