WPF ListBox ItemTemplate: How to make contents fill available space? - wpf

I have set my ListBox.ItemTemplate to something like below
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Margin="10">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Args}" />
<ProgressBar Value="{Binding Progress}" Height="10" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Status}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Result}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
The result is
How can I make the StackPanel fill the entire width of the ListBox?

Off the top of my head, Set the HorizontalContentAlignment property of the Listbox to Stretch.

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TextBox not stretching horizontally

I am unable to stretch the textbox horizontally fit its container.
NOTE:
I do set the HorizontalAlignment property.
I also tried binding the width of the textbox to its containers width.
Neither worked for me.
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding ConsoleLines}" Background="Black" >
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Text="{Binding ElementName=UserControl, Path=DataContext.Command, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
TextChanged="OnTextChanged" KeyDown="OnKeyDown"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Padding="5" Background="Black" Foreground="LightGray" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
Try setting the ListView.HorizontalContentAlignment Property to Stretch instead. From the linked page:
... you can set the HorizontalContentAlignment property to Stretch, which stretches the child element to fill the allocated space of the parent element
You must have misunderstood the answer, because it certainly does stretch each item across the entire width of the GridView. Try this:
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding ConsoleLines}"
Background="Black" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox Text="Some simple text" Background="White"
Foreground="LightGray" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
you should set the HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" of the ListView
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Collection, Source={StaticResource viewmodel}}" Background="Black" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" >
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Padding="0" Background="Green" Foreground="White" Text="" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>

WPF binding Listbox layoutpanel

I´m using devexpress and I want to do a binding with a Listbox, but I have an error. Here my code:
<ListBox x:Name="_list" >
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<dxd:LayoutPanel
Caption="{Binding nameList}"
AllowHide ="False" AllowFloat="False"
GotFocus="panel_GotFocus" >
<TextBox Text="Hello" />
</dxd:LayoutPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
With this code, Caption {Binding nameList} is empty.
I have tried this.
<ListBox x:Name="_list" >
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<TextBox Text="{Binding nameList}" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
In this case, text in TextBox is correct, I need to use the first code.
You seem to be a bit confused about how to use this ListBox. First, you need a collection property to bind to the ListBox.ItemsSource property. Let's say you have a collection of User objects called Users:
<ListBox ItemSource="{Binding Users}" />
Now we want to define how each User should be displayed... all the properties of the User class will be available to the Binding inside the DataTemplate. Let's say that the User class has two properties; Name and Age:
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type YourDataTypeNamespace:User}">
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name}" />
<TextBox Text="{Binding Age}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
Then putting it all together:
<ListBox ItemSource="{Binding Users}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type YourDataTypeNamespace:User}">
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Text="{Binding Name}" />
<TextBox Text="{Binding Age}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

Dynamically adding controls to View from MVVM

In WPF, I am using the MVVM model.
I have a View with a Dockpanel and I want to add dynamically StackPanels with a Label and TextBox for all Harddisks found over the Binding.
Therefore my XAML looks like:
<DockPanel Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="5">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Harddisks}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Right" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="2.5,0,0,0">
<Label Content="{Binding Path=Label}" />
<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=GB_Free}" Width="100" IsReadOnly="True"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
It should be four Labels and TextBoxes, but only the first Label and TextBox are shown.
Why?
Your items in your ItemsControl are not actually direct children of the DockPanel. You need to change the ItemsControl to specify that the DockPanel is the Panel. The following will cause the ItemsControl to create a DockPanel and place all the items inside it (rather than the StackPanel that ItemsControl uses by default).
More Info: MSDN: ItemsControl.ItemsPanel Property
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Harddisks}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<DockPanel Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="5" />
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Right" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="2.5,0,0,0">
<Label Content="{Binding Path=Label}" />
<TextBox Text="{Binding Path=GB_Free}" Width="100" IsReadOnly="True"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>

How to use converters without binding paths?

I have a Combobox whose ItemsSource is an ObservableCollection of int values.
My combobox itemtemplate consists on an image and a textblock which content is given by 2 converters.
How can I set this 2 bindings? The following code does not compile:
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="{Binding, Converter={StaticResource IntToImageConverter}}" Stretch="None" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding, Converter={StaticResource IntToStringConverter}}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
You need to remove the , so:
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="{Binding Converter={StaticResource IntToImageConverter}}" Stretch="None" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Converter={StaticResource IntToStringConverter}}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>

Bind to other element in a stackpanel without name

I'm creating a DataTemplate in WPF, so it won't compile if I use x:Name. This is the relevant part of my code:
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image .../>
<Textbox Width={Binding to image?, Path=ActualWidth} />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
How can I bind to the Image without the use of name?
You can use RelativeSource:
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="{Binding Photo}"/>
<TextBox Width="{Binding Path=Children[0].ActualWidth, Mode=OneWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=StackPanel, AncestorLevel=1}}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
You can't directly binding to Image but you can do that with StackPanel and property Children.

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