How-to define Empty DataTemplate for the ItemsControl based controls like ListView or DataGrid

Question

ASP.NET controls like ListView allows providing a custom template by setting the ListView.EmptyDataTemplate property, this template will be rendered in case of empty data source

Answer 1

You can use set the Template property based on a DataTrigger

For example,

In Resources:

Control itself:

There might be an simplier way of doing the binding, but I don't have a compiler on me right now to figure out what it would be :)