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Binding in WPF not propagating into usercontrol

I am new and learning WPF. I am making a demo project to learn the working of binding and dependency properties. To make it easy to understand I briefly explain this project. In solution, I have three projects. Two projects are user control and one is the main application.
This is user control for the child page
<UserControl x:Class="DefectTracking.DefectTrace"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="1200"
Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True"
Loaded="ElementGeladen"
Name="Self">
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Resources.xaml" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<UserControl.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type UserControl}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Hintergrundfarbe}"/>
</Style>
</UserControl.Style>
<Grid DataContext="{Binding ElementName=Self}" Margin="4">
<FrameworkElement x:Name="ProxyElement"/>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--#region Kopfzeile -->
<Grid Grid.Row="0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Ergebnisse"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Name"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Folgefehler" Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Fehler"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Aktiviert"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Column="2" Style="{StaticResource FolgefehlerStil}" Text="FF" />
<TextBox Grid.Column="3" Style="{StaticResource FehlerStil}" Text="Fehler"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="4" Style="{StaticResource FehlerStil}" Text="Aktiviert"/>
</Grid>
<!--#endregion-->
<!--#region Prüfung -->
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Prüfungen}" Name="Prüfungselement">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Background="Black">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Ergebnisse"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Name"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Folgefehler"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Fehler"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Aktiviert"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!--#region Ergebnisse -->
<ItemsControl Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Ergebnisse}" Style="{StaticResource ErgebnisStil}" Background="Black" MouseDoubleClick="ItemsControl_MouseDoubleClick">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
<!--#endregion-->
<!--#region Tabelle -->
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Margin="10,0" MinWidth="50" Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Style="{StaticResource PrüfungsnameStil}"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="2" MinWidth="40" Text="{Binding Path=Folgefehler}" Style="{StaticResource FolgefehlerStil}"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="3" MinWidth="60" Text="{Binding Path=Fehler}" Style="{StaticResource FehlerStil}" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<CheckBox Grid.Column="4" MinWidth="40" IsChecked="{Binding Status, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
<!--#endregion-->
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
<!--#endregion-->
</Grid>
<!--#region Folgefehlerschieber -->
<Canvas>
<Thumb DragDelta="LinealVerschieben" Canvas.Left="450" Canvas.Top="0">
<Thumb.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Grid>
<Line X1="0" Y1="0" X2="0"
Y2="{Binding ActualHeight, Source={x:Reference ProxyElement}}"
Canvas.ZIndex="2"
Style="{StaticResource LinealStil}" Cursor="Hand">
</Line>
<Rectangle Width="11" Margin="0,0,20,0"
Height="{Binding ActualHeight, Source={x:Reference ProxyElement}}"
Style="{StaticResource AnfasserStil}" Cursor="Hand">
<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform X="-5" Y="0"/>
</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
</Rectangle>
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelStil}" Content="{Binding Linealposition}"/>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Thumb.Template>
</Thumb>
</Canvas>
<!--#endregion-->
</Grid>
</UserControl>
I am just testing
<CheckBox Grid.Column="4" MinWidth="40" IsChecked="{Binding Status, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
This is the user control for the child page
<UserControl x:Class="Demo.View.Dashboard"
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:Demo.View"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:Demo.ViewModel"
xmlns:dt="clr-namespace:DefectTracking;assembly=DefectTrackingControl"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="900" d:DesignWidth="1600"
>
<UserControl.DataContext>
<vm:DashboardViewModel/>
</UserControl.DataContext>
<UserControl.Resources>
<vm:BindingProxy x:Key="proxy" Data="{Binding}"/>
<dt:Prüfung x:Key="www"/>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid Background="White">
<dt:DefectTrace Margin="0,0,-321,-91">
<dt:DefectTrace.Prüfungen>
<dt:Prüfung
Status="{Binding Path=status}" />
<dt:Prüfung Name="Stabseite" />
<dt:Prüfung Name="Stosskappe" />
<dt:Prüfung Name="Druckbild"
/>
<dt:Prüfung Name="Oberfläche"
/>
</dt:DefectTrace.Prüfungen>
</dt:DefectTrace>
<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding state, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="100,100,100,10">Test check box</CheckBox>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
Property definition which I want to bind with checkbox but it's not propagating into a user control. If I just set true and false then it works but if I bind then it doesn't work.
Any help would be highly appreciated

