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WPF Listbox stretching issues

I have created a UserControl that is suppose to display some text and then present a listbox for the user to select some item.
It is supposed to strech to the height to the grid cell it is placed in. And if there are more items than can fit on screen then to display a vertical scrollbar. After much trial and error I have finally managed to get it working as expected. But only when the row height is a pixel value. If I use any partial (by partial I mean the star symbol), the grid cell's height is not contained. Since I need the app the match screen size I need the partials to work.
Putting 100 items in the listbox suddenly makes the height of the entire grid is around 11000 (which I think is everything with no contraint). Meaning there is no scrollbar. See [Screenshot] https://i.stack.imgur.com/faES9.png.
I have a similar issue with my TextBox only horizontally. It will only activate when clicking on a specific pixel since it is empty the width is only 1 pixel. I hope someone can help me point out where I am going wrong, cause since I'm having more than one issue I suspect the problem is on my end.
This is my XAML code.
<UserControl x:Class="PackingStation.UserControls.SearchItemListing"
x:Name="SearchItemListingRoot"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PackingStation.UserControls"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="1000" d:DesignWidth="1000">
<Grid DataContext="{Binding ElementName=SearchItemListingRoot}"
x:Name="TheGrid"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height=".1*" />
<RowDefinition Height=".1*" />
<!-- If this value isnt a pixel value it will not vertically strech to available space -->
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Margin="0,0,0,0"
x:Name="TheHeadLineField"
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="1">
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelStyleHeadline32}"
Content="{Binding Title}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelStyleText}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Content="{Binding SubTitle}"
FontSize="20"/>
</StackPanel>
<!-- Search Field -->
<Border Style="{StaticResource Border6}"
x:Name="TheSearchField"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="1"
Background="{StaticResource ColorSummaryPanelBackground}"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource ColorSummaryPanelBorder}"
BorderThickness="1"
Margin="0,40,0,0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
Height="78"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Image Stretch="Uniform"
Height="24"
Source="pack://application:,,,/WpfUI;component/Icons/Search.png"
Margin="36,0,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<!-- Search Textbox -->
<!-- Similar issue with this textbox, only horizontally. With no content you have to hit a specific pixel to activate it -->
<TextBox Style="{StaticResource TextBoxSearchInlay}"
Name="TbxSearchTerm"
TextChanged="TextBoxBase_OnTextChanged"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="20,0,0,0"/>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<!-- Search results listings -->
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
x:Name="TheListBox"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.Column="1"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem, Mode=TwoWay}"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,-10,0,-10">
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelSearchItem}"
Content="{Binding Name}"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

I could repro your problem when I put your UserControl in a StackPanel. When it's in a Grid the ListBox shows its vertical scrollbar. So, try your UserControl in a Grid.
I think this answer will give a good explanation about Grid and StackPanel stretching behavior.

Resize WPF TextBlock with WrapWithOverflow

I have a textblock on a window which is contained in a scroll viewer. For the textlblock I have set the text wrapping to "WrapWithOverflow". In addition I bound the textblock width property to the actual width of the scroll viewer.
My desired behavior is, that I can resize my window and the textblock should wrap the content. The window should only show the scrollbars when other controls (e.g. the buttons in the example xaml get cut)
Xaml:
<ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<DockPanel Margin="5">
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="First Button" Margin="0,0,10,0"/>
<Button Content="Second Button"/>
</StackPanel>
<DockPanel>
<TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" IsHitTestVisible="False" TextAlignment="Center" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"
Width="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ScrollViewer}, Path=ActualWidth}" MaxWidth="260">
Just a small line<LineBreak />
This is the long line which will wrap during resize</TextBlock>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
But I see the scroll bars even befor the buttons get cut. I guess this is because of the margin in the dockpanel which is required in my case.

I guess this is because of the margin in the dockpanel
Correct.
...which is required in my case.
Why? You should move the Margin to the StackPanel:
<DockPanel>
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="5">
...
...or the buttons:
<DockPanel>
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="First Button" Margin="5,5,5,5"/>
<Button Content="Second Button" Margin="5,5,0,5"/>
</StackPanel>
...
This is necessary as the margins are included in the ActualWidth that you bind to.

Why is the window re-scaling/shrinking in output when no resize and size constraints are in place?

