GridView keyboard navigation with groups and row details

[Arthur]

Hi,

I have a requirement here to support ALL operations that are possible with mouse also with keyboard.
This means that the user must be able to expand all things by keyboard only.

Now I have groups in the grid view and under the groups there are rows with cells from the GridViewToggleRowDetailsColumn.
So the groups are expandable/collapseable and the rows also.

My question is: How can I navigate to the the toggle buttons of the group header and the row details column to toggle them by keyboard only?

I have subclassed already the DefaultKeyboardCommandProvider to get more control over the navigation commands. But the commands just leave out the group headers and the GridViewToggleRowDetailsColumn is leaved out while the previous row is in edit mode and a TAB key is pressed (MoveNext command is executed). 

I need a tab stop on both kinds of toggle buttons. What is the best way to achieve this?

Thanks

[Yoan]

Hello Arthur,

In order to achieve your goal, you can use GridView's GetRowForItem method and the DetailsVisibility property of GridViewRow. Please check the following code snippet for a reference:

public override IEnumerable<ICommand> ProvideCommandsForKey(Key key)
       {
           List<ICommand> commandsToExecute = base.ProvideCommandsForKey(key).ToList();

           if (key == Key.Space)
           {
               commandsToExecute.Clear();

               var itemToExpand = this.parentGrid.GetRowForItem(this.parentGrid.SelectedItem);
               if (itemToExpand != null)
               {
                   itemToExpand.DetailsVisibility = itemToExpand.DetailsVisibility.GetValueOrDefault(Visibility.Collapsed) == Visibility.Collapsed ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
               }
           }

           return commandsToExecute;
       }

Please give it a try and let me know how it works for you.

Regards,
Yoan
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