Hello,
I'd like to be able to control how the field text is displayed in the FieldChooser. Specifically, I have cases where the more than one field in the XamDataGrid can have the same Label (i.e. column header), so I'd like to differentiate among them by either changing the text that displays in the FieldChooser to be something like "Label (Field Name)" or by adding a ToolTip that displays the Field Name. I've found a couple forum posts that address issues like this, but both involve copying a 200 line style into my XAML and making a small modification. I'd really rather not have to worry about having a copy of all that Infragistics source code in my project as it could easily cause problems with future product updates. Is there an easier way to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Bob
Hello Bob,
Unfortunately there isn't an easier way to do this. The Field Chooser area just reuses the same LabelPresenter style/template as the regular column headers. The LabelPresenter template has a trigger on the IsInFieldChooser property which then hides/shows different parts of the template. The best that you can do right now is copy the template from the DefaultStyles folder, add your components to the template and then edit the existing trigger to show your component. This is probably what those other forum posts were saying as well.
If you'd like to see an easier way to modify the Field Chooser template for each item then I recommend that you suggest this at http://ideas.infragistics.com.
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Thanks very much for the quick reply, Rob.
Regards,
Hi Bob,
Just checking in to see if you have any further questions on this issue.
Aahh, ok, cool, thanks! That might just work in my case...
If you just want a tooltip and you don't mind the tooltip being shown when the mouse is over the label presenter in the grid as well then you can set the ToolTip property of the Field.
No, I think I'm good for now, thanks. I grabbed the style from one of the examples and added a tooltip, which all seems to be working fine. I've also submitted an enhancement request for a possible way to do this without having to embed the IG code in the application.
Thanks again for your help.