UPDATE
Figured out a much better way to do this. This will also account for changes in the ObservableCollection.
The Xaml can just look like this
<Window.Resources>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate x:Key="Level1"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Childs}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}"/>
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding}"
...>
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding Path=IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" />
<Setter Property="IsExpanded" Value="{Binding Path=IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay}" />
</Style>
</TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
</TreeView>
And then we handle the IsSelected Property in the Model/ViewModel instead.
public class MyViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private static MyViewModel s_lastSelectedTestItem = null;
public MyViewModel(string name)
{
Name = name;
m_isSelected = false;
Childs = new ObservableCollection<MyViewModel>();
Childs.CollectionChanged += new NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler(TestItems_CollectionChanged);
}
void TestItems_CollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (IsSelected == true && Childs.Count > 0)
{
Childs[0].IsSelected = true;
IsExpanded = true;
}
}
public string Name
{
get;
set;
}
public ObservableCollection<MyViewModel> Childs
{
get;
set;
}
private bool m_isSelected;
public bool IsSelected
{
get
{
return m_isSelected;
}
set
{
m_isSelected = value;
if (m_isSelected == true)
{
if (s_lastSelectedTestItem != null)
{
s_lastSelectedTestItem.IsSelected = false;
}
s_lastSelectedTestItem = this;
if (Childs.Count > 0)
{
IsExpanded = true;
Childs[0].IsSelected = true;
m_isSelected = false;
}
}
OnPropertyChanged("IsSelected");
}
}
private bool m_isExpaned;
public bool IsExpanded
{
get
{
return m_isExpaned;
}
set
{
m_isExpaned = value;
OnPropertyChanged("IsExpanded");
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}