AdaptiveTrigger and DataTemplate

Question

Will AdaptiveTrigger work in a DataTemplate?

That's my code i'm using to customize my ShellNavigation, it is working fine except the visual states. They will not trigger anything.

<shell:ShellHeadView x:Key="ShellHeadView_01">
    <shell:ShellHeadView.ContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid Margin="20,0">
                <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                    <VisualStateGroup>
                        <VisualState x:Name="GreenBackgroundVisualState">
                            <VisualState.Setters>
                                <Setter Target="headViewLeft.Background" Value="Green" />
                            </VisualState.Setters>
                            <VisualState.StateTriggers>
                                <AdaptiveTrigger MinWindowWidth="1000"/>
                            </VisualState.StateTriggers>
                        </VisualState>
                        <VisualState x:Name="OrangeBackgroundVisualState">
                            <VisualState.Setters>
                                <Setter Target="headViewLeft.Background" Value="Orange" />
                            </VisualState.Setters>
                            <VisualState.StateTriggers>
                                <AdaptiveTrigger MinWindowWidth="2000"/>
                            </VisualState.StateTriggers>
                        </VisualState>
                        <VisualState x:Name="RedBackgroundVisualState">
                            <VisualState.Setters>
                                <Setter Target="headViewLeft.Background" Value="Red" />
                            </VisualState.Setters>
                            <VisualState.StateTriggers>
                                <AdaptiveTrigger MinWindowWidth="3000"/>
                            </VisualState.StateTriggers>
                        </VisualState>
                    </VisualStateGroup>
                </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition/>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <Grid Grid.Column="0" x:Name="headViewLeft" Width="100" Height="90">

                </Grid>

Answer 1

Try wrapping your DataTemplate inside a UserControl like this -

<DataTemplate>
    <UserControl>
        <Grid>
            <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
            ...
        </Grid>
    </UserControl>
</DataTemplate>

---

Looks like any Control that has got a Content property will work. That's why UserControl works, so does a ContentControl.

So if you replace the UserControl with a ContentControl and give it an empty Style. It should work too.

<Style x:Key="EmptyContentControlStyle" TargetType="ContentControl">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="ContentControl" />
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

<DataTemplate>
    <ContentControl Style="{StaticResource EmptyContentControlStyle}">
        <Grid>
            <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
            ...
        </Grid>
    </ContentControl>
</DataTemplate>