For this blog post I’m going to show an example of using data templates to swap in xaml depending on data.
This list displays 4 “Messages” each of a different “MessageType” value. A data template is displayed depending on the MessageType.
<UserControl x:Class="UIMessage.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:UIMessage="clr-namespace:UIMessage"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<UserControl.Resources>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<ItemsControl x:Name="MessageList">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<UIMessage:MessageDataTemplateSelector Content="{Binding}" Margin="10"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace UIMessage
{
public partial class MainPage
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.MessageList.ItemsSource = new List<Message>(4)
{
new Message() {MessageType = MessageType.Info, Text = "For your info, this is a message", Title = "INFORMATION"},
new Message() {MessageType = MessageType.Success, Text = "Well done, you're a winner!", Title = "SUCCESS!"},
new Message() {MessageType = MessageType.Error, Text = "Output your error message here", Title = "ERROR"},
new Message() {MessageType = MessageType.Question, Text = "Why?", Title = "QUESTION"}
};
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
namespace UIMessage
{
public class MessageDataTemplateSelector : ContentControl
{
protected override void OnContentChanged(object oldContent, object newContent)
{
base.OnContentChanged(oldContent, newContent);
var item = newContent as Message;
if (item==null) throw new Exception("Expected datatype is Message");
// you could load dynamically from a DLL or loose xaml file, here we use an application resource
var key = string.Format("{0}DataTemplate", item.MessageType);
var dataTemplate = Application.Current.Resources[key] as DataTemplate;
ContentTemplate = dataTemplate;
}
}
}
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Style x:Key="TextBlockStyle" TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Segoe UI" />
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="16" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>
<Style x:Key="PathStyle" TargetType="Path">
<Setter Property="Stroke" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Fill" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="StrokeLineJoin" Value="Round" />
<Setter Property="Stretch" Value="Fill" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="Height" Value="25" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="25" />
</Style>
<DataTemplate x:Key="InfoDataTemplate">
<Grid Background="#D759ABC3" Height="50" Width="400">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Text}" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" FontSize="20" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="QuestionDataTemplate">
<Grid Background="#DCF9A938" Height="150" Width="150">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
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<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding Text}" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" FontSize="20" />
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</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="SuccessDataTemplate">
<Grid Background="#E151A351" Height="100" Width="300">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Text}" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" FontSize="20" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" />
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</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ErrorDataTemplate">
<Grid Background="#D5BD3630" Height="110" Width="350">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="130" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
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<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Title}" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" FontSize="50" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ResourceDictionary>
In our project we have:
App.xaml Contains a reference to our DataTemplates.xaml, this makes them globally accessible to our application.
DataTemplates.xaml Contains our 4 different data templates.
MainPage.xaml Our only view.
Message.cs Class definition also contains the MessageType enum
MessageDataTemplateSelector.cs The logic to work out which data template to display.
Click on the files above to view the source or download the entire project from github.
Source code: https://github.com/stevenh77/UIMessage
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