Question

I am working with a TabControl in XAML,

however I only want certain TabItems to be available depending on the user.

Admins = 1 therefore should have full access to the TabControl,

Non admins = 0 therefore should only have specific tabs available.

How can I hide specific tabs depending on the user?

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are many ways of doing this, and I suppose which one you use depends on where the IsAdmin flag is stored

My personal preference is a DataTrigger which is based off a static User object which is set when the user first logs in

<Style TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
    <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
    <Style.Triggers>
        <DataTrigger Value="True" Binding="{Binding IsAdmin, Source={x:Static local:Settings.CurrentUser}}">
            <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
        </DataTrigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Settings would be a static class that contains a CurrentUser property that is set when the application starts up and the user logs in. CurrentUser has a boolean property called IsAdmin