For those who are still looking for the right solution to this problem here is the one below. I found this one in the comments to the Code Project article “WPF TreeView Selection” http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/TreeView_SelectionWPF.aspx by DaWanderer.
It was posted by Kenrae on Nov 25 2008. This worked great for me. Thanks Kenrae!
Here is his post:
Instead of walking the tree, have your own data object have the IsSelected property (and I recommend the IsExpanded property too). Define a style for the TreeViewItems of the tree using the ItemContainerStyle property on the TreeView that binds those properties from the TreeViewItem to your data objects. Something like this:
<Style x:Key="LibraryTreeViewItemStyle"
TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="IsExpanded"
Value="{Binding IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay}" />
<Setter Property="IsSelected"
Value="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight"
Value="Normal" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="FontWeight"
Value="Bold" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding Path=YourCollection}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource LibraryTreeViewItemStyle}"
ItemTemplate={StaticResource YourHierarchicalDataTemplate}/>
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