Question

I have a ListView. When I select a row I want that only one cell was selected not the whole row. How can I get this?
Here is my styles and templates.

 <ListView x:Name="List"                   
              ItemsSource="{Binding }"  
              ItemContainerStyle="{DynamicResource ListItemStyle}">          
        <ListView.View>
            <GridView AllowsColumnReorder="False">
                <GridViewColumn HeaderContainerStyle="{StaticResource myHeaderStyle}"                                  
                                Header="1"
                                CellTemplate="{StaticResource myCellTemplate1}">                        
                </GridViewColumn>

                <GridViewColumn Header="2"                               
                                HeaderContainerStyle="{StaticResource myHeaderStyle}"
                                HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource myHeaderTemplate}"
                                CellTemplate="{StaticResource cellTemplate2}">                       
                </GridViewColumn>

                <GridViewColumn Header="3" 
                                HeaderContainerStyle="{StaticResource myHeaderStyle}"
                                HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource myHeaderTemplate}"
                                CellTemplate="{StaticResource cellTemplate3}" />

                <GridViewColumn Header="4" 
                                HeaderContainerStyle="{StaticResource myHeaderStyle}"
                                HeaderTemplate="{StaticResource myHeaderTemplate}"
                                CellTemplate="{StaticResource cellTemplate4}"/>

            </GridView>
        </ListView.View>
    </ListView>

     <Style x:Key="ListItemStyle"   TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">             
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate  TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}" >
                <Grid SnapsToDevicePixels="True"   Margin="0"  Width="410" x:Name="GridSmall">
                    <Border x:Name="Border"                                                      
                            Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                            BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                            BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                            CornerRadius="0"    />
                    <GridViewRowPresenter x:Name="Rows" />
                </Grid>                    
            </ControlTemplate>                
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Style.Triggers>              
        <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Yellow"/>
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
        </Trigger>
        <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="False">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Black"/>
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Green"/>
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

  <DataTemplate x:Key="myCellTemplate1">
    <DataTemplate.Resources>
        <local:NullIdConverter x:Key="NullIdConverterKey"/>            
    </DataTemplate.Resources>        
    <DockPanel x:Name="RR">
        <TextBlock FontSize="18" x:Name="TxtBl"                        
                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"                       
                   Text="{Binding Path = Id}"/>   
    </DockPanel>      
</DataTemplate>

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you’re using .NET 3.5 SP1 or .NET 4, I’d suggest looking into the DataGrid rather than ListView.

I think it gives you much more flexibility over your data and has a property called SelectionUnit that you can set to “Cell” that gives you the functionality that you desire.

Unfortunately, I don’t think there is an easy way to do the same with the ListView.