WPF - Tooltips are being clipped to window size - wpf

I've seen that WPF tooltips can be shown as being not clipped to the window they're viewed in, but for me they are clipping to the window.
http://wpf.2000things.com/2013/07/17/865-tooltip-can-extend-beyond-window-boundaries/
My results:
<TextBlock Text="?" ToolTip="Denotes if initial dividend calculation will be rounded to nearest $0.01" />
Any ideas why this is showing within the borders of the window? Every other example I can find has the tooltip showing above the window

Just curious..what happens if you wrap a AdornerDecorator around your control or you whole view?
<AdornerDecorator>
</AdornerDecorator>

Much later, I found the solution. Applying the following style will wrap the text, and stop the tooltip from being truncated.
<Style TargetType="ToolTip">
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding}" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

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ProgressBar in TabItem Width Issue

Hello dear Stack Overflow users.
I'm experiencing an issue when i place a ProgressBar within the TabControl ItemContainerStyle Template.
The issue only happens if the TabItem headers is stretched to the TabControl width. If there is only few headers, then their width is not changed and the progressbar works fine.
When the ProgressBar value changes the width of the TabItem changes with it from it's current width up to the maximum width possible for a item on that current Tab line. Other tabs on the same header line is either moved or shrinked.
So, two questions:
How do I avoid the headers changes their size to fit the ProgressBar?
Why does the ProgressBar want to be as big as possible?
Visual Example!!
ItemContainerStyle
(All Controls uses stretch as width)
<Style x:Key="TabItemStyle"
TargetType="TabItem">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TabItem">
<Grid ...>
<ProgressBar BorderThickness="0"
Background="{x:Null}"
Value="{Binding Progress}">
<ProgressBar.Style .../>
<ProgressBar.Clip .../>
</ProgressBar>
<Border ...>
<ContentPresenter .../>
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
TabControl
<TabControl Name="TabController"
TabStripPlacement="Bottom"
Padding="0"
helpers:TabItemGeneratorBehavior.ItemsSource="{Binding TabPageCollection, Mode=TwoWay}"
helpers:TabItemGeneratorBehavior.SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedTabPage, Mode=TwoWay}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource TabItemStyle}"/>
Problem fixed! Wraped ProgressBar in a Canvas and set the ProgressBar size to bind to Canvas Actual Width/Height.

sort of special accordion like control

I have put an example link in here:
http://activeden.net/item/xml-horizontal-vertical-accordion-banner-rotator/full_screen_preview/127714?ref=premiumtemplates
I try to achieve something similar (but far more basic) with WPF.
Not the flying text stuff, only the basic navigation idea.
I tried to build it with some expander controls and a stackpanel.
What I came up with is this:
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="1" IsTabStop="False" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=tabs,Mode=OneWay}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentPresenter Content="{Binding}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Orientation="Vertical" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
I use MVVM, so there is also a template which is applied:
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type vm:TabulatorViewModel}">
<Expander HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" ExpandDirection="{Binding .direction,Mode=OneWay}" IsExpanded="{Binding .isExpanded,Mode=TwoWay}" Header="{Binding .header,Mode=OneWay}" >
<Expander.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource HorizontalExpanderRight}" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding .direction}" Value="Left">
<Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource HorizontalExpanderLeft}" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Expander.Style>
<StackPanel>
<Label Content="{Binding .seitenInhalt.Header,Mode=OneWay}"></Label>
<TextBox Text="{Binding .seitenInhalt.Inhalt,Mode=OneWay}"></TextBox>
<Button Content="zurück" Command="{Binding .seitenInhalt.MovePreviousCommand}" />
<Button Content="vor" Command="{Binding .seitenInhalt.MoveNextCommand}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Expander>
</DataTemplate>
So, this is working, at least kind of.
two screenshots from my current project to explain the issues:
Could not post picture because of reputation points.
All Items together should use the complete width of the stackpanel, not like in the picture. Could not post picture because of reputation points.
All items should use the complete width, but the one expanded item should have a bigger width then the rest. As on the picture, but the collapsed items should use the remaining space, each by the same amount filling the gap)
Any help would be great, I hope it is possible to understand my goal / issues.
I think what you want to use is a UniformGridPanel or WrapPanel, which will use the full width available, rather than a StackPanel which is made to use the minimum width possible. The panel overview is here.
You'll probably want to use a Grid with the Height/Width of the Columns/Rows set to * if the item is Expanded, or Auto if not.
Also, if you're using a Grid in an ItemsControl, you need to set the Grid.Row/Grid.Column, and Width/Height properties on the ContentPresenter, not the ItemTemplate since the ItemTemplate in a ItemsControl is always wrapped in a ContentPresenter.

