WPF: How to hide GridViewColumn using XAML?

Question

I have the following object in App.xaml

Answer 1

Based on Ben McMillan's answer, but supports dynamic changing of visible property. I've simplified his solution further by removing the IsEnabled property.

public class GridViewColumnVisibilityManager
{
    static Dictionary originalColumnWidths = new Dictionary();

    public static bool GetIsVisible(DependencyObject obj)
    {
        return (bool)obj.GetValue(IsVisibleProperty);
    }

    public static void SetIsVisible(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
    {
        obj.SetValue(IsVisibleProperty, value);
    }

    public static readonly DependencyProperty IsVisibleProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("IsVisible", typeof(bool), typeof(GridViewColumnVisibilityManager), new UIPropertyMetadata(true, OnIsVisibleChanged));

    private static void OnIsVisibleChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        GridViewColumn gc = d as GridViewColumn;
        if (gc == null)
            return;

        if (GetIsVisible(gc) == false)
        {
            originalColumnWidths[gc] = gc.Width;
            gc.Width = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            if (gc.Width == 0)
                gc.Width = originalColumnWidths[gc];
        }
    }
}