I need to create a reusable DataGrid column with a custom CellTemplate. This CellTemplate should, among other things, contain a TextBlock control to which I need to bind values to display in the DataGrid. All examples I've seen so far specified the CellTemplate for a column directly when using it in a DataGrid's Columns property and also specified a Binding directly to the TextBlock, e.g.:
<data:DataGrid>
<data:DataGrid.Columns>
<data:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Name">
<data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</data:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</data:DataGridTemplateColumn>
</data:DataGrid.Columns>
</data:DataGrid>
I need to encapsulate this column into a single, reusable control and I want to specify a Binding for it just like for an ordinary DataGridTextColumn. In other words, when using this custom column, I just want to write something like this:
<data:DataGrid>
<data:DataGrid.Columns>
<controls:CustomColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}" />
</data:DataGrid.Columns>
</data:DataGrid>
Problem is that the DataGridTemplateColumn my custom column is inheriting from does not have the Binding property. I thought that I will be able to use DataGridBoundColumn, but it's not possible to specify a CellTemplate for it.
How to achieve a desired behavior? Thank you!
I think the simplest thing to do is to create a customcontrol then use it like this:
<DataGridTemplateColumn>
<DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<controls:CustomColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}" />
</DataTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
I did something similar yesterday, and it works pretty well