WPF datagrid row details peek (layers)

i am looking for a way to quickly peek into collapsed row details in DataGrid.
when a user mouses over the rows, there should be a quick peek layer next to the cursor that would have a summary of what is in details. Ultra fast is key here.
looking for something equivalent to layered div in DHTML. No transparency effects needed.
From what i've seen on this forum, this is not inherently supported? i'd need to show a separate window?
Why not use ToolTip property of the row?
<DataGrid Name="_grid">
<DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Item3}" />
</DataTemplate>
</DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
<DataGrid.RowStyle>
<Style TargetType="DataGridRow">
<Setter Property="ToolTip">
<Setter.Value>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Item3}" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</DataGrid.RowStyle>
</DataGrid>
...where Item3 is a property you want to display (I used a simple Tuple as ItemsSource). You'll probably have more complicated content of DataTemplate and ToolTip of course but this should give you an idea.

WPF ListBox virtualization screws up displayed items

Problem
We need to efficiently display a large (>1000) number of objects in a WPF ListBox control.
We are relying on the WPF ListBox’s virtualization (via VirtualizingStackPanel) to efficiently display these items.
Bug: The WPF ListBox control does not display items correctly when using virtualization.
How to Reproduce
We have distilled the problem to the standalone xaml shown below.
Copy and paste the xaml into XAMLPad.
Initially, there is no selected item in the ListBox, so as expected, all items are the same size and they completely fill the available space.
Now, click on the first item.
As expected, because of our DataTemplate, the selected item will expand to show additional information.
As expected, this causes the horizontal scrollbar to appear, since the selected item is now wider than the available space.
Now use the mouse to click and drag the horizontal scrollbar to the right.
Bug: the non-selected visible items no longer stretch to fill the available space. All the visible items should be the same width.
Is this a known bug?
Is there any way to fix this, either via XAML or programmatically?
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" >
<Page.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="MyGroupItemTemplate">
<Border Background="White"
TextElement.Foreground="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="Black"
CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
Cursor="Hand"
Padding="5,5,5,5"
Margin="2"
>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Text, FallbackValue=[Content]}" />
<TextBlock x:Name="_details" Visibility="Collapsed" Margin="0,10,0,10" Text="[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type ListBoxItem}},Path=IsSelected}"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="TextElement.FontWeight"
TargetName="_details"
Value="Bold"/>
<Setter Property="Visibility"
TargetName="_details"
Value="Visible"/>
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</Page.Resources>
<DockPanel x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<Slider x:Name="_slider"
DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"
Value="{Binding FontSize, ElementName=_list, Mode=TwoWay}"
Maximum="100"
ToolTip="Font Size"
AutoToolTipPlacement="BottomRight"/>
<!--
I want the items in this ListBox to completly fill the available space.
Therefore, I set HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch".
By default, the WPF ListBox control uses a VirtualizingStackPanel.
This makes it possible to view large numbers of items efficiently.
You can turn on/off this feature by setting the ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll to "True"/"False".
Bug: when virtualization is enabled (ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True"), the unselected
ListBox items will no longer stretch to fill the available horizontal space.
The only workaround is to disable virtualization (ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False").
-->
<ListBox x:Name="_list"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True"
Background="Gray"
Foreground="White"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
TextElement.FontSize="28"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource MyGroupItemTemplate}">
<TextBlock Text="[1] This is item 1." />
<TextBlock Text="[2] This is item 2." />
<TextBlock Text="[3] This is item 3." />
<TextBlock Text="[4] This is item 4." />
<TextBlock Text="[5] This is item 5." />
<TextBlock Text="[6] This is item 6." />
<TextBlock Text="[7] This is item 7." />
<TextBlock Text="[8] This is item 8." />
<TextBlock Text="[9] This is item 9." />
<TextBlock Text="[10] This is item 10." />
</ListBox>
</DockPanel>
</Page>
I spent more time attempting this than I probably should have, and couldn't get it to work. I understand what's going on here, but in pure XAML, I'm having trouble figuring out how to solve the issue. I think I see how to solve the problem, but it involves a converter.
Warning: Things are going to get complicated as I explain my conclusions.
The underlying problem comes from the fact that the Width of the controls stretch to the Width of their container. When virtualization is enabled, the Width will not change. In the underlying ScrollViewer inside of ListBox, the ViewportWidth property corresponds to the Width you see. When another control stretches out further (you select it), the ViewportWidth is still the same, but the ExtentWidth shows the full width. Binding the width of all controls to that of the ExtentWidth should work...
But it doesn't. I set the FontSize to 100 for quicker testing in my case. When an item is selected, ExtentWidth="4109.13. Going down the tree to your ControlTemplate's Border, I see ActualWidth="4107.13". Why the 2 pixel difference? ListBoxItem contains a Border with 2 Pixel padding, causing the ContentPresenter to render slightly smaller.
I added the following Style with help from here to allow me to directly access the ExtentWidth:
<Style x:Key="{x:Type ListBox}" TargetType="ListBox">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListBox">
<Border
Name="Border"
Background="White"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="2">
<ScrollViewer
Name="scrollViewer"
Margin="0"
Focusable="false">
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background"
Value="White" />
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderBrush"
Value="Black" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
Note I added a name to ScrollViewer for this purpose.
Then, I attempted to bind the Width of your Border to the ExtentWidth:
Width="{Binding ElementName=scrollViewer, Path=ExtentWidth}"
However, because of that 2 pixel padding, the controls will resize in an infinite loop, with the padding adding 2 pixels to the ExtentWidth, which resizes the Border width, which adds 2 more pixels to the ExtentWidth, etc. until you delete the code and refresh.
If you added a Converter that subtracted 2 from the ExtentWidth, I think this might work. However, when the scroll bar does not exist (you have not selected anything), ExtentWidth="0". Thus, binding to MinWidth instead of Width may work better so the items appear correctly when no scroll bar is visible:
MinWidth="{Binding ElementName=scrollViewer, Path=ExtentWidth, Converter={StaticResource PaddingSubtractor}}"
A better solution would be if you could directly databind the MinWidth of the ListBoxItem itself. You could bind directly to ExtentWidth, and no converter would be necessary. However I have no idea how to get access to that item.
Edit: For organization sake, here's the clip required to do that. Makes everything else unnecessary:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="{Binding Path=ExtentWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ScrollViewer}}}" />
</Style>
Thanks to Will's great analysis!
Based on Will's suggestion: "A better solution would be if you could directly databind the MinWidth of the ListBoxItem itself...However I have no idea how to get access to that item", I was able to implement that using pure xaml, as follows:
<ListBox x:Name="_list"
Background="Gray"
Foreground="White"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
TextElement.FontSize="28"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource MyGroupItemTemplate}">
<!-- Here is Will's suggestion, implemented in pure xaml. Seems to work.
Next problem is if you drag the Slider to the right to increase the FontSize.
This will make the horizontal scroll bar appear, as expected.
Problem: the horizontal scroll bar never goes away if you drag the Slider to the left to reduce the FontSize.
-->
<ListBox.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="{Binding Path=ExtentWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ScrollViewer}}}" />
</Style>
</ListBox.Resources>
<TextBlock Text="[1] This is item 1." />
<TextBlock Text="[2] This is item 2." />
<TextBlock Text="[3] This is item 3." />
<TextBlock Text="[4] This is item 4." />
<TextBlock Text="[5] This is item 5." />
<TextBlock Text="[6] This is item 6." />
<TextBlock Text="[7] This is item 7." />
<TextBlock Text="[8] This is item 8." />
<TextBlock Text="[9] This is item 9." />
<TextBlock Text="[10] This is item 10." />
</ListBox>
I got the idea from Adam Nathan's great book, "Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed".
So, this seems to fix the original problem.
New Problem
You notice that there is a Slider control in the xaml that let's you increase/decrease the ListBox font. The idea here was to allow the user the ability to scale the ListBox content up or down for easier visibility.
If you first drag the Slider to the right to increase the FontSize, this will make the horizontal scroll bar appear, as expected. The new problem is that the horizontal scroll bar never goes away if you drag the Slider to the left to reduce the FontSize.
Any ideas?

