WPF ListVIew Grouping name

Question

Im very new to WPF and i am working with ListView and Grouping.

What im trying to achieve is to group items by certain type but display a different name on the ListView header. This will allow me to have 2 different group types with the same name

Heres my code so far

   //.....Populate dummy items in a loop
   items.Add(new Beds() { Name = "Bed " + counter, Type = i.ToString() ,  TypeName = "Test Name" });
   //....

   lvBeds.ItemsSource = items;

   CollectionView view = (CollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(lvBeds.Items);
   PropertyGroupDescription groupDescription = new PropertyGroupDescription("Type");
   view.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription);

XAML

   <ListView.GroupStyle>
            <GroupStyle>
                <GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="20" Text="{Binding TypeName}" Background="Gray" Height="35"/>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
            </GroupStyle>
        </ListView.GroupStyle>
    </ListView>

I want to map the ListView Header TextBlock Text to "TypeName" while keeping the grouping to "Type". Is that possible?

Edit: I solved this by using IValueConverter to handle the replacement of binding name string.

How to replace strings in StringFormat in WPF Binding

I want to map the ListView Header TextBlock Text to "TypeName" while keeping the grouping to "Type". Is that possible? — iamIcarus
Are you getting any binding errors in your output window when you run it in debug? — Joel Lucsy

iamIcarus iamIcarus · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-09T08:58:39

Answering my own question

I solved this by using IValueConverter to handle the replacement of binding name string.

How to replace strings in StringFormat in WPF Binding

WPF ListVIew Grouping name

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