Question

I have a ItemsControl with its ItemsSource bound to a collection, additionally I have a ItemTemplateSelector set.

It works well however the DataTemplateSelector only allows me to access the items bound by ItemsSource, however I want to use the Parents DataContext to make the decision on what item template should be used.

Is this achievable in SL4??

If so how can it be achieved??

Answer 1

Thanks for your response @Xin but I managed to resolve my problem by doing the following.

        private void UserControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        DataTemplate dt = null;

        switch ((DataContext as PlanViewModel).Plan.Status)
        {
            case Infrastructure.Services.Web.PlanStatus.Appraisal:
                dt = (DataTemplate)this.Resources["Appraisal"];
                break;
            case Infrastructure.Services.Web.PlanStatus.Maintenance:
                dt = (DataTemplate)this.Resources["Maintenance"];
                break;
            case Infrastructure.Services.Web.PlanStatus.Setting:
                dt = (DataTemplate)this.Resources["Setting"];
                break;
        }

        itemsControl1.ItemTemplate = dt;
    }