I believe the problem here is
<UserControl.DataContext>
<vm:DashboardViewModel/>
</UserControl.DataContext>
because that basically means using a new instance of DashboardViewModel for this particular view, so I would assume that in your code somewhere you are using a different instance of this view model in which changing the value of Status does not really matter.
If the reason is what I think it is and you want to enhance your user comfort while developing XAML files and using this to help the compiler to know the types you can use the d:DataContext something like:
d:DataContext={x:Type vm:DashboardViewModel}

GridSplitter getting stuck after dragging some pixels

GridSplitter getting stuck after dragging some pixels,and have to reselect the splitter and drag again.
I am using RadTreeView in one column, and ListBox in second column, in which user can select Item from ListBox and Drag it into RadTreeView.
Please find below screenshot for the UI.
I tried to find solution on SO, but not getting any useful answer.
Please find below code for the same, Let me know if you require more information for the same.
<UserControl x:Class="StructureDesigner.StructureDesigner"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:dragDrop="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls.DragDrop;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:StructureDesigner.ViewModel"
MinHeight="400" MinWidth="400" AllowDrop="True" telerik:DragDropManager.AllowCapturedDrag="True" Name="StructureDesignerScreen">
<UserControl.Resources>
<Style TargetType="telerik:RadTreeViewItem">
<Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true" />
<Setter Property="telerik:DragDropManager.AllowCapturedDrag" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="telerik:DragDropManager.AllowDrag" Value="True" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="ListBoxItem">
<Setter Property="telerik:DragDropManager.AllowCapturedDrag" Value="True" />
</Style>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="MainGrid" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="false" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="300"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<GridSplitter x:Name="gridSplitter" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="10" Background="DarkGray" Height="Auto" />
<telerik:RadTreeView x:Name="radStructureTreeView" IsDragTooltipEnabled="True" IsDragDropEnabled="True"
IsDragPreviewEnabled="True" IsDropPreviewLineEnabled="True"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" SelectionMode="Extended"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="2,2,11,2" IsLoadOnDemandEnabled="True"
LoadOnDemand="radStructureTreeView_LoadOnDemand"
ExpanderStyle="{StaticResource ExpanderStyle}"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ItemContainerStyle}"
IsExpandOnSingleClickEnabled="False" ItemsSource="{Binding StructureDesignerList}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource NavigationTemplate}"
telerik:TreeViewSettings.DragDropExecutionMode="New"
>
</telerik:RadTreeView>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Name="gridEntities" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="1,2,2,2">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListBox x:Name="listBox1" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="8" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
SelectionMode="Extended" Width="Auto" ItemsSource="{Binding EntityList}"
AllowDrop="True">
<ListBox.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="Hide posted entities" Tag="Hide posted entities" IsCheckable="True" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsHidePostedEntitiesChecked}"></MenuItem>
</ContextMenu>
</ListBox.ContextMenu>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<Label Name="lblSpacer1" Height="5"></Label>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Grid.Column="1" Width="25" Height="16" Source="{Binding Path=Icon}" VerticalAlignment="Top"></Image>
<Label Content="" Width="1" Height="16" ></Label>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Description}" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
<Label Name="lblSpacer2" Height="5"></Label>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

How to make the scrollviewer work in this scenario?

