Cannot get control from TabControl DataTemplate

Question

I’ve been searching for the past two days and cannot go anywhere, I just can’t do anything for any control in the tabcontrol data table.

First of all, the code:

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
    tabControl1.ItemsSource = new string[] { "TabA", "TabB", "TabC" };
}

private void tabControl1_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e) {
    ContentPresenter cp = tabControl1.Template.FindName("PART_SelectedContentHost", tabControl1) as ContentPresenter;

    DataTemplate dt = tabControl1.ContentTemplate;
    Grid g = tabControl1.ContentTemplate.FindName("myGrid", cp) as Grid;
    g.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
}

Xaml

<Window x:Class="tabTest.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
<Grid>
    <TabControl IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" Height="140" Name="tabControl1" Width="230" SelectionChanged="tabControl1_SelectionChanged">
        <TabControl.ContentTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <Grid x:Name="myGrid">                        
                </Grid>
            </DataTemplate>    
        </TabControl.ContentTemplate>            
    </TabControl>
</Grid>

In short this line:

Grid g = tabControl1.ContentTemplate.FindName("myGrid", cp) as Grid;

throws an error "System.InvalidOperationException" This operation is valid only for elements that use this template.

I got this specific idea from here

I found many other ways to do this, but I cannot find anywhere: (I hope someone can point me in the right direction :)

Answer 1

, , TabControl . , SelectionChanged ContentTemplate . ContentTemplate, , .

, Dispatcher.BeginInvoke, .

Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
    {
        ContentPresenter cp = tabControl1.Template.FindName("PART_SelectedContentHost", tabControl1) as ContentPresenter;
        Grid g = tabControl1.ContentTemplate.FindName("myGrid", cp) as Grid;
        g.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
    }));