Disable Selection Of Certain Nodes

[heavywoody]

I am using a bound treeview that has two different hierartcial data templates.  Both need to be able to expand, but on one I don't want the user to be able to select that treeviewitem.   Only expand it.  Is that possible?  Also, is there a way to disable the expander on a treeviewitem as well if I know beforehand they have no subitems?  I am using LoadOnDemand.

Here are my data templates

 <HierarchicalDataTemplate  DataType="{x:Type  Classes:Shmoog}" 
   ItemsSource="{Binding Converter={StaticResource childConverter}}">
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
            <Image Source="/Images/DocumentIcon.png" Margin="0 0 3 0"></Image>
                <TextBlock Foreground="White" Text="{Binding DisplayName}" />
        </StackPanel>
    </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

        <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Model:WorkFlowTemplateItem}" 
   ItemsSource="{Binding Converter={StaticResource childConverter}}">
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
            <Image Source="/Images/DropboxIcon.png" Margin="0 0 3 0"></Image>
                <TextBlock Foreground="White" Text="{Binding DisplayName}" />
             </StackPanel>
    </HierarchicalDataTemplate>

[Kiril Stanoev]

Hello Christian,

"Both need to be able to expand, but on one I don't want the user to be able to select that treeviewitem."

You can add a bool property to your ViewModel item (ex: IsSelectable) and subscribe for the PreviewSelected event of RadTreeView and handle the event if IsSelectable is false.

public class DataItem : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public string DisplayName { get; set; }
    public bool IsSelectable { get; set; }
}

private void RadTreeView_PreviewSelected(object sender, Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    DataItem dataItem = e.OriginalSource as DataItem;
    e.Handled = !dataItem.IsSelectable;
}

Also, is there a way to disable the expander on a treeviewitem as well if I know beforehand they have no subitems?

There are 2 approaches for this to work.
1. You can set IsEnabled to false to the whole RadTreeViewItem thus disabling the expander element as well.
2. Using find the expander element in the visual tree and disable it directly:

private void DisableExpander_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if(this.treeView1.SelectedItem == null)
    {
        return;
    }

    RadTreeViewItem selectedItem = this.treeView1.ContainerFromItemRecursive(this.treeView1.SelectedItem);

    if(selectedItem != null)
    {
        ToggleButton expander = selectedItem.ChildrenOfType<ToggleButton>().FirstOrDefault();
        if(expander != null)
        {
            expander.IsEnabled = !expander.IsEnabled;
        }
    }
}

I've attached my test project for further reference. Have a look at it and let me know if you have further questions or comments regarding this topic.

Best wishes,
Kiril Stanoev
the Telerik team