That looks useful, but:

- The color is based on a property of the backing item, but not the displayed value;

- I need to do this binding in code (I dynamically construct the entire grid). So far, my attempts at setting a binding in code has thrown an exception.

I hope to start tinkering with this later today.

Hello,

You can do the same thing without converters.

You can just to set you cell's background colours from the xamDataGrid Loaded event like this:

 private void xamDataGrid1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            foreach (var item in xamDataGrid1.Records)
            {
                if ( "Provide Property Based Logic here..." )
                {
                    CellValuePresenter.FromCell((item as DataRecord).Cells[0]).Background =
                        new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Azure);
                }
            }
        }

Of course there are some limitations to using this aproach due to the fact that the CellValuePresenter is initializes on visualization.

Hope this Helps.

Regards Petar.

Petar, sadly, that doesn't work at all. I'll have to give the triggers a shot next.

Hello,

Yes I know it gets more complicated but that is what I warned about in my first post.

If you pick the appropriate Event you should have no problem.

If you'd like to use the approach I'll be happy to help you on the way.

Petar.

I think that the best way to do this is to set it in the CellValuePresent class' Loaded event. There you'll check for the field that has sent the event and for anything else you might need.

You can create this from the EeventManager in code behind or by using a style's event setter in the xaml.

Hope this helps Petar.

Using a converter (IValueConverter) to bind the Visibility property of the CheckBox and the Background of the cellvaluepresente does not work? Have you tried that?

I want to the hide the checkbox when I change my background to gray -- what do I need to do to make this happen?  I have the gray background, just can't find a way to hide the checkbox for that cell.

That works like a charm in a test project.

Alas, the event doesn't fire in the application I need it in -- obviously, I'm doing something else wrong in this massive form, but that's not your problem.

It should be A LoadCompletedEvenntHandler or smth like that.

You'll get it going a lot faster from the xaml like so:

 <Window.Resources>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}">
        <EventSetter Event="Loaded" Handler="cvp_Loaded"/>
    </Style>
</Window.Resources>

And in the code behind:

void cvp_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            CellValuePresenter cvp = (sender as CellValuePresenter);
            if (cvp.Field.Name == "Age")
            {
                cvp.Background = Brushes.Red;
            }
        }

Petar. 

Sounds like a plan. Question #543782548 though (are you sick of me yet?)... I have this in my window's constructor, but the event never fires -- what am I doing wrong?

EventManager.RegisterClassHandler(typeof(CellValuePresenter), CellValuePresenter.LoadedEvent, new RoutedEventHandler(PresenterLoaded), true);

Handler sig