Question

I have a WPF DataGrid that has another datagrid declared within the RowDetailsTemplate;

<DataGrid name="dataGrid1" RowDetailsVisibilityMode="VisibleWhenSelected">
  ...
  <DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
      <DataGrid name="dataGrid2">
        ...
      </DataGrid/>
    </DataTemplate>
  </DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
</DataGrid>

When I CTRL-Click a row on the child DataGrid, it un-selects the parent datagrid’s SelectedItem and hides the RowDetailsTemplate.

I assume this is some kind of Routed Event behaviour, but I’ve tried to catch MouseDown/LeftButtonMouseDown on the datagrid but no event is fired. I’ve also caught the SelectedItemChanged event on the child datagrid and set e.Handled = true; but the event still triggers on the parent.

How can I stop the parent datagrid from unselecting when CTRL-Clicking a child DataGridRow?

Answer 1

Catching PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown at the child control, setting e.Handled = true and dataGridRow.IsSelected = !dataGridRow.IsSelected fixed this.