WPF: How to customize SelectionBoxItem in ComboBox

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I would do it like this:

<Window.Resources>

  <DataTemplate x:Key="NormalItemTemplate" ...>
    ...
  </DataTemplate>

  <DataTemplate x:Key="SelectionBoxTemplate" ...>
    ...
  </DataTemplate>

  <DataTemplate x:Key="CombinedTemplate">
    <ContentPresenter x:Name="Presenter"
       Content="{Binding}"
       ContentTemplate="{StaticResource NormalItemTemplate}" />
    <DataTemplate.Triggers>
      <DataTrigger
        Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor,ComboBoxItem,1}}"
        Value="{x:Null}">
        <Setter TargetName="Presenter" Property="ContentTemplate"
                Value="{StaticResource SelectionBoxTemplate}" />
      </DataTrigger>
    </DataTemplate.Triggers>
  </DataTemplate>

</Window.Resources>

...

<ComboBox
  ItemTemplate="{StaticResource CombinedTemplate}"
  ItemsSource="..."
  ... />

The reason this works is that CombinedTemplate normally just uses NormalItemTemplate to present its data, but if there is no ComboBoxItem ancestor it assumes it is in the selection box so it uses SelectionBoxTemplate.

Note that the three DataTemplates could be included in any level of ResourceDictionary (not just at the Window level) or even directly within the ComboBox, depending on your preference.

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