SfDataGrid: how to bind the header of a column to a ViewModel?

[Andreas Myka]

Is there any way to bind the header of a column to a property of the ViewModel?

I tried 

<syncfusion:GridTextColumn MappingName="ColumnName"

                                               HeaderText="{Binding ColumnNameLabel}" />

but that fails.

Is there a way to do that?

[Jai Ganesh S]

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for contacting syncfusion support.

　

We have analyzed your query.You can achieve the requirement by setting ViewModel as source value for the binding. We have created a simple sample to achieve this requirement and please check the sample under the following location,

　

Sample: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/Support/DirectTrac/110157/Headerbinding-1493656320.zip

　

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

　

Thank you,

Jai Ganesh S

[Andreas Myka]

Works great. Thanks for the fast and helpful reply!

Best,

Andreas

[Jason]

Can you please provide an example of binding the header text without using a static resource?

In my situation I need to bind the heading text to a property on the data templates data context, the view model cannot be instantiated within XAML and the heading text value needs to change as the view model property is updated.

 

I have tried using various binding paths including element name etc but I can't seem to get it going. Any help would be appreciated.

[Ashok N]

Hi Jason,

You can achieve your requirement by using ElementName Binding as shown in the following code snippet.

<syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>

                <syncfusion:GridTextColumn MappingName="EmployeeId" HeaderText="{Binding ElementName=datagrid, Path=DataContext.CustomHeaderText, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

</syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>

We have created a sample to achieve this requirement and please check the following sample link. 

 http://www.syncfusion.com/uploads/user/directTrac/120528/Headerbinding-1069340575.zip

 

Please let us know if you require further assistance　

Thanks,

Ashok