Это поведение помещается в ControlTemplate TreeViewItem. И есть только один способ изменить это - изменить шаблон управления вашего TreeViewItem.
Я использовал шаблон и стиль по умолчанию для ToggleButton и TreeViewItem.
Вы должны просто прокомментировать один триггер в ControlTemplate TreeViewItem:
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>
Этот результат просмотра:
Просмотр результатов
Ниже я вставляю все стили и шаблоны.
Стиль ToggleButton:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}" x:Key="TreeViewItemToggleButtonStyle">
<Setter Property="Focusable" Value="False"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="16"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Border Background="Transparent" Height="16" Padding="5" Width="16">
<Path x:Name="ExpandPath" Data="M0,0 L0,6 L6,0 z" Fill="White" Stroke="#FF818181">
<Path.RenderTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="135" CenterY="3" CenterX="3"/>
</Path.RenderTransform>
</Path>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="RenderTransform" TargetName="ExpandPath">
<Setter.Value>
<RotateTransform Angle="180" CenterY="3" CenterX="3"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FF595959"/>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FF262626"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FF27C7F7"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FFCCEEFB"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True"/>
<Condition Property="IsChecked" Value="True"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Stroke" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FF1CC4F7"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="ExpandPath" Value="#FF82DFFB"/>
</MultiTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
ControlTemplate TreeViewItem:
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}" x:Key="ItemTemplate">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="19" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ToggleButton x:Name="Expander" ClickMode="Press" IsChecked="{Binding IsExpanded, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Style="{DynamicResource TreeViewItemToggleButtonStyle}"/>
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.Column="1" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="PART_Header" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding HeaderStringFormat}" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</Border>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsHost" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"/>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsExpanded" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="ItemsHost" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<!-- Commented trigger -->
<!--<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Expander" Value="Hidden"/>
</Trigger>-->
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="True"/>
<Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="False"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</MultiTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
Стиль TreeViewItem:
<Style TargetType="TreeViewItem">
<EventSetter Event="Expanded" Handler="TreeViewItem_Expanded"/>
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{DynamicResource ItemTemplate}"/>
</Style>
Окно:
<Grid>
<TreeView>
<TreeViewItem Header="Root" IsExpanded="True">
<TreeViewItem Header="Inner 1"/>
<TreeViewItem Header="Inner 2"/>
</TreeViewItem>
</TreeView>
</Grid>