If I set TreeViewItem Background it highlights the header only. How can I highlight the whole line?
I have found a post almost solving a problem http://social.msdn.
If you mean something like this screenshot
(source: bendewey.com)
Update As noted this example has the downfall of being indented on the subitems
(source: bendewey.com)
Then this should help you. Its also based on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788727.aspx you can change the TreeViewItem's Template to a StackPanel and set the ItemsPanel left Margin to 19. Then in the TreeView you set the HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch". I'm attaching the entire resource below, but here is the important part.
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<StackPanel>
<Border Name="Bd"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="19" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander"
Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsExpanded,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header"
Grid.Column="1"
ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Margin="19,0,0,0" />
</StackPanel>
<!-- Triggers -->
</ControlTemplate>
Control
<TreeView Margin="50" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<TreeViewItem Header="test2"/>
<TreeViewItem Header="test2">
<TreeViewItem Header="sub test"/>
<TreeViewItem Header="sub test2"/>
</TreeViewItem>
<TreeViewItem Header="test3"/>
</TreeView>
Resources
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="GlyphBrush" Color="#444" />
<!--=================================================================
TreeViewItem
==================================================================-->
<Style x:Key="ExpandCollapseToggleStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid
Width="15"
Height="13"
Background="Transparent">
<Path x:Name="ExpandPath"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Margin="1,1,1,1"
Fill="{StaticResource GlyphBrush}"
Data="M 4 0 L 8 4 L 4 8 Z"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Data"
TargetName="ExpandPath"
Value="M 0 4 L 8 4 L 4 8 Z"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemFocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border>
<Rectangle Margin="0,0,0,0"
StrokeThickness="5"
Stroke="Black"
StrokeDashArray="1 2"
Opacity="0"/>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type TreeViewItem}"
TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding Path=HorizontalContentAlignment,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding Path=VerticalContentAlignment,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Padding"
Value="1,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle"
Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItemFocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<StackPanel>
<Border Name="Bd"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="19" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander"
Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsExpanded,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press"/>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header"
Grid.Column="1"
ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Margin="19,0,0,0" />
</StackPanel>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded"
Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="ItemsHost"
Property="Visibility"
Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems"
Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="Expander"
Property="Visibility"
Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader"
Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Width"
Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header"
Property="MinWidth"
Value="75"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader"
Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Height"
Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header"
Property="MinHeight"
Value="19"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected"
Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Bd"
Property="Background"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected"
Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive"
Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="Bd"
Property="Background"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled"
Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This is by far the easiest solution. Just create a rectangle, call it Hb, and set its margine to -100px and not visible. Only set it to Visible when you've it selected or mouse over. It's a hack, but you're good for up to 5 levels of nested TreeViewItems (100 > 19*5)
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander" Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" ClickMode="Press" VerticalAlignment="Top" Panel.ZIndex="1"/>
<Rectangle x:Name="Hb" Width="Auto" Height="Auto" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="-100,0,0,0" Panel.ZIndex="-1" Visibility="Hidden" />
<Border x:Name="Bd" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Grid.Column="1" Panel.ZIndex="0">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="19,0,0,0"/>
</Grid>
If you mean something like this screenshot
(source: bendewey.com)
Then this should help you. Its based on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788727.aspx you can make some changes to the TreeViewItem's Grid layout. Basically you remove the third column. Then in the TreeView you set the HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch". I'm attaching the entire resource below, but here is the important part.
<!-- ... -->
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19"
Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- ... -->
Control
<TreeView Margin="50" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<TreeViewItem Header="test2"/>
<TreeViewItem Header="test2">
<TreeViewItem Header="sub test"/>
<TreeViewItem Header="sub test2"/>
</TreeViewItem>
<TreeViewItem Header="test3"/>
</TreeView>
Resources
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="GlyphBrush" Color="#444" />
<!--=================================================================
TreeViewItem
==================================================================-->
<Style x:Key="ExpandCollapseToggleStyle" TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
<Grid
Width="15"
Height="13"
Background="Transparent">
<Path x:Name="ExpandPath"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Margin="1,1,1,1"
Fill="{StaticResource GlyphBrush}"
Data="M 4 0 L 8 4 L 4 8 Z"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Data"
TargetName="ExpandPath"
Value="M 0 4 L 8 4 L 4 8 Z"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="TreeViewItemFocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border>
<Rectangle Margin="0,0,0,0"
StrokeThickness="5"
Stroke="Black"
StrokeDashArray="1 2"
Opacity="0"/>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type TreeViewItem}"
TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding Path=HorizontalContentAlignment,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment"
Value="{Binding Path=VerticalContentAlignment,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Padding"
Value="1,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle"
Value="{StaticResource TreeViewItemFocusVisual}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19"
Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander"
Style="{StaticResource ExpandCollapseToggleStyle}"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsExpanded,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
ClickMode="Press"/>
<Border Name="Bd"
Grid.Column="1"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header"
ContentSource="Header"
HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="ItemsHost" Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="Expander" Property="Visibility" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader" Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Width" Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header" Property="MinWidth" Value="75"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="HasHeader" Value="false"/>
<Condition Property="Height" Value="Auto"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="PART_Header" Property="MinHeight" Value="19"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>