Changing mouse cursor on expanding rows

[Frank]

Hi,

I'm using a TreeListView with many rows and columns. Expanding rows takes some time. That's why I want to change the mouse cursor to a wait cursor during the time the rendering of the rows takes place. 
I found a solution for this problem for the TreeView in standard WPF:

private void TreeNodeExpanded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    TreeViewItem tvi = e.OriginalSource as TreeViewItem;
    if (tvi != null)
    {
        if (tvi.ItemContainerGenerator.Status != GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
        {
            EventHandler itemsGenerated = null;
            itemsGenerated = delegate(object s, EventArgs args)
            {
                if ((s as ItemContainerGenerator).Status == GeneratorStatus.ContainersGenerated)
                {
                    (s as ItemContainerGenerator).StatusChanged -= itemsGenerated;
                    tvi.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DispatcherPriority.DataBind,

                        (ThreadStart)delegate
                        {
                            Mouse.OverrideCursor = null;
                        });
                }
            };
            tvi.ItemContainerGenerator.StatusChanged += itemsGenerated;
            Mouse.OverrideCursor = Cursors.Wait;
        }
    }
}

I tried to rewrite the example for the TreeListView. Unfortunately, the ItemContainerGenerator of the TreeListView does not (unlike other older examples I found in this forum) contain a "Status" property or a "StatusChanged" event.

Is there another way for changing the mouse cursor during rendering time? All I need is an event that is raised when the rendering is finished.

Thanks a lot and best regards,
Frank

[Yoan]

Hi Frank,

Based on your description, I can suggest you to use TreeListView's RowIsExpandedChanging event. It fires before the hierarchy is expanded or collapsed. 

I hope it will suit your needs.

Regards,
Yoan
Telerik

 

 

[Frank]

Hi Yoan,

Thanks for your reply. I tried the RowIsExpandedChanging and RowIsExpandedChanged events. Unfortunately, both events are raised one directly after the other, but before the rendering of the cells is finished, so the mouse cursor is immediately changed back to normal.
Do you have any other suggestion?

Thanks,
Frank

[Yoan]

Hello Frank,

You can use TreeListView's LayoutUpdated event as well. Please check the attached sample project for a reference.

Regards,
Yoan
Telerik

 

 

[Frank]

Hi Yoan,

Thanks for your expample. This helps a lot. The LayoutUpdated event is the event I was looking for.

Best regards,
Frank