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Create a ListView control that uses a GridView view mode to display dates
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<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
x:Class="ListViewSort.Window1"
xmlns:s="clr-namespace:System.Collections;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:p="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">
<Window.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="HeaderTemplateArrowUp">
<DockPanel>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding}"/>
<Path x:Name="arrow"
StrokeThickness = "1"
Fill = "gray"
Data = "M 5,10 L 15,10 L 10,5 L 5,10"/>
</DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="HeaderTemplateArrowDown">
<DockPanel>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding }"/>
<Path x:Name="arrow"
StrokeThickness = "1"
Fill = "gray"
Data = "M 5,5 L 10,10 L 15,5 L 5,5"/>
</DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<StackPanel>
<ListView x:Name='lv' Height="150" GridViewColumnHeader.Click="GridViewColumnHeaderClickedHandler">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Year}"
Header="Year"
Width="100"/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
<ListView.ItemsSource>
<s:ArrayList>
<p:DateTime>2003/1/1 12:22:02</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2003/1/2 13:2:01</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2007/1/3 2:1:6</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2007/1/4 13:6:55</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2009/2/1 12:22:02</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2008/2/2 13:2:01</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2000/2/3 2:1:6</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2002/2/4 13:6:55</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2001/3/1 12:22:02</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2006/3/2 13:2:01</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2004/3/3 2:1:6</p:DateTime>
<p:DateTime>2004/3/4 13:6:55</p:DateTime>
</s:ArrayList>
</ListView.ItemsSource>
</ListView>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
//File:Window.xaml.vb
Imports System
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows.Media
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Windows.Controls.Primitives
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Data
Namespace ListViewSort
Public Partial Class Window1
Inherits Window
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private _lastHeaderClicked As GridViewColumnHeader = Nothing
Private _lastDirection As ListSortDirection = ListSortDirection.Ascending
Private Sub GridViewColumnHeaderClickedHandler(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
Dim headerClicked As GridViewColumnHeader = TryCast(e.OriginalSource, GridViewColumnHeader)
Dim direction As ListSortDirection
If headerClicked Is Nothing Then
Return
End If
If headerClicked.Role <> GridViewColumnHeaderRole.Padding Then
Return
End If
If headerClicked IsNot _lastHeaderClicked Then
direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending
Else
If _lastDirection = ListSortDirection.Ascending Then
direction = ListSortDirection.Descending
Else
direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending
End If
End If
Dim header As String = TryCast(headerClicked.Column.Header, String)
Sort(header, direction)
If direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending Then
headerClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate = TryCast(Resources("HeaderTemplateArrowUp"), DataTemplate)
Else
headerClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate = TryCast(Resources("HeaderTemplateArrowDown"), DataTemplate)
End If
If _lastHeaderClicked IsNot Nothing AndAlso _lastHeaderClicked IsNot headerClicked Then
_lastHeaderClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate = Nothing
End If
_lastHeaderClicked = headerClicked
_lastDirection = direction
End Sub
Private Sub Sort(sortBy As String, direction As ListSortDirection)
Dim dataView As ICollectionView = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(lv.ItemsSource)
dataView.SortDescriptions.Clear()
Dim sd As New SortDescription(sortBy, direction)
dataView.SortDescriptions.Add(sd)
dataView.Refresh()
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
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