I have a grid that contains dynamically created buttons.
I have a selector tool that will select a "rectangle" of buttons and do whatever on them.
I'm stuck at this point, because I'm going down the MVVM route.. but I previously had a list of all the buttons and would do:
var buttonPos = button.TransformToAncestor(someGrid).Transform(new Point(0, 0));
Now I do not have the luxury of being able to get all the buttons in my itemscontrol to do that (or at least I don't know how).
This is a section of my XAML.
<Grid Name="mainGrid" DockPanel.Dock="Left" MouseDown="MainGrid_MouseDown" MouseUp="MainGrid_MouseUp" MouseMove="MainGrid_MouseMove" Background="Transparent"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
MinWidth="{Binding GridWidth}" Height="{Binding GridHeight}">
<ItemsControl x:Name="ObjItemControl" ItemsSource="{Binding ObjCompositeCollection}">
<ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style>
<Setter Property="Grid.Row" Value="{Binding Row}"/>
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="{Binding Column}"/>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Name="objGrid" Grid.Row="1"
Width="{Binding MinWidth, ElementName=mainGrid}"
Height="{Binding Height, ElementName=mainGrid}"
engine:GridHelper.RowCount="{Binding RowCount}"
engine:GridHelper.ColumnCount="{Binding ColumnCount}" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type engine:ObjA}">
<ToggleButton Content="{Binding Id}"
Tag="{Binding Id}"
IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected}"
Height="{Binding ElementName=ObjItemControl,
Path=DataContext.ButtonHeightWidth}"
Width="{Binding ElementName=ObjItemControl,
Path=DataContext.ButtonHeightWidth}"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="{Binding ElementName=wellPlateItemControl,
Path=DataContext.ButtonMarginToUse}"
Padding="2"
PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown="Button_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown"
PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp="Button_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp"
MouseEnter="Button_MouseEnter"
MouseLeave="Button_MouseLeave"
Style="{StaticResource ObjButton}">
</ToggleButton>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type engine:GridLabeller}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding HeaderName}" Style="{StaticResource GridHeaders}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Resources>
</ItemsControl>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding RectForMarquee}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ContentPresenter">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding X}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Y}"/>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}"
Visibility="{Binding Visibility}"
Stroke="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SecondaryThemeColour}"
StrokeThickness="2" StrokeDashArray="2,1"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
<!--<Canvas>
<Rectangle x:Name="selectionBox" Visibility="Collapsed" Stroke="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SecondaryThemeColour}" StrokeThickness="2" StrokeDashArray="2,1"/>
</Canvas>-->
</Grid>
I want to be able to get all of the ObjA toggle buttons and do that TransformToAncestor check... unless there is a better way?
I can also do this in the View code-behind but not sure if this is a bit naughty...
private void MainGrid_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
// Need to find a better way for this...
List<UIElement> tgInItemControl = new List<UIElement>();
foreach (var toggleButton in VisualHelperExtensions.FindVisualChildren<ToggleButton>(ObjItemControl))
{
tgInItemControl.Add(toggleButton);
}
viewModel.MainGrid_MouseUp(tgInItemControl, e);
}
Related
I have a grid that contains 2 controls, a dynamic grid and an expander. For some reason, with these column definitions, the expander expands but the second inner/dynamic grid doesn't not resize/shrink - i know it's something with the grid but i don't know what.
This is a snippet of the xaml:
<Grid Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1"
IsHitTestVisible="{Binding Path=(run),
Converter={StaticResource InverseBooleanConverter}}"
Name="mainGrid"
Background="Transparent"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
MinWidth="{Binding GridWidth}" MinHeight="{Binding GridHeight}"
utils:SizeObserver.Observe="True"
utils:SizeObserver.ObservedHeight="{Binding GridHeight,
Mode=OneWayToSource}"
utils:SizeObserver.ObservedWidth="{Binding GridWidth,
Mode=OneWayToSource}">
<ItemsControl x:Name="eItemControl" ItemsSource="{Binding eCompositeCollection}">
<ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style>
<Setter Property="Grid.Row" Value="{Binding Row}"/>
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="{Binding Column}"/>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Name="wGrid" Grid.Row="1"
MinWidth="{Binding MinWidth, ElementName=mainGrid}"
MinHeight="{Binding MinHeight, ElementName=mainGrid}"
utils:GridHelper.RowCount="{Binding RowCount}"
utils:GridHelper.StarRows="{Binding StarRows}"
utils:GridHelper.ColumnCount="{Binding ColumnCount}"
utils:GridHelper.StarColumns="{Binding StarColumns}"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type engine:Wodel}">
<ToggleButton
Tag="{Binding}"
Height="{Binding ElementName=eItemControl,
Path=DataContext.nHWidth}"
Width="{Binding ElementName=eItemControl,
Path=DataContext.nHWidth}"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="{Binding ElementName=eItemControl,
Path=DataContext.BMargin}"
Padding="2"
Style="{StaticResource Wbutton}">
</ToggleButton>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type erModel}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding jName}" Style="{StaticResource GridHeaders}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Resources>
</ItemsControl>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding huil}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}"
Visibility="{Binding Visibility}">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform X="{Binding X}" Y="{Binding Y}"/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
<Expander Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" IsExpanded="False" ExpandDirection="Right">
// SOME EXPANDER CODE
</Expander>
And the original Grid definitions in the parent grid that these are both in:
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="0.1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0.1*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
If anyone can please help as I really don't know where to go from here and what the problem may be...
