Dynamic theme setting for GridView causes runtime exception

[Pabitra]

 Here is the code where the theme for the GirdView is bound to the ViewModel's SelectedTheme property. The problem is with the custom header column that includes a checkbox. The UI has a combobox that allows the user to select a theme which is bound to the SelectedTheme property of the viewmodel. When I try to change the theme, I get the following exception:

Specified element is already the logical child of another element. Disconnect it first.

 If I comment out the section

<telerik:GridViewCheckBoxColumn.Header> from the code then it is fine. I don't get any exception when dynamically setting the theme for the gridview.

<telerik:RadGridView Name="radGridView"
                                         SelectionMode="Extended"
                                         EnableRowVirtualization="True"
                                         FrozenColumnCount="1"
                                         AlternationCount="2"
                                         AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                                         telerik:StyleManager.Theme="{Binding SelectedTheme}">
                        <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                            <telerik:GridViewCheckBoxColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"
                                                            EditTriggers="CellClick"
                                                            AutoSelectOnEdit="True">
 
                                <telerik:GridViewCheckBoxColumn.Header><!--this part throws exception if gridview is bound to the vm's theme property-->
                                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                        <CheckBox Name="chkAllSelect"
                                                  VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                                  Click="chkAllSelect_Click"                                                  
                                                  IsChecked="{Binding AreAllSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" /> <!--this binding seems not possible-->
                                        <TextBlock Text="Select"
                                                   VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                                   Margin="5,0,3,0" />
                                    </StackPanel>
                                </telerik:GridViewCheckBoxColumn.Header> 
                            </telerik:GridViewCheckBoxColumn>                            
                        </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                    </telerik:RadGridView>

[Ivan Ivanov]

Hello Pabitra,

For scenarios where theme-switching is involved, it is recommended to utilize our new implicit-style-based mechanism. Here is a detailed article that illustrates how to achieve this.

All the best,
Ivan Ivanov
the Telerik team