In WPF I have the reference to a DataGridCell and would like to get its contents. I used to have that cell in a DataGridTextColumn and could get at the content like this:
var text = cell.Content as TextBlock;
But this is not longer working since the cell is in a DataGridTemplateColumn, although I did specify TextBlock as the DataTemplate for that column. Is there still a way to get at it?
EDIT to clarify the problem. The following code is working as intended:
<!-- XAML -->
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Autor" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Author}" />
//C#
var block = _selectedCell.Content as TextBlock;
var text = block.Text; //text contains the string that is also displayed by the grid in that call
If I however use a TemplateColumn the code will not work because block will be null.
<DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Autor" Width="*">
<DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Name="txtAutor" Text="{Binding Author}" />
</DataTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
Is there a way to still get at the cells contents (a string in my case)?