Question

I want to have a border around ListViewItem (row in my case). ListView source and columns generated during Runtime. In XAML i have this structure:

<ListView Name="listViewRaw">
   <ListView.View>
      <GridView>
      </GridView>
   </ListView.View>
</ListView>

During Runtime i bind listview to DataTable, adding necessary columns and bindings:

        var view = (listView.View as GridView);
        view.Columns.Clear();   
        for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
        {
            GridViewColumn col = new GridViewColumn();
            col.Header = table.Columns[i].ColumnName;
            col.DisplayMemberBinding = new Binding(string.Format("[{0}]", i.ToString()));
            view.Columns.Add(col);
        }

        listView.CoerceValue(ListView.ItemsSourceProperty);

        listView.DataContext = table;
        listView.SetBinding(ListView.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding());

So i want to add border around each row, and set border behavior (color etc) with DataTriggers (for example if value in 1st column = “Visible”, set border color to black).
Can i put border through DataTemplate in ItemTemplate? I know solution, where you manipulate with CellTemplates, but i don’t really like it. I want something like this if this even possible.

<DataTemplate>
   <Border Name="Border" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="2">
      <ListViewItemRow><!-- Put my row here, but i ll know about table structure only during runtime --></ListViewItemRow>
   </Border>
</DataTemplate>

Answer 1

You’ll have to set your border in the ControlTemplate

<Style x:Key="BorderedItem" TargetType="ListViewItem">
  <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
      <ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
        <Border Name="Border" BorderBrush="Transparent" BorderThickness="2">
          <ContentPresenter />
        </Border>
      </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter.Value>
  </Setter>
</Style>

Now you can set this style in your ListView

<ListView ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource BorderedItem}" />