WPF Image Zooming

I have a Viewbox with an Image inside of it. This is great since the Viewbox will scale the Image to fit the window. However, I need to be able to zoom the image to its full size and show scroll bars and I am having a hard time figuring out how to do this.
Here's what I have right now. Can anyone give some pointers on how I can modify this to implement the above functionality?
<Viewbox x:Name="viewbox">
<StackPanel>
<Image x:Name="image" Source="ranch.jpg" />
</StackPanel>
</Viewbox>
Edit:
Just to clarify. I need both ways of viewing the image, the viewbox style of fitting the window AND the ability to toggle to an Actual Size view that shows scrollbars and doesn't resize the image.
You don't need a Viewbox here, by putting the Image in a ScrollViewer and manipulating the VerticalScrollBarVisibility and HorizontalScrollBarVisibility properties, you can make the Image scale or not:
<Grid xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<CheckBox x:Name="chkActualSize" Grid.Row="0" Content="Actual Size"/>
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1">
<ScrollViewer.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ScrollViewer}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Disabled"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Disabled"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=chkActualSize}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ScrollViewer.Style>
<Image Source="http://sipi.usc.edu/database/misc/4.1.01.tiff" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
<ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<Viewbox>
<Image Source="ranch.jpg"/>
</Viewbox>
</ScrollViewer>
Based on your edit that you need to toggle the two approaches, I would do this in one of two ways.
Have two elements with the image. The Image element inside a ScrollViewer without the Viewbox will give you the full size image, and the Viewbox version will scale it. Then you can toggle the two depending on what you want to show.
Use a binding expression on the Height and Width properties of the Image and enclose it inside the scrollviewer. When you want to scale it (in some sort of trigger), set the Height to a binding expression that accesses the ActualHeight property of the ScrollViewer or whatever container is just above that (using RelativeSource to access the nearest ancestor something like the following):
{Binding Path=ActualHeight,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ScrollViewer}}}
Thought I would post my solution for anyone looking.
<Slider Width="200" Value="500" Interval="25" Maximum="1000" x:Name="TestImageSlider" Minimum="-50" />
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<Image Source="{Binding SelectedScannedImage.ScannedImage}" Width="{Binding Path=Value, ElementName=TestImageSlider}" />
</ScrollViewer>

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