WPF Trigger for IsSelected in a DataTemplate for ListBox items
You can style your ContentControl such that a trigger fires when its container (the ListBoxItem) becomes selected:
<ContentControl
x:Name="designerContent"
MinHeight="100"
Margin="2,0,2,2"
Content="{Binding Path=DesignerInstance}"
Background="#FF999898">
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger
Binding="{Binding
RelativeSource={RelativeSource
Mode=FindAncestor,
AncestorType={x:Type ListBoxItem}},
Path=IsSelected}"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ContentControl.Style>
</ContentControl>
Alternatively, I think you can add the trigger to the template itself and reference the control by name. I don't know this technique well enough to type it from memory and assume it'll work, but it's something like this:
<DataTemplate x:Key="ScenarioItemTemplate">
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger
Binding="{Binding
RelativeSource={RelativeSource
Mode=FindAncestor,
AncestorType={x:Type ListBoxItem}},
Path=IsSelected}"
Value="True">
<Setter
TargetName="designerContent"
Property="Visibility"
Value="Visible"/>
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
...
</DataTemplate>
@Matt, Thank you!!!
Just had to add a trigger for IsSelected == false as well, and now it works like a charm!
<ContentControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type ListBoxItem}},Path=IsSelected}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
</DataTrigger>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type ListBoxItem}},Path=IsSelected}" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>