WPF Stackpanel inside DataGrid Cell

Question

I have got a WPF Application, which contains a Window, inside it there is a DataGrid. On Startup, the DataGrid is completely empty, its Columns are created at runtime by code.

I'm binding to a DataTable. The first coloumn is a single Text Field. I need to show one more Cell per Row, but as a Stackpanel, which itself holds some UserControls.

Actually I'm trying to first insert a blank column as placeholder for my StackPanel and later insert a StackPanel from Code to each Cell.

Unfortunately i don't get it running for some reasons. I cannot put a new Item to the Cell. Can anybody help me, please?

Best Regards,

Jonas

Please explain more, give us your code – Mohammed A. Fadil Apr 25 '12 at 09:02 — Mohammed A. Fadil, Apr 25 '12 at 09:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 20 '12 at 10:01

I would recommend to design and fill the datagrid via XAML.

YourItems is the Collection of object which you want to show
userControlColumn is the additional column for your usercontrol

firstColumn is your first DataGridTextColumn

<DataGrid x:Name="myGrid" ItemsSource="{Binding YourItems}">
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTemplateColumn x:Name="userControlColumn" Header="Column1">
            <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <StackPanel>
                        <ns:YourCustomControl/>
                    </StackPanel>
                </DataTemplate>
            </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
        </DataGridTemplateColumn>
        <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="firstColumn" Header="Columns2" Binding="{Binding YourDesiredProperty}"/>
    </DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '12 at 08:38

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Try and use a DataGridTemplateColumn, then you can put a stackpanel in each cell

answered Apr 25 '12 at 08:38

Dean Chalk

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Hi, How can I set this DataGridTemplateColumn by Code? I found this example, but i cannot get it running: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1104164/wpf-datagridtemplatecolumn-am-i-missing-something – redflag237 Apr 25 '12 at 08:43
in your xaml specify the data template and give it a Name. then in you code you get the data template by using FindResource. Then set the CellTemplate of the DataGridTemplateColumn the result. – Dean Chalk Apr 25 '12 at 08:47
Yeah, DataGridTemplateColumn works fine, my mistake was, that i put the DataTemplate just inside the DataGrid, and FindRessource was unable to find it there. I moved it to the Windows.Ressources Tag and it works perfect. Another Problem i've got is, how can i access this even created StackPanel inside DataGrid by code and fill it with some Objekts? – redflag237 Apr 27 '12 at 07:24

WPF Stackpanel inside DataGrid Cell

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