Having some problems with my MVVM Application.
So the scenario is the following:
In my MainWindow.xaml, I have a ContentControl placed in a Grid Column, its content is bind to the CurrentViewModel which will be rendered to the appropriate View (in this case, Overview.xaml).
<ContentControl Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding CurrentViewModel}">
Within this particular view (Overview.xaml) there are multiple UserControls placed within a StackPanel.
<ScrollViewer CanContentScroll="True" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
<StackPanel CanVerticallyScroll="True" CanHorizontallyScroll="True">
<views:DiagramView DataContext="{Binding Path=DiagramViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:IncomeCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=IncomesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:ExpenseCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=ExpensesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:CheckCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=ChecksViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:BalanceCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=BalancesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:VacationCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=VacationsViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:KHCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=KhViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:OctaviaCollectionView DataContext="{Binding Path=OctaviaViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
Each UserControl within this StackPanel has a very similar look (obviously there are more stuff in the XAML). There is no constant value regarding Width or Height within my application.
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource groupedCollection}}" SelectedItem="{Binding CurrentItem}">
<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Items[0].CurrentCategory}" />
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<UniformGrid Columns="12" Rows="1" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style>
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="{Binding GeneratedColumn}"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding EncryptedAmount}" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="Got paid on " />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Date}" />
</StackPanel>
<Button Content="details"
Command="{Binding Path=DataContext.ShowDialogCommand,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}}}"
CommandParameter="QuickEdit"/>
<Button Content="remove" Command="{Binding RemoveCommand}" CommandParameter="Income removed." />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
The problem is that I can't seem to make the vertical scrollviewer work. It is displayed because I make it visible, but it's disabled. Obviously the StackPanel is gonna grow indefintely, but isn't there a way for it to calculate how much space is needed? Because most of the content is just cut off right now.
So I tried to put scrollviewer in every possible place, but they're all disabled.
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ContentControl">
<ScrollViewer>
<ContentPresenter Cursor="{TemplateBinding Cursor}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
Content="{TemplateBinding Content}" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
So then I tried dropping the StackPanel implementation and tried it with a Grid.
Nope, it doesn't work either.
Obviously I'm missing some basis solution here, but just can't figure it out.
Any ideas would be appreciated, seems like a very common scenario to be honest.
Cheers
<ScrollViewer CanContentScroll="True"
VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<views:DiagramView DataContext="{Binding Path=DiagramViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:IncomeCollectionView Grid.Row="1" DataContext="{Binding Path=IncomesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:ExpenseCollectionView Grid.Row="2" DataContext="{Binding Path=ExpensesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
<views:CheckCollectionView Grid.Row="3" DataContext="{Binding Path=ChecksViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
...etc...
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
Edit: The DiagramView UserControl contains the following:
<UserControl x:Class="Expense.Manager.WPF.Views.DiagramView"
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:pie="clr-namespace:Expense.Manager.WPF.CustomPie"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Expense.Manager.WPF.Shared"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<UserControl.Resources>
<local:BoolToBrushConverter x:Key="BoolToBrushConverter" />
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="Income this month: " />
<TextBlock>
<TextBlock.Text>
<PriorityBinding FallbackValue="Retrieving data...">
<Binding Path="EncryptedCurrentMonthIncome" Mode="TwoWay" IsAsync="True" />
</PriorityBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
<pie:PieChart Data="{Binding PieChartIncomeData, Mode=TwoWay}" Width="250" PieWidth="130" PieHeight="130" Height="140" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="Expenses this month: " />
<TextBlock>
<TextBlock.Text>
<PriorityBinding FallbackValue="Retrieving data...">
<Binding Path="CurrentMonthExpense" Mode="TwoWay" IsAsync="True" />
</PriorityBinding>
</TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
<pie:PieChart Data="{Binding PieChartExpenseData, Mode=TwoWay}" Width="250" PieWidth="130" PieHeight="130" Height="140" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="2">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding VacationsLeft}" />
<TextBlock Text=" days left" />
</StackPanel>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding VacationsPerYearCollection}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Rectangle Margin="5, 0, 0, 0" Height="25" Width="4" Fill="{Binding Converter={StaticResource BoolToBrushConverter}}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="Bank savings:" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding BankSavings}" />
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
IncomeCollectionView:
<UserControl x:Class="Expense.Manager.WPF.Views.IncomeCollectionView"
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:views="clr-namespace:Expense.Manager.WPF.Views"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<UserControl.Resources>
<CollectionViewSource x:Key="groupedCollection" IsLiveGroupingRequested="True" Source="{Binding Collection}">
<CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
<PropertyGroupDescription PropertyName="CurrentCategory" />
</CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
</CollectionViewSource>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding DisplayName}" Foreground="White" FontWeight="SemiBold" Padding="5" Background="SteelBlue" />
<ListView Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource groupedCollection}}" SelectedItem="{Binding CurrentItem}">
<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Items[0].CurrentCategory}" />
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<UniformGrid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Columns="12" Rows="1" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style>
<Setter Property="Grid.Column" Value="{Binding GeneratedColumn}"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding EncryptedAmount}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding Date}" />
<Button Grid.Row="2" Content="details"
Command="{Binding Path=DataContext.ShowDialogCommand,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}}}"
CommandParameter="QuickEdit"/>
<Button Grid.Row="3" Content="remove" Command="{Binding RemoveCommand}" CommandParameter="Income removed." />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</Grid>
and where it is used:
why is the listview not resizing itself after resizing the window itself?
<ScrollViewer CanContentScroll="True" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<views:IncomeCollectionView Grid.Row="1" DataContext="{Binding Path=IncomesViewModel, Source={StaticResource Locator}}" />
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>

