hierarchicaldatatemplate

I have a class of MyClass<MyObject> and want to set it as the DataType for a HierarchicalDataTemplate. What is the syntax for this in XAML? (I know how to set namespaces, I need just the syntax for <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{X:Type ..... Szymon Rozga itowlson's approach is a good one but it is just a start. Here's something that will work for your case (and most, if not all, cases): public class GenericType : MarkupExtension { public Type BaseType { get; set; } public Type[] InnerTypes { get; set; } public GenericType() { } public GenericType(Type baseType, params Type[] innerTypes)

I have a TreeView which uses a HierarchicalDataTemplate to bind its data. It looks like this: <TreeView x:Name="mainTreeList" ItemsSource="{Binding MyCollection}> <TreeView.Resources> <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:MyTreeViewItemViewModel}" ItemsSource="{Binding Children}"> <!-- code code code --> </HierarchicalDataTemplate> </TreeView.Resources> </TreeView> Now, from the code-behind of say the main window, I want to get the current selected TreeViewItem . However, if I use: this.mainTreeList.SelectedItem; The selectedItem is of type MyTreeViewItemViewModel . But I want to

I have a bit of a complex situation with WPF Treeview Binding. I have spent the last 2 days trying Google it, and this is the closed I came up with, but it doesn't solve the issue. Here is the situation: I have an object that looks like this: public class Category { public string Name { get; set; } public List<Category> Categories { get; set; } public List<Product> Products { get; set; } } public class Product { public string Name { get; set; } Each Category can have a list of objects, and child categories. I have a reason for doing this that makes complete sense to me, and the app I am

I am trying to get a TreeView to bind my collection so that all groups show nested groups and each group will show entry. How can I use the HierarchicalDataTemplate so that the TreeView will process both SubGroups and Entries collection? Groups show subgroups and entries: Example: Group1 --Entry --Entry Group2 --Group4 ----Group1 ------Entry ------Entry ----Entry ----Entry --Entry --Entry Group3 --Entry --Entry Objects: namespace TaskManager.Domain { public class Entry { public int Key { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } } namespace TaskManager.Domain { public class Group { public