I have a DataGrid style in App.xaml:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGrid}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource DataGridItemTextBrush}" />
<Setter Property="VerticalGridLinesBrush" Value="{StaticResource GridBrush}" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalGridLinesBrush" Value="{StaticResource GridBrush}" />
<Setter Property="RowBackground" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="HeadersVisibility" Value="Column" />
<Setter Property="AlternatingRowBackground" Value="#77000000" />
</Style>
This works great for all of my datagrid's in my applications. However, for one of my datagrids, I want to group my rows if a specific column shares the same values. So I use the following on that particular datagrid:
<DataGrid.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Padding="3"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}" >
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}">
<Expander>
<Expander.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
</Style>
</Expander.Resources>
<Expander.Header>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name, StringFormat=Set: {0}}" Margin="5,0"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ItemCount, StringFormat=(\{0\} Games)}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Expander.Header>
<ItemsPresenter />
</Expander>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
</GroupStyle>
</DataGrid.GroupStyle>
Problem: Now this DataGrid displays everything correctly based on my DataGrid style, except it displays the text (foreground) as black instead of my style.
Solution: I can fix the problem (though I don't understand why this is necessary) by modifying my ItemsPresenter to either of the following:
<ItemsPresenter TextElement.Foreground="{StaticResource DataGridItemTextBrush}"/>
or
<ItemsPresenter TextBlock.Foreground="{StaticResource DataGridItemTextBrush}" />
Question: Can anyone explain why this happens and/or offer a better solution that will guarantee that my ItemsPresenter does not override any of my DataGrid styles?
Thank you!