WPF DataGrid: Blank Row Missing

I am creating a WPF window with a DataGrid, and I want to show the blank "new item" row at the bottom of the grid that allows me to add a new item to the grid. For some reason, the blank row is not shown on the grid on my window. Here is the markup I used to create the DataGrid:

<toolkit:DataGrid  x:Name="ProjectTasksDataGrid" 
                   DockPanel.Dock="Top" 
                   Style="{DynamicResource {x:Static res:SharedResources.FsBlueGridKey}}"
                   AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
                   ItemsSource="{Binding SelectedProject.Tasks}" 
                   RowHeaderWidth="0" 
                   MouseMove="OnStartDrag" 
                   DragEnter="OnCheckDropTarget" 
                   DragOver="OnCheckDropTarget" 
                   DragLeave="OnCheckDropTarget" 
                   Drop="OnDrop" 
                   InitializingNewItem="ProjectTasksDataGrid_InitializingNewItem">
    <toolkit:DataGrid.Columns>
        <toolkit:DataGridCheckBoxColumn HeaderTemplate="{DynamicResource {x:Static res:SharedResources.CheckmarkHeaderKey}}" Width="25" Binding="{Binding Completed}" IsReadOnly="false"/>
        <toolkit:DataGridTextColumn Header="Days" Width="75" Binding="{Binding NumDays}" IsReadOnly="false"/>
        <toolkit:DataGridTextColumn Header="Due Date" Width="75" Binding="{Binding DueDate, Converter={StaticResource standardDateConverter}}" IsReadOnly="false"/>
        <toolkit:DataGridTextColumn Header="Description" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Description}" IsReadOnly="false"/>
    </toolkit:DataGrid.Columns>
</toolkit:DataGrid>

I can't figure out why the blank row isn't showing. I have tried the obvious stuff (IsReadOnly="false", CanUserAddRows="True"), with no luck. Any idea why the blank row is disabled? Thanks for your help.

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In my opinion this is a bug in the DataGrid. Mike Blandford's link helped me to finally realize what the problem is: The DataGrid does not recognize the type of the rows until it has a real object bound. The edit row does not appear b/c the data grid doesn't know the column types. You would think that binding a strongly typed collection would work, but it does not.

To expand upon Mike Blandford's answer, you must first assign the empty collection and then add and remove a row. For example,

    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // data binding
        dataGridUsers.ItemsSource = GetMembershipUsers();
        EntRefUserDataSet.EntRefUserDataTable dt = (EntRefUserDataSet.EntRefUserDataTable)dataGridUsers.ItemsSource;
        // hack to force edit row to appear for empty collections
        if (dt.Rows.Count == 0)
        {
            dt.AddEntRefUserRow("", "", false, false);
            dt.Rows[0].Delete();
        }
    }

answered 2011-09-06T14:31:19.640

WPF DataGrid: Blank Row Missing

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