I am styling a datatable but I can't figure out how to style the top left filed of the datagrid. It is the gray field in this picture:
Do you know how to do it?
Here is my style so far:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGrid}">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="5" />
<Setter Property="Background">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="White"/>
<GradientStop Color="AliceBlue" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="RowBackground">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#BAF0FF"/>
<GradientStop Color="PowderBlue" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="AlternatingRowBackground">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="White"/>
<GradientStop Color="AliceBlue" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="HorizontalGridLinesBrush" Value="LightGray" />
<Setter Property="VerticalGridLinesBrush" Value="LightGray" />
</Style>
From this answer I was able to create this code which correctly sets the style of the button:
<DataGrid>
<DataGrid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="{ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=DataGridSelectAllButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type DataGrid}}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Black" />
</Style>
</DataGrid.Resources>
</DataGrid>
I got an imperfect but working solution.
You can get the "Top left corner" object of the datagrid by VisualTreeHelper.
Which is actually a button. I think you know how to do next.
Here is my working code:
//Change the top left button to a CheckBox
void StyleSelectAllButton(DependencyObject dependencyObject)
{
for (int i = 0; i < VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(dependencyObject); i++)
{
var child = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(dependencyObject, i);
if ((child != null) && child is Button)
{
var grid = (Grid)VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(child, 0);
var checkBox = new CheckBox()
{
VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center,
HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
};
checkBox.Click += OnCheckBoxClicked;
grid.Children.Clear();
grid.Children.Add(checkBox);
}
else
{
StyleSelectAllButton(child);
}
}
}
//Action when the top left check box checked and unchecked
void OnCheckBoxClicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var checkBox = sender as CheckBox;
if (checkBox == null)
{
return;
}
if (checkBox.IsChecked == true)
{
//Change the 'dataGrid' to your DataGrid instance name
dataGrid.SelectAllCells();
}
else
{
//Change the 'dataGrid' to your DataGrid instance name
dataGrid.UnselectAllCells();
}
}
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