How to create DatagridTemplateColumn with checkbox and binding to datasouce?
Apologies in advance if I am missing something - I still find my feet working with Xaml and not with window forms.
I am trying to bind a datasource to a DataGrid where one of the columns is a checkbox. My original solution did a great job with this, but required the user to check the checkbox twice:
<Window x:Class="ExecBoxInvoices.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="507" Width="676">
<Grid Margin="0,0,0,51">
<DataGrid x:Name="InvoiceDG" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="165" Margin="134,251,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="400" ItemsSource="{Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridCheckBoxColumn Header="Generate" Binding="{Binding Generate}" Width="80"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Table_Number" Binding="{Binding Table_Number}" Width="120"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Transaction_Date" Binding="{Binding Transaction_Date}" Width="175"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Transaction_ID" Visibility="Hidden" Binding="{Binding Transaction_ID}"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
</Grid>
New solution for single checkboxes shows below but doesn't work (error shows up in Binding = "{Binding Generate}"):
<Window x:Class="ExecBoxInvoices.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="507" Width="676">
<Grid Margin="0,0,0,51">
<DataGrid x:Name="InvoiceDG" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="165" Margin="134,251,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="400" ItemsSource="{Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Generate" Width="60" Binding="{Binding Generate}">
<DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsSelected, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Table_Number" Binding="{Binding Table_Number}" Width="120"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Transaction_Date" Binding="{Binding Transaction_Date}" Width="175"/>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Transaction_ID" Visibility="Hidden" Binding="{Binding Transaction_ID}"/>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
</Grid>
For reference, the code used to set the source is:
InvoiceDG.ItemsSource = recordCollection;
Where recordCollection is a list:
class InvoiceRow
{
public bool Generate { get; set; }
public string Table_Number { get; set; }
public string Transaction_Date { get; set; }
public string Transaction_ID { get; set; }
public InvoiceRow(bool generate, string table_Number, string transaction_Date, string transaction_ID)
{
this.Generate = generate;
this.Table_Number = table_Number;
this.Transaction_Date = transaction_Date;
this.Transaction_ID = transaction_ID;
}
}
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Try the following:
<DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Generate" Width="60">
<DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Generate}", UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}/>
</DataTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
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