Custom background in border?

[Paul]

I started with the Telerik WPF Q2 2010 examples.
I went to Controls -> DATA -> GridView -> Appearance -> Custom Row Layout

I am using a slightly modified version of this now.  What I want is to change the four gradient stops for the main row background dynamically based on object properties of the binding.  The problem is that my template is 75 lines long and I think it seems very inefficient to duplicate this six times (for siz possible gradient values) and use a TemplateSelector.  Instead I'd like to modify the border background property.

Here's a small snippet of code:

<ControlTemplate x:Key="TCCustomRowTemplate" TargetType="telerik:GridViewRow">
    <Border x:Name="rowsContainer" Background="#FF525252" Padding="8,8,8,0" >
        <Border x:Name="selectedRow" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FF000000" 
            Background="{StaticResource TC_INRowBackgroundSelected}>

How can I modify this background to be a different static resource dependant on my object?

[Paul]

For the time being, I created six different templates, six different styles, and a style selector.   That's working fine, I just wish I could figure out how to create a <Border.Triggers> secton and set a background based on the object's properties.

[Milan]

Hi Paul,

There might be an easier way to do that instead of redefining the whole template. The first option is to use the so called Style/Template selectors which allow you to apply a different row style based on your own logic. More information about this technique can be found here. 

As demonstrated here, the other alternative is to use some sort of behavior that will do the styling for you.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely yours,
Milan
the Telerik team