how to set all row heights of the wpf datagrid when one row height is adjusted

Question

Im using the wpf datagrid and am looking for a way to set the height on all of the rows when the user adjusts one of them. I know the datagrid has a RowHeight property that sets all of the row heights at once, but the how of catching an individual row height changed escapes me

Answer 1

I arrived on this by trial and error, so long ass you are using an ItemsSource data source it should work fine. It should work with virtual rows and causes only a brief visual pause and it switches over (this seems mainly down to column autogeneration so can be avoided).

As hacks go it has the advantage of simplicity and the use of mechanics which are not expected to change.

The heuristic on user triggering of the action might be improved but it has not failed on me yet.

using Microsoft.Windows.Controls;
using Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Primitives;

public static class DataGridExtensions
{
    public static void LinkRowHeightsToUserChange(this DataGrid dataGrid)
    {
        double? heightToApply = null;
        bool userTriggered = false;

        if (dataGrid.RowHeaderStyle == null)
            dataGrid.RowHeaderStyle = new Style(typeof(DataGridRowHeader));
        if (dataGrid.RowStyle == null)
            dataGrid.RowStyle = new Style(typeof(DataGridRow));

        dataGrid.RowStyle.Setters.Add(new EventSetter()
        {
            Event = DataGridRow.SizeChangedEvent,
            Handler = new SizeChangedEventHandler((r, sizeArgs) =>
            {
                if (userTriggered && sizeArgs.HeightChanged)
                        heightToApply = sizeArgs.NewSize.Height;
            })
        });
        dataGrid.RowHeaderStyle.Setters.Add(new EventSetter()
        {
            Event = DataGridRowHeader.PreviewMouseDownEvent,
            Handler = new MouseButtonEventHandler(
                (rh,e) => userTriggered = true)
        });
        dataGrid.RowHeaderStyle.Setters.Add(new EventSetter()
        {
            Event = DataGridRowHeader.MouseLeaveEvent,
            Handler = new MouseEventHandler((o, mouseArgs) =>
            {
                if (heightToApply.HasValue)
                {
                    userTriggered = false;
                    var itemsSource = dataGrid.ItemsSource;
                    dataGrid.ItemsSource = null;
                    dataGrid.RowHeight = heightToApply.Value;
                    dataGrid.ItemsSource = itemsSource;
                    heightToApply = null;
                }
            })
        });
    }