I have 3 user controls
Control 1
Control 2
Control 3
I have a stack panel that contains an ItemsControl
<UserControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="Template1">
<my:UserControl1 Height="117"/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="Template2">
<my:UserControl3 Height="117"/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="Template3">
<my:UserControl3 Height="117"/>
</DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<StackPanel Name="stackPanel3" Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="Auto">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding BlocksForMonth.Blocks}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource Template1}">
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
BlocksForMonths.Blocks is a list of view models. The Blocks class has a property called ClipType. If the clipType is 1, I want to use Template1. If its 2 I want to use Template 2. If its 3 I want to use Template 3
These templates contain different user controls
How can I do this through binding?
I have considered 1 template with the 3 controls, but I dont know how to bind the visibility?
In this XAML I am binding to a list not a single item
Paul
I would put the 3 controls in the same template and use Visibility to display the correct one. What I would do is build an IValueConverter to convert the deciding value (your case it's ClipType) and compare that to the ConverterParameter. If they are equal, return Visibility.Visible, otherwise return Visibility.Collapsed.
<UserControl.Resources>
<my:ClipTypeToVisibilityConverter x:Key="converter"/>
<DataTemplate x:Key="Template">
<StackPanel>
<my:UserControl1 Height="117" Visibility={Binding ClipType, Converter={StaticResource converter}, ConverterParameter=1} />
<my:UserControl2 Height="117" Visibility={Binding ClipType, Converter={StaticResource converter}, ConverterParameter=2} />
<my:UserControl3 Height="117" Visibility={Binding ClipType, Converter={StaticResource converter}, ConverterParameter=3} />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<StackPanel Name="stackPanel3" Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="Auto">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding BlocksForMonth.Blocks}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource Template}">
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
This example assumes the ClipType property is on each item view model in the list being displayed.
Here is a C# example converter.
public class ClipTypeToVisibilityConverter: IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
var clipType = value.ToString();
if (clipType == (string)parameter))
return Visibility.Visible;
return Visibility.Collapsed;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
Sorry, everything was air-code. But I think you get the idea.