HeaderCellStyle with ControlTemplate

[Thomas]

Hi,
I have some problems with the HeaderCellStyle. I want to show a TextBlock in the HeaderCell with the text coming from the GridViewDataColumn's Header property.

My style definition:

<UserControl.Resources>
  <Style TargetType="telerik:GridViewHeaderCell" x:Key="TextBlockStyle">
    <Setter Property="Template">
      <Setter.Value>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="telerik:GridViewHeaderCell">
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=.}"/>
        </ControlTemplate>
      </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
  </Style>
</UserControl.Resources>

Usage of this style:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn HeaderCellStyle="{StaticResource TextBlockStyle}" Header="HeaderText" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Path=BindingPath}"

I'm doing this, because I want to use the style on almost all my columns and to apply a tooltip to the TextBlock in code behind.

The problem is, that I don't know what to use as the binding in my ControlTemplate to show the header text.

regards Thomas

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hi Thomas,

 
Actually you do not have to predefine the template of GridViewheaderCell if you need to set a ToolTip. You may do this through assigning the ToolTipService property within a style:

<Grid.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="ss" TargetType="telerik:GridViewHeaderCell">
            <Setter Property="ToolTipService.ToolTip" Value="Header Cell Tooltip"/>
        </Style>
    </Grid.Resources>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
        <RowDefinition Height="*" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" HorizontalAlignment="Center" FontSize="22"  FontWeight="Bold"  Name="lbltile" Text="Sales House" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Grid.Row="1" >
        <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Center"  CanUserFreezeColumns="False" RowIndicatorVisibility="Collapsed"
                         IsFilteringAllowed="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False"  Name="RadGridView1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
            <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                <telerik:GridViewImageColumn HeaderCellStyle="{StaticResource ss}" DataMemberBinding="{Binding PathToImage}"/>
            </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        </telerik:RadGridView>
    </StackPanel>

</Grid>

If you need any further assistance let me know. 

Greetings,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team

[Thomas]

I know, but I don't know how to bind properties of the column to the tooltip text. It would be fine for me if I could get the column's UniqueName property in the HeaderCellStyle so that I could pass it into a Converter.

e.g.:

<Style x:Key="toolTipStyle" TargetType="telerik:GridViewHeaderCell">
            <Setter Property="ToolTipService.ToolTip" Value="{Binding Path=UniqueName"/>
</Style>

[Vanya Pavlova]

Hello Thomas,

 

For the time being Binding in Style setter cannot be achieved under Silverlight 4. However it will be possible in Silverlight 5. Another possible approach here outside of a style targeted at GridViewHeaderCell could be to define your custom header and set the tooltip from there:

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" >
    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.Header>
        <TextBlock Text="Name" ToolTip="Name tooltip" />
    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.Header>
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>

 
However you should implement some custom logic to display the ToolTip's content in the way you need. 

All the best,
Vanya Pavlova
the Telerik team

[Thomas]

Thanks, I wasn't aware that it is not yet possible. Anyway thanks for taking your time.