I am unable to change the contents of the ContentTemplateSelector
. Based on the two properties Eligibility
and ListOfThings
, the text block is updated and it is achieved by multibinding. However, the multi binding approach could not be applied for the template selector. Here is my code :
XAML :
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentControl
Grid.Column="0"
Style="{StaticResource StatusIconStyle}"
Content="{Binding}"
ContentTemplateSelector="{StaticResource IconTemplateSelector}" />
<TextBlock
Grid.Column="1"
TextWrapping="Wrap">
<TextBlock.Text>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource ListOfThingsToEligibilityString}">
<Binding Path="Eligibility"/>
<Binding Path="ListOfThings" />
</MultiBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
TemplateSelector :
public override DataTemplate IconTempateSelector(object item,...)
{
var obj = (CompleteObjectInfo)item;
bool isEligible = obj.Eligibility.IsEligibile;
bool hasIssues = obj.ListOfThings != null && obj.ListOfThings.Any();
List<IThings> things = obj.ListOfThings as List<IThings>;
//some logic
if (condition 1)
{
return (DataTemplate)App.Current.TryFindResource("SuccessVImage");
}
else if (condition 2)
{
return (DataTemplate)App.Current.TryFindResource("WarningVImage");
}
else if (consition 3)
{
return (DataTemplate)App.Current.TryFindResource("ErrorVImage");
}
return null;
}
MultiConverter:
ListOfThingsToEligibilityString :
public object Convert(object[] values,...)
{
if (null conditions satisfied)
{
EligibilityDetails eligibility = values[0] as EligibilityDetails ;
List<IThings> things= values[1] as List<IThings>;
bool isEligible = eligibility.IsEligibile;
bool hasIssues = things.Any();
// some code
if (condition 1)
{
return "Message 1";
}
else if (condition 2)
{
return "Message 2";
}
else if (condition 3)
{
return "Message3";
}
else if (condition 4)
{
return "Message 4"
}
}
return string.Empty;
}
Any help would be appreciated.
A ContentTemplateSelector
does not trigger when a ProperyChanged
event is raised. It's only used to select the initial ContentTemplate
.
You could try to replace the ContentTemplateSelector
with a Style
that contains DataTriggers
:
<ContentControl Grid.Column="0" Content="{Binding}">
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="ContentControl" BasedOn="{StaticResource StatusIconStyle}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Value="Message 1">
<DataTrigger.Binding>
<MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource ListOfThingsToEligibilityString}">
<Binding Path="Eligibility"/>
<Binding Path="ListOfThings" />
</MultiBinding>
</DataTrigger.Binding>
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource SuccessVImage}" />
</DataTrigger>
<!-- and so on...-->
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>