How can I use a custom TabItem control when databinding a TabControl in WPF?
- by Russ
I have a custom control that is derived from TabItem, and I want to databind that custom TabItem to a stock TabControl. I would rather avoid creating a new TabControl just for this rare case.
This is what I have and I'm not having any luck getting the correct control to be loaded. In this case I want to use my ClosableTabItem control instead of the stock TabItem control.
<TabControl x:Name="tabCases" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" Controls:ClosableTabItem.TabClose="TabClosed" >
<TabControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Controls:ClosableTabItem}" >
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Id}" />
</DataTemplate>
</TabControl.ItemTemplate>
<TabControl.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Entities:Case}">
<CallLog:CaseReadOnlyDisplay DataContext="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
</TabControl.ContentTemplate>
</TabControl>
EDIT: This is what I ended up with, rather than trying to bind a custom control.
The "CloseCommand" im getting from a previous question.
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TabItem}}" >
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
<Border
Name="Border"
Background="LightGray"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="25,0,0,0"
SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentSite"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
ContentSource="Header"
Margin="20,1,5,1"/>
<Button
Command="{Binding Path=CloseCommand}"
Cursor="Hand"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
Focusable="False"
Margin="1,1,5,1"
Background="Transparent"
BorderThickness="0">
<Image Source="/Russound.Windows;component/Resources/Delete.png" Height="10" />
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="LightBlue" />
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderThickness" Value="1,1,1,0" />
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkBlue" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
