I've been looking everywhere for proper documentation on the internet about the FrameworkElementFactory class, but I cannot seem to find proper tutorials or useful information on it.
Can someone that knows a bit more about this subject give me more information on it please? Here is what i've found so far from THIS question: (Thanks to Bob)
Bind the ItemsSource to myDataGrid:
Binding dataGridItemsSourceBinding = new Binding("MyItemsSourceName");
myDataGrid.SetBinding(DataGrid.ItemsSourceProperty, datagridItemsSourceBinding);
Create a DataGridTemplateColumn
DataGridTemplateColumn templatecolumn = new DataGridTemplateColumn() {
Header = "myColumnName", // Add the name of your column here
};
Create the Data Template for when you are displaying the value in the DataCell for the DataGrid Column
// Displaying Template for when you display the DataCell in the DataGridColumn
// Create a Data Template for when you are displaying a DataGridColumn
DataTemplate textBlockTemplate = new DataTemplate();
// Create a Framework Element for the DataGridColumn type (In this case, a TextBlock)
FrameworkElementFactory textBlockElement = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBlock));
// Create a Binding to the value being displayed in the DataGridColumn
Binding textBlockBinding = new Binding("myPropertyName");
// Assign the Binding to the Text Property of the TextBlock
textBlockElement.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, textBlockBinding);
// Set the DataGridColumn to stretch to fit the text
textBlockElement.SetValue(TextBlock.HorizontalAlignmentProperty, HorizontalAlignment.Stretch);
// Add the TextBlock element to the Visual Tree of the Data Template
textBlockTemplate.VisualTree = textBlockElement;
// Add the Data Template to the DataGridColumn Cell Template
templatecolumn.CellTemplate = textBlockTemplate;
Create the Data Template for when you are editing the value in the DataCell for the DataGrid Column
// Editing Template for when you edit the DataCell in the DataGridColumn
// Create a Data Template for when you are displaying a DataGridColumn
DataTemplate textBoxTemplate = new DataTemplate();
// Create a Framework Element for the DataGrid Column type (In this case, TextBox so the user can type)
FrameworkElementFactory textBoxElement = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(TextBox));
// Create a Binding to the value being edited in the DataGridColumn
Binding textBoxBinding = new Binding("myPropertyName");
// Assign the Binding to the Text Property of the TextBox
textBoxElement.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, textBoxBinding);
// Set the DataGridColumn to stretch to fit the text
textBlockElement.SetValue(TextBlock.HorizontalAlignmentProperty, HorizontalAlignment.Stretch);
// Add the TextBox element to the Visual Tree of the Data Template
textBoxTemplate.VisualTree = textBoxElement;
// Add the Data Template to the DataGridColumn Cell Editing Template
templatecolumn.CellEditingTemplate = textBoxTemplate;
Add the completed DataGridColumn to your DataGrid
// Add the completed DataGridColumn to your DataGrid
myDataGrid.Columns.Add(templateColumn);
Please refer to this thread: Purpose of using FrameworkElementFactory
As for now Microsoft does not recommend using the
FrameworkElementFactory