GridViewColumn.CellTemplateSelector Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets a DataTemplateSelector that determines the template to use to display cells in a column.

public:
 property System::Windows::Controls::DataTemplateSelector ^ CellTemplateSelector { System::Windows::Controls::DataTemplateSelector ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Controls::DataTemplateSelector ^ value); };

public System.Windows.Controls.DataTemplateSelector CellTemplateSelector { get; set; }

member this.CellTemplateSelector : System.Windows.Controls.DataTemplateSelector with get, set

Public Property CellTemplateSelector As DataTemplateSelector

Property Value

DataTemplateSelector

A DataTemplateSelector that provides DataTemplate selection for column cells. The default is null.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the CellTemplateSelector property.

<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource EmployeeData}, 
                                        XPath=Employee}">
  <ListView.View>       
    <GridView>
      <GridViewColumn Header="First Name"
               DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding XPath=FirstName}" />
      <GridViewColumn Header="Last Name"  
               CellTemplate="{StaticResource LastNameCellTemplate}"/>
      <GridViewColumn Header="Favorite City" 
               CellTemplateSelector="{DynamicResource 
                                      FavoriteCityTemplateSelector}"/>
    </GridView>
  </ListView.View>    
</ListView>

Remarks

The following properties all bind to and display the content of a column cell, and are listed here in their order of precedence, from highest to lowest:

• DisplayMemberBinding

• CellTemplate

• CellTemplateSelector

XAML Attribute Usage

<object CellTemplateSelector="{ResourceExtension DataTemplateSelectorClassKey}"/>  

XAML Property Element Usage

<object>  
  <object.CellTemplateSelector>  
    <MyDataTemplateSelectorImplementation .../>  
  </object.CellTemplateSelector>  
</object>  

XAML Values

MyDataTemplateSelectorImplementation
A class derived from DataTemplateSelector that implements a practical SelectTemplate override. For information about how to map your custom class, see XAML Namespaces and Namespace Mapping for WPF XAML.

ResourceExtension
One of the following: StaticResource, or DynamicResource. See XAML Resources.

DataTemplateSelectorClassKey
The key that identifies the selector implementation being requested. The key refers to a derived class that implements a practical SelectTemplate override. For information about how to map your custom class, see XAML Namespaces and Namespace Mapping for WPF XAML. You can also programmatically add an instance of your DataTemplateSelector class as a resource to a resource dictionary.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	CellTemplateSelectorProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None