Metro app - ListView - how to alternate background colour of ListViewItems

Question

In my Metro style app for Windows 8, I\'m binding a Listview to an ObservableCollection and I would like the background color of each ListViewItem to alternate (white, gray

Answer 1

You can use a converter - grab a row index from an item and convert it to a brush. Also - if ItemTemplate does not give you enough control - use ItemContainerStyle to modify the brush at the ListViewItem template level.

Another option might be to specify an ItemTemplateSelector that gives you a different template with a different brush depending on an item. You would still need to generate row indices though or somehow enable the selector to determine if the item is at an even or odd position.