Question

I want to be able to “change” my listview into another control. I was thinking having the control’s visibility set to hidden and when a button is clicked, change the visibility. Do I have to do this programatically? Or can I use a trigger?

Answer 1

You can use a trigger to change the Template property of a ContentControl, which will wrap the control you want to be “changeable”. Check this:

Add this to Resources:

    <ControlTemplate x:Key="BoxTemplate">
        <TextBox Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,
                        AncestorType={x:Type ContentControl}},Path=Content}" />
    </ControlTemplate>

    <ControlTemplate x:Key="BlockTemplate" >
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,
                          AncestorType={x:Type ContentControl}},Path=Content}" />
    </ControlTemplate>

    <ControlTemplate x:Key="TestTemplate" >
        <StackPanel>
            <CheckBox x:Name="Switch" />
            <ContentControl x:Name="MyContent" Template="{StaticResource BoxTemplate}"
                            Content="Data is unique!" />
        </StackPanel>

        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            <Trigger SourceName="Switch" Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                <Setter TargetName="MyContent" 
                        Property="Template" 
                        Value="{StaticResource BlockTemplate}"/>
            </Trigger>
        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
    </ControlTemplate>

Test it using another ContentControl:

    <ContentControl Template="{StaticResource TestTemplate}"/>  

I’m sure it could be optimized, but should put you on the track.