Removing this from the parent grid fixed it.... trying to figure out why... ?
MinWidth="{Binding GridWidth}" MinHeight="{Binding GridHeight}"
I need help to populate canvas with rectangle and textblock
So far i am able to populate the canvas with rectangle using Mouse and using MVVM thanks to this post
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22324359/add-n-rectangles-to-canvas-with-mvvm-in-wpf
But I need to add TextBlock for each drawn rectangle
this is what it should look like
Look alike of the application i want to create
This is my XAML code
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding RectItems, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas x:Name="canvas" Background="Transparent" Height="{Binding ElementName=image, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=image, Path=ActualWidth}" >
<dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
<dxmvvm:EventToCommand EventName="MouseDown" Command="{Binding MouseDownCommand, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}" PassEventArgsToCommand="True" EventArgsConverter="{StaticResource MDC}"/>
<dxmvvm:EventToCommand EventName="MouseMove" Command="{Binding MouseMoveCommand, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}" PassEventArgsToCommand="True" EventArgsConverter="{StaticResource MMC}"/>
<dxmvvm:EventToCommand EventName="MouseUp" Command="{Binding MouseUpCommand, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}" PassEventArgsToCommand="True" />
<dxmvvm:EventToCommand EventName="PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown" Command="{Binding PreviewMouseLeftButtonDownCommand, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}" PassEventArgsToCommand="True" EventArgsConverter="{StaticResource PMLBDC}"/>
<dxmvvm:EventToCommand EventName="PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp" Command="{Binding PreviewMouseLeftButtonUpCommand, Source={x:Static VM:VMDrawing.instance}}" />
</dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
<Canvas.LayoutTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<ScaleTransform ScaleX="{Binding zoomValue, Source={x:Static VM:VMZoom.instance}}" ScaleY="{Binding zoomValue, Source={x:Static VM:VMZoom.instance}}"/>
</TransformGroup>
</Canvas.LayoutTransform>
</Canvas>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ContentPresenter">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding X}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Y}"/>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Transparent" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="3" />
<TextBlock Text="Sample Text" Width="100" Height="100"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
I tried adding
<StackPanel>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Transparent" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="3" />
<TextBlock Text="Sample Text" Width="100" Height="100"/>
</StackPanel>
Just to check if it will populate textblock for each rectangle. But it doesn't show any textblock. Does my understanding is wrong?
that this code
<Style TargetType="ContentPresenter">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding X}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Y}"/>
</Style>
will set the position of each control in the canvas?
Update: It's working now. I forgot the fontsize of the TextBlock.
But how can i set the position of the TextBlock for each rectangle if the coordinates is from the
<Style TargetType="ContentPresenter">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding X}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Y}"/>
</Style>
which I need in my Rectangle?
this is what my application look like now. But i need those textblock inside the rectangle not outside
enter image description here
Thank you so much
You are using a Stackpanel to display the Rectangle and the TextBlock... so the Rectangle and the TextBlock are stacked!
Use a Grid or a Canvas instead. Then you will be able to manage the position of your controls relatively to their container.
<Grid>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Transparent" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="3" />
<TextBlock Text="Sample Text" Width="100" Height="100"/>
</Grid>
<Canvas>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Transparent" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="3" />
<TextBlock Text="Sample Text" Width="100" Height="100" Canvas.Left="50" Canvas.Top="50"/>
</Canvas>
I need some advice. We noticed unusual behavior within the ScrollViewer. I have a StackPanel with whom I am more items including ListBox when the StackPanel placed in a ScrollViewer, when loading data to the listbox, a program for a brief moment freezes. When I am alone ListBox but everything works normally, no freezing of the program.