I'm just new and messing around with the WPF C#.
I noticed that the design view and have some minor differences. Most noticeable at the button.
Design View:
Ouput # 1:
Ouput # 2:
It seems that the window/container is resizing/shrinking even when both min and max width's and height's were set with fixed values and resize mode is set to NoResize.
I could easily deal with some of the controls by setting up the vertical and horizontal alignments since the adjustments are not too noticeable, but for the Add button the differences are noticeable from the supposed output.
I did try setting the min size of the button so that it would not be affected by the resizing and there would still be space for the margins but the button properly renders only a part of it. (please see output 1)
The only compromise that I could is to set both vertical and horizontal alignment to stretch and not put any size constraints on the button but the button would end up shrinking from its original size. (please see output 2)
Here's the XAML for the window.
<Window x:Class="Game_Viewer.NewApp"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Game_Viewer"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="Add New Program" Height="155" Width="250" ResizeMode="NoResize" Background="#FF515151" WindowStyle="ToolWindow" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" MinHeight="155" MinWidth="250">
<Grid Margin="0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0*"/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="appicon_img" Margin="10,10,0,0" Source="Resources/menu_bg.png" Stretch="Fill" Height="35" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="35" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<TextBox x:Name="apppath_txtbox" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,55,0,0" Width="154" Foreground="White" Background="#FF6E6E6E" Text="Program Path" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" BorderBrush="#FF707070" MaxLines="1" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="10" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<Button Content="Search" Margin="169,55,10,0" Click="BrowseApp_Click" Foreground="White" Background="#FF515151" FontWeight="Medium" Height="25" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="10" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<Button x:Name="add_btn" Content="Add Program" Margin="72,89,72,8" Foreground="White" Background="#FF515151" Click="AddProgram_Click" FontWeight="Medium" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" MinHeight="30" MinWidth="100"/>
<TextBox x:Name="appname_txtbox" Margin="50,10,10,0" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow" Foreground="White" Text="Program Name" MaxLines="1" IsUndoEnabled="True" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" BorderBrush="#FF707070" FontWeight="Medium" Background="#FF6E6E6E" Height="35" VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
I would like to know a solution or round-about for this kind of issue.
It's not really a problem having this issue as it is only aesthetic but I would at least know the reason why this is happening. And could you refer me to good tutorials for wpf using c#.
Thanks in advance and have a wonderful day!

Setting VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing in a Windows 8.1 Store App

I have a XAML page in a Windows 8.1 Store App. I set the data context for a ListView but I initially have it collapsed. What I am trying to do is toggle the visibility of some of the elements in the ListView before making it visible. But it doesn't load them unless it becomes visible. So, to forced it to load the items, I am trying to set "IsVirtualizing" to false so that I don't have to worry about it (and I don't mind the hit in performance since I won't have that many items). But for all the examples I look at, all I get is
The property "IsVirtualizing" does not have an accessible setter.
Not sure what is going on here.
Here is the relevant piece of code with the other contents stripped out.
<common:LayoutAwarePage
x:Class="FlashMe.DeckView"
DataContext="{Binding DefaultViewModel, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:FlashMe"
xmlns:common="using:FlashMe.Common"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="deckScrollViewer" Grid.Row="1" VerticalScrollMode="Disabled" HorizontalScrollMode="Enabled" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" Margin="0,15,0,0">
<StackPanel x:Name="deckStackPanel" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Grid Width="100" x:Name="MarginBuffer" />
<ListView x:Name="cardsListViewDisplay" Visibility="Collapsed" SelectionMode="None" Width="500" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=FlashCardsAsList}" VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing="False">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Width="490" Height="400" RightTapped="FlashCardRightClicked">
<Grid Width="490" Height="200" Background="Gainsboro">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Front}"
Foreground="Black"
Style="{StaticResource GroupHeaderTextStyle}"
Margin="4,0,4,4"
FontWeight="SemiBold"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
MaxWidth="410"/>
</Grid>
<Grid Width="500" Height="200" Background="{Binding ElementName=deckStackPanel, Path=DataContext.DeckColorBrush}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Back}"
Foreground="White"
Style="{StaticResource GroupHeaderTextStyle}"
Margin="4,0,0,4"
FontWeight="SemiBold"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
TextWrapping="Wrap"
MaxWidth="410"/>
</Grid>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
</common:LayoutAwarePage>

In Windows Store Apps, the IsVirtualizing property is read-only.
From the Remarks section on the VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizingProperty page on MSDN:
VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing is an atypical attached property
because it does not have a Set accessor, and thus is not really a XAML
attached property with a markup usage. Instead,
VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing functions as a sentinel whereby
child elements can query the VirtualizingStackPanel parent, and
determine whether virtualization is being used. ...

not able to disable a particular text block in custom control

I have a custom control which contains one text-block, one combo-box and one hyper-link button.
<UserControl x:Class="IXExpress.Controls.WorkspaceIndexes"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:telerikSdk="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Height="Auto" Width="Auto">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock x:Name="IndexNameTextBlock" Text="{Binding ApplicationStrings.SelectIndexName, Source={StaticResource ResourceWrapper}, Mode=OneTime}" Margin="3,5" TextAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Visibility="Visible"/>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<telerikSdk:RadComboBox x:Name="IndexNameCB"
DisplayMemberPath="IndexName"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
IsDropDownOpen="False"
Margin="3,0,3,5"
MinWidth="150"
Width="150"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Visibility="Visible"
SelectionChanged="IndexNameCB_SelectionChanged"/>
<HyperlinkButton x:Name="CreateNewIndexLink"
Content="Create New"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Click="CreateNewIndexLink_Click"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
I am using it on another page as following:
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<customControls:WorkspaceIndexes x:Name="WorkspaceIndexes" IsMoreTextRequired="True" Margin="3"/>
</StackPanel>
The issue is, on some condition when I want to disable this control but it only disables combo-box and hyper-link button.
code:
if (my condition)
WorkspaceIndexes.IsEnabled = true;
else
WorkspaceIndexes.IsEnabled = false;
Result:
http://imgur.com/L6tbOwo
I also don't see IsEnabled option for "IndexNameTextBlock" text-block, Why is that?

You can't see the IsEnabled property for the TextBlock because it doesn't have the property. The other Elements are derived from Control, they can be enabled and disabled. The TextBlock is no Control. Disabling a TextBlock would be meaningless. It just displays text. No user interaction possible.
If you need it to be grayed out you have to change either its Foreground color, or reduce its Opacity, or place a semi-transparent Rectangle/Border over it.