Question

I have a wpf tree view that displays nodes of various types with corresponding images such as folder images. Initially, the tree and its nodes with corresponding images display as expected. However when a node is expanded, the expectation is that the image for the expanded node should swap to an expanded image. I’m trying to use HierarchicalDataTemplate triggers to set this up.

Should the triggers be set up differently?

The tree looks something like:

(Folder Image) Solutions (SolutionsViewModel)
--(Solution Image) Solution 1 (Solution)
--(Solution Image) Solution 2 (Solution)
(Folder Image) Conventions (ConventionsViewModel)

The xaml of the main nodes in the tree view (the theme is empty):

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="../Theme.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

        <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type vm:SolutionsViewModel}" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Image x:Name="nodeImg" Width="16" Height="16" Source="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources/FolderClosed.bmp"/>
                <TextBlock Margin="5,0,0,0" Text="{Binding Name}" />
            </StackPanel>
            <HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsExpanded}" Value="True">
                    <Setter TargetName="nodeImg" Property="Source" Value="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources//FolderOpen.bmp"/>
                </DataTrigger>
            </HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
        </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

        <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type sol:Solution}" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Image x:Name="treeImg" Width="16" Height="16" Source="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources/SolutionClosed.bmp"/>
                <TextBlock Margin="5,0,0,0" Text="{Binding Name}" />
            </StackPanel>
            <HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsExpanded}" Value="True">
                    <Setter TargetName="treeImg" Property="Source" Value="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources//SolutionOpen.bmp"/>
                </DataTrigger>
            </HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
        </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

        <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type vm:ConventionsViewModel}" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Image x:Name="nodeImg" Width="16" Height="16" Source="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources/FolderClosed.bmp"/>
                <TextBlock Margin="5,0,0,0" Text="{Binding Name}" />
            </StackPanel>
            <HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsExpanded}" Value="True">
                    <Setter TargetName="nodeImg" Property="Source" Value="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Resources//FolderOpen.bmp"/>
                </DataTrigger>
            </HierarchicalDataTemplate.Triggers>
        </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
<UserControl.DataContext>
    <ObjectDataProvider 
    ObjectType="{x:Type vm:TreeViewModel}"
    MethodName="CreateDefaultTree"
    />
</UserControl.DataContext>
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
    <Grid>
        <TreeView Name="solutionsModel" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
            <TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
                <Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
                    <Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="{Binding IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay}" />
                    <Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" />
                    <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Normal" />
                    <Style.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
                        </Trigger>
                    </Style.Triggers>
                </Style>
            </TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
        </TreeView>
    </Grid>
</ScrollViewer>

Answer 1

This question might be relevant.

As in my answer to the question I linked I would do the triggering in the image via RelativeSource binding, you can refactor that into a style so you do not have all that redundant code.

Possibly you could work with DynamicResources to provide the two images to every Image-control, or you could sub-class Image or create a UserControl which provides properties.

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The DynamicResource method:

<TreeView.Resources>
    <Style x:Key="ExpandingImageStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Image}">
        <Setter Property="Source" Value="{DynamicResource Icon_Closed}"/>
        <Style.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=TreeViewItem}, Path=IsExpanded}" Value="True">
                <Setter Property="Source" Value="{DynamicResource Icon_Open}"/>
            </DataTrigger>
        </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>
</TreeView.Resources>

<!-- Example usage -->
<HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type obj:Employee}">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
        <Image Style="{StaticResource ExpandingImageStyle}">
            <Image.Resources>
                <BitmapImage x:Key="Icon_Closed" UriSource="Images/FolderClosed.ico"/>
                <BitmapImage x:Key="Icon_Open" UriSource="Images/FolderOpen.ico"/>
            </Image.Resources>
        </Image>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
    </StackPanel>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>