WPF Datagrid autogenerated columns

Question

I have bound a datatable to a datagrid in WPF. Now on clicking a row in the grid I need to have a window pop up. But for that, I need to first change a column in the datagrid to be a hyperlink. Any ideas on how to do that?

<DataGrid Name="dgStep3Details" Grid.Column="1" Margin="8,39,7,8" IsReadOnly="True" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, ElementName=step3Window,Path=dsDetails}" />

If I can't change an autogenerated column to hyperlink, is there a way to add a button to each row instead?

Thanks Nikhil

Nikhil Nikhil · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-09T23:22:00

So, it was really hard to create hyperlink columns to autogenerated datagrid. What I eventually did was this - create buttons to the grid on the fly and then attach a routed event for the same based on the autogenerate event of the datagrid where I shall put my code. I didn't want my code to be hardcoded to the columns and now I'm flexible by changing the datatable on the fly. Here is the code:

 private void dgStep3Details_AutoGeneratedColumns(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        DataGrid grid = sender as DataGrid;
        if (grid == null)
            return;
        DataGridTemplateColumn col = new DataGridTemplateColumn();
        col.Header = "More Details";
        FrameworkElementFactory myButton = new FrameworkElementFactory(typeof(Button), "btnMoreDetails");
        myButton.SetValue(Button.ContentProperty, "Details");
        myButton.AddHandler(Button.ClickEvent, new RoutedEventHandler(btnMoreDetails_Click));
        DataTemplate cellTempl = new DataTemplate();
        //myButton.SetValue(Button.CommandParameterProperty, ((System.Data.DataRowView)((dgStep3Details.Items).CurrentItem)).Row.ItemArray[0]);
        cellTempl.VisualTree = myButton;
        col.CellTemplate = cellTempl;
        dgStep3Details.Columns.Add(col);

    }
    public void btnMoreDetails_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        //Button scrButton = e.Source as Button;
        string currentDetailsKey = ((System.Data.DataRowView)(dgStep3Details.Items[dgStep3Details.SelectedIndex])).Row.ItemArray[0].ToString();
        // Pass the details key to the new window

    }

WPF Datagrid autogenerated columns

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