WPF Datagrid drag and drop questions - wpf

Question

I have a WPF Datagrid and I'm implementing drag and drop functionality.
The datagrid has a list of "files" and the user can drag them and copy the file to the desktop.
This is done like this:
string[] files = new String[myDataGrid.SelectedItems.Count];
int ix = 0;
foreach (object nextSel in myDataGrid.SelectedItems)
{
files[ix] = ((Song)nextSel).FileLocation;
++ix;
}
string dataFormat = DataFormats.FileDrop;
DataObject dataObject = new DataObject(dataFormat, files);
DragDrop.DoDragDrop(this.myDataGrid, dataObject, DragDropEffects.Copy);
I have two questions:
1. When I want to drag multiple items- this is a problem because after I select a couple and start clicking on one to start dragging- only that gets selected and the other items get deselected. I tried the solution that is given here but for some reason it doesn't work.
2. I want to remove the dragged item from the datagrid after it is copied. The problem is that I don't know how to check if the file was copied or whether the user just dragged it on the screen without copying it.
I hope you can help me solve these problems.
Thanks!

Answer 1

I think this i what you are looking for:
add this code to the DataGrid__PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown event handler:
private void DataGrid_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
this.startingPosition = e.GetPosition(null);
DependencyObject dep = (DependencyObject)e.OriginalSource;
// iteratively traverse the visual tree until get a row or null
while ((dep != null) && !(dep is DataGridRow))
{
dep = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(dep);
}
//if this is a row (item)
if (dep is DataGridRow)
{
//if the pointed item is already selected do not reselect it, so the previous multi-selection will remain
if (songListDB.SelectedItems.Contains((dep as DataGridRow).Item))
{
// now the drag will drag all selected files
e.Handled = true;
}
}
}
and now the draging won't change you selection.
Have a good luck!
I used that article to write my answer

Answer 2

Improved on finding the row.
Also selecting the clicked row when not dragging is added.
This now behaves exactly as other Microsoft selectors (eg Outlook)
public TreeDataGrid()
{
Loaded += TreeDataGrid_Loaded;
LoadingRow += new EventHandler<DataGridRowEventArgs>(TreeDataGrid_LoadingRow);
}
#region MultiSelect Drag
object toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp;
void TreeDataGrid_LoadingRow(object sender, DataGridRowEventArgs e)
{
e.Row.PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown += new MouseButtonEventHandler(Row_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown);
e.Row.PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp += new MouseButtonEventHandler(Row_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp);
}
void Row_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
DataGridRow row = (DataGridRow)sender;
toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp = null; // always clear selecteditem
if (SelectedItems.Contains(row.Item)) //if the pointed item is already selected do not reselect it, so the previous multi-selection will remain
{
e.Handled = true; // this prevents the multiselection from disappearing, BUT datagridcell still gets the event and sets DataGrid's private member _selectionAnchor
toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp = row.Item; // store our item to select on MouseLeftButtonUp
}
}
void Row_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
DataGridRow row = (DataGridRow)sender;
if (row.Item == toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp) // check if it's set and concerning the same row
{
if (SelectedItem == toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp) SelectedItem = null; // if the item is already selected whe need to trigger a change
SelectedItem = toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp; // this will clear the multi selection, and only select the item we pressed down on
typeof(DataGrid).GetField("_selectionAnchor", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).SetValue(this, new DataGridCellInfo(row.Item, ColumnFromDisplayIndex(0))); // we need to set this anchor for when we select by pressing shift key
toSelectItemOnMouseLeftButtonUp = null; // handled
}
}
#endregion