c# - Limit the Properties Bound to DataGrid in WPF using MVVM -

all, simple question. have mvvm application datagrid have bound viewmodel using

<datagrid itemssource="{binding path=resources}" ...></datagrid> 

where resources defined via

public observablecollection<resourceviewmodel> resources { get; private set; } 

in resourceviewmodel class however, not have properties want appear in datagrid, other properties do not want appear in datagrid. resourceviewmodel class

public class resourceviewmodel : workspaceviewmodel, idataerrorinfo {     readonly resource resource;     readonly resourcedatarepository resourcerepository;     private bool isselected;      public resourceviewmodel(resource resource, resourcedatarepository resourcerepository)     {         if (resource == null)             throw new argumentnullexception("resource");         if (resourcerepository == null)             throw new argumentnullexception("resourcerepository");         this.resource = resource;         this.resourcerepository = resourcerepository;     }      public string keyindex      {          { return this.resource.keyindex; }          set          {             if (value == this.resource.keyindex)                 return;             this.resource.keyindex = value;             base.onpropertychanged("keyindex");         }     }      public string filename     {         { return this.resource.filename; }         set          {             if (value == this.resource.filename)                 return;             this.resource.filename = value;             base.onpropertychanged("filename");         }     }      public list<string> resourcestringlist     {         { return this.resource.resourcestringlist; }         set          {             if (utilities.utilities.scrambledequals<string>(this.resource.resourcestringlist, value))                 return;             this.resource.resourcestringlist = value;             base.onpropertychanged("resourcestringlist");         }     }      public bool isselected     {         { return isselected; }         set         {             if (value == isselected)                 return;             isselected = value;             base.onpropertychanged("isselected");         }     } } 

where don't want isselected appear in datagrid , want each item in resourcestringlist appear in different column of datagrid. questions are:

1. how prevent isselected showing [as checkbox] in datagrid?

2. how binding datagrid automatically display items in separate columns?

what have tried:

1. i have attempted inherit resourceviewmodel class , bind instead, disgusting , more elegant solution; please :].

2. i have no idea how proceed one. number of items stored in list variable , set @ runtime - needs list.

as always, time.

i think options turn off auto generation silvermind mentioned (i.e. setting datagrid.autogeneratecolumns false , defining columns) or implement itypedlist. example create derived observablecollection implements itypedlist , returns properties based on attribute put on properties want hide.

public partial class mainwindow : window {     public mainwindow()     {         this.datacontext = new typedlistobservablecollection<foo>();          initializecomponent();     } }  public class typedlistobservablecollection<t> : observablecollection<t>     , itypedlist {     public typedlistobservablecollection()     {     }      propertydescriptorcollection itypedlist.getitemproperties(propertydescriptor[] listaccessors)     {         return typedescriptor.getproperties(typeof(t), new attribute[] { browsableattribute.yes });     }      string itypedlist.getlistname(propertydescriptor[] listaccessors)     {         return typeof(t).name;     } }  public class foo {     public string name     {         get;         set;     }      [browsable(false)]     public bool isselected     {         get;         set;     } }