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Asked: 2026-05-21T07:18:41+00:00

I watched a demo video of Mole 2010 (a WPF debugger) in which there

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I watched a demo video of Mole 2010 (a WPF debugger) in which there is a nice datagrid feature where the header contains a filter textbox, so you can type in a string and filter for that column. Here is the video, the feature is demonstrated at 3:00 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgMg61iM9G8&feature=player_embedded#at=180

I am interested in replicating that feature, but I am not sure how to do it gracefully. My application is a WPF MVVM EF app, it’s my first WPF app.

  • Is it possible to create a template for the header where I can also add a textbox, and a button with a cross so the contents can be cleared?
  • If so, how could I bind the textbox to filter its column?
  • Should I be hiding the actual header row and making an artificial one where I add my own header and textbox and button etc. and then bind them to filter clause properties that I add to my CollectionViewSource when a filter string is typed? I hoped to avoid this so I could retain sorting by clicking the header.

I dont really know how to start this. Are there any gurus that could suggest how this could be done? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You might have a look at the BookLibrary sample application of the WPF Application Framework (WAF). It shows how to use a TextBox for filtering the data in a DataGrid. It uses MVVM and the Entity Framework as well.

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