Change input form into a display form - wpf

Question

Some context:
Users enter data into a Window with multiple input control (standard textbox, combobox etc).
Users open same window in -readmode- displaying previously entered data.
Sure, input form is easy and for readmode I can use the IsEnabled dependancyproperty to disable the input controls.
Is it possible to replace all input controls with labels using Style with Triggers?

Answer 1

This will turn all TextBoxes into TextBlocks when IsReadOnly is true. As you guessed, there's a trigger on the Style that changes the control template.
<Window x:Class="SO_Xaml_ReadOnlyInputForm.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="TextBox">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsReadOnly}"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TextBox">
<TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding Text}"
Width="{TemplateBinding Width}" />
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<CheckBox Grid.Row="0"
IsChecked="{Binding IsReadOnly}"
Content="Is Read-only?" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock>Item1</TextBlock>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Item1Text}"
Width="100" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>
VIEWMODEL class
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Practices.Prism.ViewModel;
using Microsoft.Practices.Prism.Commands;
namespace SO_Xaml_ReadOnlyInputForm
{
public class ViewModel : NotificationObject
{
private string _itemText;
private bool _isReadOnly;
public string Item1Text
{
get { return _itemText; }
set
{
_itemText = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(() => Item1Text);
}
}
public bool IsReadOnly
{
get { return _isReadOnly; }
set
{
_isReadOnly = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(() => IsReadOnly);
}
}
public ViewModel()
{
Item1Text = "This is the text";
}
}
}