Question

I´ve got a ListView which is bound to the ObservableCollection mPersonList. The Class Person got an enum Sex. What i want to do is to set the background of the ListViewItem to green if the person is male and to red if the person is female.

Thanks for the answers!

i tried it like this but whats wrong with it?

<Style x:Key="CustomListViewItemStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding Path=Status, Converter={StaticResource sexEnumToColor}}" />
</Style>

and:

public class SexEnumToColor : IValueConverter
{
    #region IValueConverter Member

    object IValueConverter.Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        Sex tempSex = (Sex)value;
        Brush retval;

        switch (tempSex )
        {
            case Sex.Male:
                retval = Brushes.Blue;
                break;

            case Sex.Female:
                retval = Brushes.Red;
                break;

            default:
                retval = Brushes.Black;
                break;
        }

        return retval;
    }

    object IValueConverter.ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    #endregion
}

Answer 1

You can bind sex property with converter. Something like this:

<ListView>
    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBox Text="{Binding name}" Background="{Binding sex, Converter={StaticResource converterSexToColor}}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>

and converter:

public class ConverterSexToColor : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targeTtype, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return (Sex)value == Sex.Male ? Brushes.Green :  Brushes.Red;
    }
    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}