How to collapse child control in listviewitem UWP

Question

Universal Windows Platform, C#

How can I collapse/expand the child listview of item MainListView listitem from code behind? I have not found anything that works. I\'

Answer 1

Here is how i would do it.

I would create two DataTemplates one to show when selected (Expanded), another when not expanded.

Below is my ViewModel.

public class MyViewModel
{
    public MyViewModel()
    {
        myItems = new ObservableCollection<MyItems>();
        for(int i=1;i<=10;i++)
        {
            MyItems item = new MyItems();
            item.Name = "Main Item " + i.ToString();
            ObservableCollection<MySubItems> subItems = new ObservableCollection<MySubItems>();
            for (int j=1;j<=5;j++)
            {
                subItems.Add(new MySubItems() { Title = "Sub Item " + j.ToString() });
            }
            item.Data = subItems;
            myItems.Add(item);
        }
    }

    public ObservableCollection<MyItems> myItems { get; set; }
}

public class MyItems
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public ObservableCollection<MySubItems> Data { get; set; }
}

public class MySubItems
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
}

Below is my MainPage.xaml as requested

<Page
    x:Class="App2.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:App2"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d">
    <Page.DataContext>
        <local:MyViewModel/>
    </Page.DataContext>

    <Page.Resources>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="NoSelectDataTemplate">
            <Grid>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="SelectDataTemplate">
            <Grid>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
                <ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" Grid.Row="1">
                    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </ListView.ItemTemplate>
                </ListView>
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </Page.Resources>

    <Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
        <ListView HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" ItemsSource="{Binding myItems}" SelectionChanged="ListView_SelectionChanged" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource NoSelectDataTemplate}">
            <ListView.ItemContainerStyle >
                <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
                    <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch" />
                    <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0,.5,0,0" />
                    <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Gainsboro" />
                </Style>
            </ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
        </ListView>
    </Grid>
</Page>

And Below is how my SelectionChanged Event Looks like.

private int PreviousIndex;
private void ListView_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    ListView lv = sender as ListView;

    if (PreviousIndex >=0)
    {
        ListViewItem prevItem = (lv.ContainerFromIndex(PreviousIndex)) as ListViewItem;
        prevItem.ContentTemplate = Resources["NoSelectDataTemplate"] as DataTemplate;
    }

    ListViewItem item = (lv.ContainerFromIndex(lv.SelectedIndex)) as ListViewItem;
    item.ContentTemplate = Resources["SelectDataTemplate"] as DataTemplate;

    PreviousIndex = lv.SelectedIndex;
}

Here is the Output