C# – How to make a table in Silverlight

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So I'd like to make a visible table, with a border around each cell and a different background color for the header. I'd like to eventually insert controls into this. For example, put a textfield inside one of the table elements, or some radio buttons, etc. Is there a control for this?

I've narrowed it down to two possibilities, but they both seem kind of "meh":

  1. use the Grid Control – I like this but is there a way to color the border on the cell (I did not find this)

  2. use the DataGrid Control – this control is just way too complicated for what I need.

I'm just looking for an html style table in silverlight, any ideas?

Best Answer

I've gotten pretty decent results with the HeaderedItemsControl in the Toolkit:

<c:HeaderedItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding rowData}" x:Name="theTable">
    <c:HeaderedItemsControl.Header>
        <Border Background="HEADER BG COLOR HERE">
            <Grid Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=theTable}">
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>                
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="Field 1"/>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="Field 2"/>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="Field 3"/>
            </Grid>
        </Border>
    </c:HeaderedItemsControl.Header>
    <c:HeaderedItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>                
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Value1}"/>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Value2}"/>
                <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding Value3}"/>
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </c:HeaderedItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</c:HeaderedItemsControl>

And of course you can style the above to your hearts content...

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