OK, I've tried modifying the CellValuePresenter for a particular field, but can't seem to get the data to show.  I think it's a binding scope issue or something.  Basically I need to bind 2 different properties to a couple properties in the DataItem of the record.  I'm trying like this:

<igDP:Field Name="ActionCode" Label="Action Code" Width="150">

 <igDP:Field.Settings>

<igDP:FieldSettings>

<igDP:FieldSettings.CellValuePresenterStyle>

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}">

<Setter Property="Template">

<Setter.Value>

<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}">

<Border BorderThickness="0,0,1,0" BorderBrush="#4C000000">

<eclp:EclpTextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Text="{Binding Path=ActionCode, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type igDP:XamDataGrid}}}" ToolTip="{Binding Path=ActionCodeName, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type igDP:XamDataGrid}}}" />

</Border>

</ControlTemplate>

</Setter.Value>

</Setter>

</Style>

</igDP:FieldSettings.CellValuePresenterStyle>

</igDP:FieldSettings>

</igDP:Field.Settings>

</igDP:Field>

Hello Dustin,

I have been looking through your snippet and since “ActionCode” and  “ActionCodeName” are not properties of the XamDataGrid  I suppose you have provided them as its DataContext which means that this should wok if you change your binding paths like so:

Path=DataContext.ActionCode

and

Path=DataContext.ActionCodeName

If this doesn’t help I am going to need a test sample in order to figure out the bindings you need.

Also instead of retemplating the whole CellValuePresenter I suggest you only retemplate its ContentPresenter, in order to preserve the built-in functionality. You can do this by creating a setter for the ContentTemplate property instead of the Template property.

Please let me know if I can do anything else for you regarding this matter.

Does the DataContext you added in your code snippet point to the CELL's data context, or the data context of the record?  I want to access the data context of the record, and use a couple properties that are available in the data object assigned to the row (record) ... is that possible?

Hi,

In my previous response I was taking into consideration the binding you had created that pointed to the XamDataGrid and I thought that you have a separate property in your view model that you wanted to reference. By default the CellValuePresenter has a its containing Record as DataContext so if you want to access a property from the data object you are using you can create a style like this one:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}" >

    <Setter Property="Template" >

        <Setter.Value>

            <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}">

                <TextBlock Foreground="Red" Text="{Binding Path=DataItem.Age}" />

            </ControlTemplate>

        </Setter.Value>

    </Setter>

</Style>

And as I suggested last time, in order not to lose the built-in functionality make a setter for the ContentTemlate:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}" >

    <Setter Property="ContentTemplate" >

        <Setter.Value>

            <DataTemplate>

                <StackPanel>

                    <TextBlock Foreground="Green"

                               Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource

                        AncestorType={x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}},

                        Path=Value}" />

                    <TextBlock Foreground="YellowGreen"

                               Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource

                        AncestorType={x:Type igDP:CellValuePresenter}},

                        Path=DataContext.DataItem.Points}" />

                </StackPanel>

            </DataTemplate>

        </Setter.Value>

    </Setter>

</Style>

I have also attached a sample project (Grid_CellValuePresenter_Binding.zip) so you can see the difference.

Please let me know if I can assist you any further on this matter.