C#/WPF: Make a GridViewColumn Visible=false?

Question

Does anyone know if there is an option to hide a GridViewColumn somehow like this:

Answer 1

Here is another solution based on setting the column's width to zero. I have modified it a little. It now works like this:

1. Bind the header's visibility to a boolean property of the ViewModel, using a bool-to-visibility converter
2. Use an attached property on the header to set the column's width to zero

Here is the code.

XAML:

BooleanToVisibilityConverter:

public class BooleanToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        bool param = bool.Parse(value.ToString());
        if (param == true)
            return Visibility.Visible;
        else
            return Visibility.Collapsed;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

Attached behavior GridViewBehaviors.CollapseableColumn:

public static readonly DependencyProperty CollapseableColumnProperty =
     DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("CollapseableColumn", typeof(bool), typeof(GridViewBehaviors),
    new UIPropertyMetadata(false, OnCollapseableColumnChanged));

public static bool GetCollapseableColumn(DependencyObject d)
{
    return (bool)d.GetValue(CollapseableColumnProperty);
}

public static void SetCollapseableColumn(DependencyObject d, bool value)
{
    d.SetValue(CollapseableColumnProperty, value);
}

private static void OnCollapseableColumnChanged(DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
    GridViewColumnHeader header = sender as GridViewColumnHeader;
    if (header == null)
        return;

    header.IsVisibleChanged += new DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(AdjustWidth);
}

static void AdjustWidth(object sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
    GridViewColumnHeader header = sender as GridViewColumnHeader;
    if (header == null)
        return;

    if (header.Visibility == Visibility.Collapsed)
        header.Column.Width = 0;
    else
        header.Column.Width = double.NaN;   // "Auto"
}