A basic idea is to create custom ListCollectionView with customized CollectionViewGroup. Below is the example.
public class CustomGroupListCollectionView : ListCollectionView
{
private readonly CustomGroup _allGroup;
public CustomGroupListCollectionView(IList list)
: base(list)
{
_allGroup = new CustomGroup("All");
foreach (var item in list)
{
_allGroup.AddItem(item);
}
}
public override ReadOnlyObservableCollection<object> Groups
{
get
{
var group = new ObservableCollection<object>(base.Groups.ToList());
group.Add(_allGroup);
return new ReadOnlyObservableCollection<object>(group);
}
}
}
public class CustomGroup : CollectionViewGroup
{
public CustomGroup(object name)
: base(name)
{
}
public void AddItem(object item)
{
ProtectedItems.Add(item);
}
public override bool IsBottomLevel
{
get { return true; }
}
}