Here is my code:
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<StackPanel x:Name="tStack" >
<Grid Height="300">
</Grid>
<Grid Height="300">
</Grid>
<ListBox x:Name="ListBox1" ItemsSource="{Binding AlbumsCvs.View, IsAsync=True}"
Style="{StaticResource ListBoxAlbumsTracksStyles}"
VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping="True"
VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Recycling" >
<ListBox.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle ContainerStyle="{StaticResource AlbumsHeader}" />
</ListBox.GroupStyle>
</ListBox>
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
<Style x:Key="ListBoxAlbumsTracksStyles" TargetType="{x:Type ListBox}">
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0,0,0,0" />
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,0" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Hidden" />
<Setter Property="ItemTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<DataTemplate >
<DockPanel>
<Border Background="#00000000"
Height="36"
Width="{Binding Path=ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ScrollContentPresenter}}}">
<DockPanel>
<TextBlock x:Name="TrackNumber"
DockPanel.Dock="Left" Margin="2,0,5,0"
Text="{Binding TrackNumber}"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
FontSize="13"
MinWidth="17"
Foreground="Black"/>
<DockPanel>
<TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Left"
Text="{Binding TrackTitle}"
TextAlignment="Left"
FontSize="13"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"
Margin="0,0,2,0"/>
<TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Right"
Text="{Binding Duration}"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"
Margin="0,0,10,0"
FontSize="13" TextAlignment="Right"/>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
</Border>
</DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<!-- GroupItem -->
<Style x:Key="AlbumsHeader" TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border Width="{Binding Path=ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ScrollContentPresenter}}}" Background="#00000000">
<StackPanel Margin="0,0,0,15">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding AlbumName}"
DataContext="{Binding Items}"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
FontSize="20"
FontWeight="Light"
TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"
Foreground="Black"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding IdAlbum}"
DataContext="{Binding Items}"
Margin="0,0,0,10"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"
Foreground="Black"/>
</StackPanel>
<ItemsPresenter HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
code behind:
private async Task AlbumsArtistInformation()
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ArtistName))
return;
ObservableCollection<AlbumsArtistCollections> _albumsArtistCollections =
new ObservableCollection<AlbumsArtistCollections>();
try
{
var search = await spotifyDataService.GetArtists(ArtistName);
if (search == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(search));
foreach (var _artist in search.Artists.Items.Take(1))
{
this.IdArtist = _artist.Id;
}
var _artistAlbum = await spotifyDataService.GetArtistsAlbumsAsync(this.IdArtist, AlbumType.All);
if (_artistAlbum == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(_artistAlbum));
_albumsArtistCollections = _artistAlbum;
}
finally
{
// Unbind to improve UI performance
Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
{
this.Albums = null;
this.AlbumsCvs = null;
});
Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
{
this.Albums = _albumsArtistCollections;
});
Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
{
// Populate CollectionViewSource
this.AlbumsCvs = new CollectionViewSource { Source = this.Albums };
//Group by Album if needed
this.AlbumsCvs.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("IdAlbum"));
});
}
}
Does anyone know how to solve this problem.
Vertically oriented StackPanel provides an unbounded available space for the the ListBox, when it calls MeasureOverride(Size availableSize) method, during layout. Therefore, the ListBox (which by default uses virtualization) should create the whole items and this is why you program freezes for a moment.
Therefore, use a DockPanel instead:
<DockPanel x:Name="tStack" LastChildFill="True" >
<Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="300">
</Grid>
<Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="300">
</Grid>
<ListBox DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" x:Name="ListBox1" ItemsSource="{Binding AlbumsCvs.View, IsAsync=True}"
Style="{StaticResource ListBoxAlbumsTracksStyles}"
VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping="True"
VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Recycling" >
<ListBox.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle ContainerStyle="{StaticResource AlbumsHeader}" />
</ListBox.GroupStyle>
</ListBox>
</DockPanel>
LastChildFill is true by default. The ListBox should be the last element, in order to fill the space.
As another option, you can set the Height of the ListBox and put the DockPanel in a ScrollViewer or you can consider a Grid with splitters as another option.
Maybe this is a stupid asking, but I just wonder how to design this kind of layout:
first of all, I have a MenuList ObservableCollection. So I have to put these menus in to a stackPanel like this:
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Button Content="{Binding ContentText}" Panel.ZIndex="{Binding PIndex}" Padding="10" FontSize="20"/>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Menus}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MenuItemTemplate}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
so it looks like this:
after a while, there's a new bar under this menu added in:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Menus}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MenuItemTemplate}">
.......
</ItemsControl>
<Border Background="Green" VerticalAlignment="Top" Panel.ZIndex="10" Height="30" Margin="0,81,0,0"/>
Now it's look like this:
The requirment is, if a button selected, it should on the top of the bar, other unselected buttons should be covered by the bar:
But the buttons' are in a StackPanel, so they're all based on StackPanel's ZIndex.
My question is, how to design such layout in xaml?
