Click here to Skip to main content
15,891,423 members
Please Sign up or sign in to vote.
0.00/5 (No votes)
See more:
Hi,
I am stuck at making threestate checkbox.
I have created the sample as shown in below. When child items are selected Parent checkbox should show Check/Uncheck/Indetermine
Could anyone help on the below code to make it work threestate of checkbox?

Thanks in advance.

What I have tried:

Window.xaml:
<Window x:Class="SampleLV.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SampleLV"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <ListView x:Name="listview">

            <!-- View -->
            <ListView.View>
                <GridView>
                    <GridViewColumn Width="50">
                        <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate DataType="cls:Item">
                                <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Selected, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Checked="CheckBox_Checked" />
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn>

                    <GridViewColumn Width="300" Header="Name" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Name, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"></GridViewColumn>

                    <GridViewColumn Width="100" Header="Type" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Type}"></GridViewColumn>
                </GridView>
            </ListView.View>

            <!-- Group style -->
            <ListView.GroupStyle>
                <GroupStyle>
                    <GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
                        <Style TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}">
                            <Setter Property="Template">
                                <Setter.Value>
                                    <ControlTemplate>
                                        <Expander x:Name="exp" IsExpanded="True">
                                            <Expander.Header>
                                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                                    <CheckBox Checked="OnGroupChecked" IsThreeState="True" IsChecked="{Binding DataContext.IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Unchecked="OnGroupUnchecked" 
                                                              Visibility="{Binding }"></CheckBox>
                                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
                                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding ItemCount, StringFormat='- {0} item(s)'}" />
                                                </StackPanel>
                                            </Expander.Header>
                                            <ItemsPresenter />
                                        </Expander>
                                    </ControlTemplate>
                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                        </Style>
                    </GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
                </GroupStyle>
            </ListView.GroupStyle>
        </ListView>
    </Grid>
</Window>


Window.xaml.cs:
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
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;

namespace SampleLV
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// 
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            var lst = new List<item>();
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "A", Type = "1" });
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "B", Type = "1" });
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "C", Type = "1" });
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "A", Type = "2" });
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "B", Type = "2" });
            lst.Add(new Item { Name = "C", Type = "2" });

            listview.ItemsSource = lst;

            var view = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(lst);
            view.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("Type"));
        }

        private void OnGroupChecked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.HandleGroupCheck((CheckBox)sender, true);
        }

        private void HandleGroupCheck(CheckBox sender, bool check)
        {
            var group = (CollectionViewGroup)sender.DataContext;
            this.HandleGroupCheckRecursive(group, check);
        }

        private void HandleGroupCheckRecursive(CollectionViewGroup group, bool check)
        {
            foreach (var itemOrGroup in group.Items)
            {
                if (itemOrGroup is CollectionViewGroup)
                {
                    // Found a nested group - recursively run this method again
                    this.HandleGroupCheckRecursive(itemOrGroup as CollectionViewGroup, check);
                }
                else if (itemOrGroup is Item)
                {
                    var item = (Item)itemOrGroup;
                    item.Selected = check;
                }
            }
        }

        private void OnGroupUnchecked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.HandleGroupCheck((CheckBox)sender, false);
        }

        private void CheckBox_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.HandleChildCheck((CheckBox)sender, true);
        }

        private void HandleChildCheck(CheckBox sender, bool check)
        {
            var group = (Item)sender.DataContext;
            group.IsSelected = true;
        }

        public static T GetVisualParent<t>(Visual referenceVisual) where T:Visual
        {
            Visual parent = referenceVisual;
            while (parent !=null)
            {
                parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent) as Visual;
                if(parent !=null && parent.GetType() == typeof(T))
                {
                    return parent as T;
                }
            }
            return parent as T;
        }

        private void HandleChildGroupCheck(Item group, bool check)
        {
            //foreach (var itemOrGroup in group.Items)
            //{
            //    if (itemOrGroup is CollectionViewGroup)
            //    {
            //        // Found a nested group - recursively run this method again
            //        this.HandleGroupCheckRecursive(itemOrGroup as CollectionViewGroup, check);
            //    }
            //    else if (itemOrGroup is Item)
            //    {
            //        var item = (Item)itemOrGroup;
            //        item.Selected = check;
            //    }
            //}
        }

    }

    public class Item : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private string _name;
        private bool _selected;
        private string _type;

        public string Name {
            get { return _name; }
            set {
                _name = value;
                this.OnPropertyChanged();
            }
        }

        public bool Selected {
            get { return _selected; }
            set {
                _selected = value;
                this.OnPropertyChanged();
            }
        }

        public string Type {
            get { return _type; }
            set {
                _type = value;
                this.OnPropertyChanged();
            }
        }

        bool? _isSelected;
        public bool? IsSelected {
            get { return _isSelected; }
            set {
                _isSelected = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("IsSelected");
            }
        }

        protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string property = "")
        {
            if (this.PropertyChanged != null) this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    }
}
Posted
Updated 21-Jan-19 17:58pm
v3

1 solution

If you want "tri-state", you need to define your bound property as "nullable"; i.e.
public bool? Selected {
   get { return _selected; }
   set {
      _selected = value;
      this.OnPropertyChanged();
   }
}

("null" is the 3rd state).
 
Share this answer
 
Comments
sdileep1 22-Jan-19 0:01am    
I have added 'IsSelected' property in my code. But am not able to reflect in the UI. I am suspecting some logic is missing. Am not able to get the parent checkbox to set based on the child item selection. Maybe need to add some logic in HandleChildCheck(CheckBox sender, bool check) method when child item is selected. Could you please help me to get the GroupItem from the Collectionview to set this.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)



CodeProject, 20 Bay Street, 11th Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N8 +1 (416) 849-8900