My code is as follows:
void mainDataContextObj_CutSelectedColumnEvent(string columnId)
{
IList<DataGridColumn> columns = dg.Columns;
for(int i=2; i<dg.Columns.Count; i++)
{
DataGridColumnHeader headerObj = dg.Columns[i].Header as DataGridColumnHeader;
//This always returns headerObj as null!!!
}
}
I need DataGridColumnHeader
from the column. Where am I going wrong?
While Fredrik's answer provides a refactored approach with additional method that could potentially be reused in other parts of the code, I preferred to consolidate his methods in to one single method. There may also be some small performance gain because it can end the search as soon as it finds the header and it does not need to continue to search through all the children in the visual tree (this is most likely negligible for most cases).
And it is used like so:
The Header object of the DataGridColumn is actually the visible header of that column, whatever you set it to be. DataGridColumn is not part of the Visual Tree so there is not direct way to access the DataGridColumnHeader for it (we can't even be sure it exists yet). But you can do something like this to try and access it