Using Separator in StatusBar - wpf

Question

I have a WPF Window with a StatusBar control. Below is the xaml for my status bar. I am trying to place a Separator between the StatusBarItems. But what happens is that all the separators are positioned right after the first StatusBarItem.
How can I get the Separators to be positioned after each Item in the StatusBar?
I do notice that if I am not using the ItemsPanelTemplate that the separators work correctly. How can I get the separators in the below xaml to position correctly?
<StatusBar Grid.Row="2" Height="23" Name="myStatusBar" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" >
<StatusBar.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</StatusBar.ItemsPanel>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="..\Images\bullet_green.png" Height="15" Width="15" />
<TextBlock Name="txtStatus" Height="18" Width="77" Text="{Binding StatusBarStatus}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StatusBarItem>
<Separator Width="1"/>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="1">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="..\Images\user_add.png" Height="15" Width="15" />
<TextBlock Name="txtCurrentContact" Text="{Binding StatusBarCurrentContact}" />
</StackPanel>
</StatusBarItem>
<Separator Width="1"/>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="2">
<!--<ProgressBar Value="30" Width="80" Height="18"/>-->
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="..\Images\database03.png" Height="15" Width="15" />
<TextBlock Name="txtDatabase" Text="{Binding StatusBarDatabase}" />
</StackPanel>
</StatusBarItem>
<Separator Width="1"/>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="3">
<TextBlock Name="txtMode" Text="{Binding StatusBarMode}"/>
</StatusBarItem>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="4">
<TextBlock Name="txtTally" Text="{Binding StatusBarTally}"/>
</StatusBarItem>
</StatusBar>

Answer 1

All of your separators are in Column 0. Put them in a column ie:
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="..\Images\bullet_green.png" Height="15" Width="15" />
<TextBlock Name="txtStatus" Height="18" Width="77" Text="{Binding StatusBarStatus}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StatusBarItem>
<Separator Width="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<StatusBarItem Grid.Column="1">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="..\Images\user_add.png" Height="15" Width="15" />
<TextBlock Name="txtCurrentContact" Text="{Binding StatusBarCurrentContact}" />
</StackPanel>
</StatusBarItem>