Color cells in WPF DataGrid dynamically

Question

I populate the contents of a WPF DataGrid with dynamic data that is the result of a search. Now I would like to highlight those cells of the DataGrid, that contain data which was matched during the search. Some hints about how this could be achieved are given here . Is there more elegant solution to this problem?

Answer 1

Binding to the data is the best way. However if the data doesn't have the appropriate values then a converter needs to be employed (as in the examples).

if you want something more elegant, I'd add a conversion within the data and bind to that property instead

say like :

  public int RealProperty { .... }

  public SystemColors.AppWorkspaceColor Colour { return manglefromInt(RealProperty); }