WPF binding to item control

Question

i'm new to wpf , i need to place a tow different drawing inside an item-controls items according to a specific binding value ,

the item control is for this case a button with a canvas in its content i need to render the drawing onto the canvas after performing a check on the bounded value

the item control is bounded to an ObservableCollection of Employee's

The Data Template is as follows (just the relative properties)

   <Button>
        <Grid>
            <ViewBox>
                  <Canvas>
                        <!-- Here go some shapes that -->
                  </Canvas>
              </ViewBox>         
        </Grid>
   </Button>

my question is , how to go about rendering the shapes through the Binding source i thought about a converter which would manually add the shapes from code behind but i cant figure out which of the canvas's properties to Bind .

any idea's would be appreciated.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '11 at 13:15

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You ca use the Canvas.Children property. You can place each single element by calling Canvas.SetTop(), Canvas.SetLeft() on each shape. I agree that some custom converter can do the job you want.

answered Nov 14 '11 at 13:15

Felice Pollano

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this is a good approach but i still fail to see how i can bind to the children property http://stackoverflow.com/questions/889825/wpf-is-it-possible-to-bind-a-canvass-children-property-in-xaml – eran otzap Nov 14 '11 at 13:25
try with an attached property and bind that property – Felice Pollano Nov 14 '11 at 13:54
sorry , i'm new to wpf you mean i need to do something along the lines of this : – eran otzap Nov 14 '11 at 14:05
@eran you could not bind the children, but you can create your own attached property and drive the children colection from there. – Felice Pollano Nov 14 '11 at 14:44

WPF binding to item control

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