WPF: How to hide GridViewColumn using XAML?

Question

I have the following object in App.xaml

<Application.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <GridView x:Key="myGridView" x:Shared="false">
                             <GridViewColumn Header="Created" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Created}"/>

... more code ...

And I use this grid view in multiple places. Example:

<ListView x:Name="detailList"   View="{StaticResource myGridView}" ...>

In one of the usages (such as detailList above), I'd like to hide the Created column, possibly using XAML?

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Actually, I find the easiest solution is via attached properties:

public class GridViewColumnVisibilityManager
{       
    static void UpdateListView(ListView lv)
    {
        GridView gridview = lv.View as GridView;
        if (gridview == null || gridview.Columns == null) return;
        List<GridViewColumn> toRemove = new List<GridViewColumn>();
        foreach (GridViewColumn gc in gridview.Columns)
        {
            if (GetIsVisible(gc) == false)
            {
                toRemove.Add(gc);
            }
        }
        foreach (GridViewColumn gc in toRemove)
        {
            gridview.Columns.Remove(gc);
        }
    }

    public static bool GetIsVisible(DependencyObject obj)
    {
        return (bool)obj.GetValue(IsVisibleProperty);
    }

    public static void SetIsVisible(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
    {
        obj.SetValue(IsVisibleProperty, value);
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty IsVisibleProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("IsVisible", typeof(bool), typeof(GridViewColumnVisibilityManager), new UIPropertyMetadata(true));


    public static bool GetEnabled(DependencyObject obj)
    {
        return (bool)obj.GetValue(EnabledProperty);
    }

    public static void SetEnabled(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
    {
        obj.SetValue(EnabledProperty, value);
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty EnabledProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Enabled", typeof(bool), typeof(GridViewColumnVisibilityManager), new UIPropertyMetadata(false,
            new PropertyChangedCallback(OnEnabledChanged)));

        private static void OnEnabledChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        ListView view = obj as ListView;
        if (view != null)
        {
            bool enabled = (bool)e.NewValue;
            if (enabled)
            {
                view.Loaded += (sender, e2) =>
                {
                    UpdateListView((ListView)sender);
                };
                view.TargetUpdated += (sender, e2) =>
                {
                    UpdateListView((ListView)sender);
                };
                view.DataContextChanged += (sender, e2) =>
                {
                    UpdateListView((ListView)sender);
                };
            }
        }
    }
}

Then, it can be used as so:

<ListView foo:GridViewColumnVisibilityManager.Enabled="True">
...
<GridViewColumn Header="Status" foo:GridViewColumnVisibilityManager.IsVisible="{Binding ShowStatusColumn}">
                        <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate> ...