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Filtering the WPF DataGrid automatically via the header (inline filtering)

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25 Aug 2009CPOL6 min read 228.1K   10.7K   73  
This will help you create a grid that has inline filtering like you see in DevExpress / Telerik.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Windows.Controls;

namespace Labs.Filtering
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Initialize the list
            List<Order> orders = new List<Order>();

            // Add random words
            Random r = new Random();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
            {
                orders.Add(new Order() { Name = GetRandomString(r, 25), ItemCount = GetRandomString(r, 8) });
            }

            // Set the data context
            this.DataContext = orders;
        }

        public string GetRandomString(Random rnd, int length)
        {
            string chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            while (length-- > 0)
                sb.Append(chars[(int)(rnd.NextDouble() * chars.Length)]);
            return sb.ToString();
        }
    }
}

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I'm a Technical Consultant at RealDolmen, one of the largest players on the Belgian IT market: http://www.realdolmen.com

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