I think using the renderTransform is better. No need to hard code PIndex in xaml. See below.
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Button Content="{Binding}" Padding="10" FontSize="20" Height="30" Width="100">
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="RenderTransform">
<Setter.Value>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5" ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1.2"></ScaleTransform>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
</Button>
</DataTemplate>
<Border Background="Green" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="30" Margin="0,150,0,0"/>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Menus}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MenuItemTemplate}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
Code behind:
public ObservableCollection<string> Menus { get; set; }
EDIT:
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Button Content="{StaticResource image1}" Height="30" Width="100">
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
<Grid>
<Border x:Name="Border" Height="{TemplateBinding Height}"
Width="{TemplateBinding Width}" Background="Orange">
</Border>
<ContentPresenter ContentSource="Content" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsFocused" Value="True">
<Setter Property="RenderTransform" TargetName="Border">
<Setter.Value>
<ScaleTransform CenterX="0.5" CenterY="0.5" ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1.2"></ScaleTransform>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
</Button>
</DataTemplate>
If the bar is literally just a green bar, you can also put it on the DataTemplate as a separate Stackpanel from the button, and then put a Style.Trigger on the Button's stackpanel to increase the ZIndex OnMouseOver. The bar would look seamless even if it is just repeating.
So instead of:
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Button Content="{Binding ContentText}" Panel.ZIndex="{Binding PIndex}" Padding="10" FontSize="20"/>
</DataTemplate>
You will have
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Grid>
<StackPanel >
<StackPanel.Style>
<Style TargetType="StackPanel" >
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Panel.ZIndex" Value="3"></Setter>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Panel.ZIndex" Value="1"></Setter>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Style>
<Button Width="100" Height="100" Content="{Binding ContentText}" Padding="10" FontSize="20" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Panel.ZIndex="2">
<Border Background="Green" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="30"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
(This doesn't look quite perfect if you run it, but you get the idea)
Dockpanel as our ItemPanelTemplate is the right choice.
Use a Grid with Button and Rectangle (for bottom border) as DataTemplate to show Menu items.
Don't apply margin in DataTemplate's Grid in step2 above. Instead use Grid Padding, Button margin for spacing.
DataTemplate :
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Grid Background="DodgerBlue">
<Button Margin="5 5 5 0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Panel.ZIndex="1" Content="{Binding ContentText}" Padding="1" Width="75" GotKeyboardFocus="Button_GotKeyboardFocus" LostKeyboardFocus="Button_LostKeyboardFocus"/>
<Rectangle Panel.ZIndex="2" Fill="BurlyWood" Height="5" Margin="0 25 0 0"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
ItemPanelTemplate :
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel Height="30" LastChildFill="True"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
Use the below code as is :
<ItemsControl Panel.ZIndex="10" VerticalAlignment="Top" ItemsSource="{Binding Menus}" ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource MenuItemTemplate}" Margin="0">
<ItemsControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="MenuItemTemplate">
<Grid Background="DodgerBlue">
<Button Margin="0" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Panel.ZIndex="1" Content="{Binding ContentText}" Padding="1" Width="75" GotKeyboardFocus="Button_GotKeyboardFocus" LostKeyboardFocus="Button_LostKeyboardFocus"/>
<Rectangle Panel.ZIndex="2" Fill="BurlyWood" Height="5" Margin="0 25 0 0"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Resources>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel Height="30" LastChildFill="True"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
Code-Behind
public IList Menus { get; set; }
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
Menus = new[] { new { ContentText = "Menu1" }, new { ContentText = "Menu2" }, new { ContentText = "Menu3" } };
this.DataContext = this;
}
private void Button_GotKeyboardFocus(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
{
Panel.SetZIndex((Button)e.OriginalSource, 12);
}
private void Button_LostKeyboardFocus(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
{
Panel.SetZIndex((Button)e.OriginalSource, 1);
}
A summary of what I'm trying to do:
I have a list of shapes
All shapes have a list of blocks
I want to draw all blocks in a canvas and bind their position.
But the problem right now is that even if it draw my blocks it don't bind the position correctly and they always show up at (0,0).
Here is how it look right now with a nested ItemsControl:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Shapes}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas Background="Aqua" Width="250" Height="400"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Blocks}">
<ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ContentPresenter">
<Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="{Binding X}"/>
<Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="{Binding Y}"/>
</Style>
</ItemsControl.ItemContainerStyle>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Black" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
So what am I doing wrong or is it bad to do nested ItemControls?
Try using a RenderTransform instead of the Canvas Left and Top
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Rectangle Width="{Binding Width}" Height="{Binding Height}" Fill="Black">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform X="{Binding X}" Y="{Binding Y}" />
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>