New Post: Crazy Question: Can XCTK PropertyGrid offer different editors for Text (String) attributes?

Hi,

In the PropertyGrid, there is the "EditorDefinitions" property that let's you set the Editor you want for specific properties. You can say for example : all the bool properties will have a red Background, all the Dates will have a specific format, a property named "MyString" will use a ComboBox where you set the source, a property named "MySpecialProp" will use a specific DataTemplate...

Please have a look at the samples :
-PropertyGrid/Editors/EditorTemplateDefinition
-PropertyGrid/Editors/More Editors Definitions
from the "Live Explorer app" available on this page : https://wpftoolkit.codeplex.com/

The Xceed DataGrid can also set specific editors for specific columns. So if a Column is of type string, the editor can be of type DatePicker or ComboBox when used with a Converter. Here's an example :

<Window.Resources>
      <local:MyConverter x:Key="MyConverter" />

      <xcdg:CellEditor x:Key="ValueEditor">
         <xcdg:CellEditor.EditTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
               <xctk:DateTimePicker Value="{xcdg:CellEditorBinding Converter={StaticResource MyConverter}}"
                                    Format="ShortDate" />
            </DataTemplate>
         </xcdg:CellEditor.EditTemplate>
      </xcdg:CellEditor>
   </Window.Resources>
   <Grid>
      <StackPanel>
         <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="_dataGrid" 
                               AutoCreateColumns="False">
            <xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
               <xcdg:Column FieldName="Setting"
                            Title="My Settings" />
               <xcdg:Column FieldName="Value"
                            Title="My Values"
                            CellEditor="{StaticResource ValueEditor}"/>
               <xcdg:Column FieldName="Description"
                            Title="My Descriptions" />
            </xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
         </xcdg:DataGridControl>
      </StackPanel>

   </Grid>

and the Code-behind :

  public partial class MainWindow : Window
  {
    public MainWindow()
    {
      InitializeComponent();

      _dataGrid.ItemsSource = new List<MyData>()
      {
        new MyData(){ Setting = "Setting 1", Value = "2010/12/15", Description = "Desc1" },
        new MyData(){ Setting = "Setting 2", Value = "2008/09/17", Description = "Desc2" },
        new MyData(){ Setting = "Setting 3", Value = "2005/06/24", Description = "Desc3" },
        new MyData(){ Setting = "Setting 4", Value = "2013/11/14", Description = "Desc4" },
      };
    }
  }

  public class MyData
  {
    public string Setting
    {
      get;
      set;
    }

    public string Value
    {
      get;
      set;
    }

    public string Description
    {
      get;
      set;
    }
  }

  public class MyConverter : IValueConverter
  {
    public object Convert( object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture )
    {
      DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Parse( (string)value );
      return dateTime;
    }

    public object ConvertBack( object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture )
    {
      DateTime dateTime = (DateTime)value;
      return dateTime.ToShortDateString();
    }
  }

You can also have a look at the samples in section "EditingData" when you "run Demo" of the Xceed DataGrid from this page : http://xceed.com/Grid_WPF_Demo.html