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Bind list of images to StackPanel


i want to bind a list of images to a stackpanel which is inside a DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate. My class structure is as follows:

public class A
{
    private List<MyImage> _images = new List<MyImage>();
    public List<MyImage> Images { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public void AddImage(byte[] src) { ... }
}

public class MyImage
{
    public BitmapImage Image { get; set; }
    public byte[] RawData { get; set; }
}

In my main class i have a list of A:

public List<A> AList { get; set; }
dataGrid1.ItemsSource = AList;
dataGrid1.DataContext = AList;

All i want to do is to display the Name property of an element in a DataGridTextColumn and all images stored in the Images property in the RowDetails.

My xaml is:

<DataGrid name="dataGrid1">
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Path=Name}"/>
    </DataGrid.Columns>
    <DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel DataContext="{Binding Path=Images}">
                <Image Source="{Binding Path=RawData}"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>

All i get to see is just one image although there are some more stored in Images. Any ideas?


Solution

  • Ok, so the solution of this problem was the use of ContentPresenter combined with a converter.

    Now my XAML looks like this:

    <DataGrid name="dataGrid1">
        <DataGrid.Columns>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Path=Name}"/>
        </DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ContentPresenter Content="{Binding Images, Converter={StaticResource ImageCollectionConverter}}"/>
            </DataTemplate>
        </DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
    </DataGrid>
    

    And the corresponding converter class:

    public class ImageCollectionConverter : IValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            List<MyImage> images = value as List<MyImage>;
    
            if (images != null)
            {
                StackPanel stack = new StackPanel();
                stack.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
    
                foreach (DesignImage img in images)
                {
                    Image image = new Image();
                    image.Source = img.Image;
    
                    stack.Children.Add(image);
                }
    
                return stack;
            }
    
            return null;
        }
    
        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }