Generate custom GridViewRows

[Peter]

Hello,

I'm trying to wrap the Telerik (Q1 2010) GridViewRow class within my own CustomGridViewRow implementation. However the items that are generated if I set the ItemsSource are not created correctly if I use a CustomGridView class that extends RadGridView and overrides the IsItemItsOwnContainerOverride and GetContainerFromItem methods.

public class CustomGridView : RadGridView
{
    protected override bool IsItemItsOwnContainerOverride(object item)
    {
        return (item is CustomGridViewRow);
    }

    protected override DependencyObject GetContainerFromItemOverride(object item)
    {
        return new CustomGridViewRow();
    }
}

public class CustomGridViewRow : GridViewRow
{
}

I suppose the problem is my implementation of the GetContainerFromItem method simply returning a new CustomGridViewRow instance which works fine on the RadTabControl to extend the TabItems with Closable support, but there the method signature has no item parameter so I guess I'm missing something here.

I hope someone can point me into the right direction.
Best regards,
Peter

[Milan]

Hello Peter Payerl,

I am curious to find out why you have chosen to create a custom GridViewRow. There might be an easier way to achieve the desired result. I would really appreciate it if you could give us more details about your requirements.

All the best,
Milan
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[Peter]

Hello,

to be honest so far there is no real reason for wrapping the GridViewRow so we can go with the standard one as well.
However after creating our CustomTabControl with its ClosableTabItem support we thought it would be neat to wrap the GridView and its components as well (for instance to avoid an additional namespace in the majority of our XAML files besides the one we use for our custom controls).
And of course the most important reason: my curiousity how this could be done when I could not figure it out myself ;)

Best regards,
Peter

[Milan]

Hello Peter Payerl,

Once way to do this is with the following code:

public class CustomGridViewRow : GridViewRow
{
    public CustomGridViewRow()
    {

    }

    protected override void OnInitialized(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnInitialized(e);

        this.DefaultStyleKey = ThemeResourceKey.GetDefaultStyleKey(new Office_BlackTheme(), typeof(GridViewRow));
    }
}

Best wishes,
Milan
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