Manually add rows in WPF DataGrid

Question

I have the following XAML Code:

<sdk:DataGrid Margin="58,8,52,18" Name="dataGridTickets">
    <sdk:DataGrid.Columns>
        <sdk:DataGridTextColumn x:Name="ticketNoColumn" Header="Ticket No." IsReadOnly="True" Width="SizeToHeader"/>
        <sdk:DataGridTextColumn x:Name="seatRowColumn" Header="Seat Row" IsReadOnly="True" Width="SizeToHeader"/>
        <sdk:DataGridTextColumn x:Name="seatNumberColumn" Header="Seat Number" IsReadOnly="True" Width="SizeToHeader"/>
    </sdk:DataGrid.Columns>
</sdk:DataGrid>

I would like to enter manual data into the grid programatically, how can I manage to do this?

Thanks

Working Solution

Programatically add rows in a WPF DataGrid

Answer 1

If you don't want to databind the datagrid (even at runtime), you can follow the advice in this SO article:

programmatically add column & rows to WPF Datagrid

Basically you create a new row (in code) and populate it with items and then assign it to your grid.

Like Henk pointed out though, it isn't a great practice. If this is a one-off situation, there may be justification for it but in general you should approach it by updating the underlying data source. Here is an example from Microsoft:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wpf/thread/9b96a798-e185-4d90-ba73-afc35eb91643

Answer 2

You don't add rows to a grid.

1. Bind the Grid to a List (Observable collection)
2. Add items to that list.

Result: new rows show up in the grid.