Question

I want to set some default text in background of control (e.g. TreeView, ListView, GridView etc). Text is shown when no item in items control and hides when items control is not empty.

I imagine it like this:

Answer 1

i use the following style for this.

<Style x:Key="{x:Type ItemsControl}" TargetType="{x:Type ItemsControl}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
    <Style.Triggers>
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Items.Count, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="0">
            <Setter Property="Background">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <VisualBrush Stretch="None">
                        <VisualBrush.Visual>
                            <TextBlock Text="No Data" 
                                       FontFamily="Consolas"
                                       FontSize="16"/>
                        </VisualBrush.Visual>
                    </VisualBrush>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </DataTrigger>
        <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Items, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="{x:Null}">
            <Setter Property="Background">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <VisualBrush Stretch="None">
                        <VisualBrush.Visual>
                            <TextBlock Text="No Data" 
                                       FontFamily="Consolas"
                                       FontSize="16"/>
                        </VisualBrush.Visual>
                    </VisualBrush>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </DataTrigger>
        <Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
            <Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
        </Trigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type DataGrid}" TargetType="{x:Type DataGrid}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type ItemsControl}}">
</Style>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type TreeView}" TargetType="{x:Type TreeView}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type ItemsControl}}">
</Style>