WPF Stackpanel inside DataGrid Cell

Question

I have got a WPF Application, which contains a Window, inside it there is a DataGrid. On Startup, the DataGrid is completely empty, its Columns are created at runtime by code.

I'm binding to a DataTable. The first coloumn is a single Text Field. I need to show one more Cell per Row, but as a Stackpanel, which itself holds some UserControls.

Actually I'm trying to first insert a blank column as placeholder for my StackPanel and later insert a StackPanel from Code to each Cell.

Unfortunately i don't get it running for some reasons. I cannot put a new Item to the Cell. Can anybody help me, please?

Best Regards,

Jonas

Answer 1

Try and use a DataGridTemplateColumn, then you can put a stackpanel in each cell

Answer 2

I would recommend to design and fill the datagrid via XAML.

• YourItems is the Collection of object which you want to show
• userControlColumn is the additional column for your usercontrol

• firstColumn is your first DataGridTextColumn

  <DataGrid x:Name="myGrid" ItemsSource="{Binding YourItems}">
      <DataGrid.Columns>
          <DataGridTemplateColumn x:Name="userControlColumn" Header="Column1">
              <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                  <DataTemplate>
                      <StackPanel>
                          <ns:YourCustomControl/>
                      </StackPanel>
                  </DataTemplate>
              </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
          </DataGridTemplateColumn>
          <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="firstColumn" Header="Columns2" Binding="{Binding YourDesiredProperty}"/>
      </DataGrid.Columns>
  </DataGrid>