I tried dropping the StackPanel implementation and tried it with a Grid. Nope, it doesn't work either.
That's almost correct, apart from the last sentence. Using a Grid is half of the answer, because the StackPanel has no functionality to resize its items... you just need to inform the ScrollViewer when to scroll. Take this example:
<ScrollViewer>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Rectangle Fill="Cyan" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="1" Fill="Green" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="2" Fill="Red" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="3" Fill="Blue" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="4" Fill="Orange" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="5" Fill="Purple" />
<Rectangle Grid.Row="6" Fill="Yellow" />
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
This XAML will make the ScrollViewer ScrollBar appear (once the Window.Height is small enough), but if you remove the RowDefinition.Height values (thereby giving each row a proportion of the whole Grid.Height), you'll see your previous situation where no ScrollBar appears.
Now, none of us want to hard code constant values into our UIs, but you can do this using the Auto setting on the RowDefinition.Height properties instead. Unlike these Rectangles, your controls will all have some Height, so your solution is to set each of your Grid.RowDefinitions like this:
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
This will provide your controls with as much space as they need within the Grid and therefore (hopefully) they will have more Height together than the ScrollViewer and therefore the ScrollViewer will display its vertical ScrollBar.

How Does This Grid App Template Scroll without a Scrollviewer? (C#/XAML Windows 8.1)

I've been trying to understand Scrollviewers, and thought I'd take a look at Microsoft's template for a Grid App for 8.1, whose content extends off the screen. What's odd is that there doesn't seem to even be a Scrollviewer in the XAML page. Can anyone tell me what is enabling the scrolling?
<Page
x:Name="pageRoot"
x:Class="GridApp.GroupedItemsPage"
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:GridApp"
xmlns:data="using:GridApp.Data"
xmlns:common="using:GridApp.Common"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Page.Resources>
<x:String x:Key="ChevronGlyph"></x:String>
<!--
Collection of grouped items displayed by this page, bound to a subset
of the complete item list because items in groups cannot be virtualized
-->
<CollectionViewSource
x:Name="groupedItemsViewSource"
Source="{Binding Groups}"
IsSourceGrouped="true"
ItemsPath="Items"
d:Source="{Binding Groups, Source={d:DesignData Source=/DataModel/SampleData.json, Type=data:SampleDataSource}}"/>
</Page.Resources>
<!--
This grid acts as a root panel for the page that defines two rows:
* Row 0 contains the back button and page title
* Row 1 contains the rest of the page layout
-->
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Grid.ChildrenTransitions>
<TransitionCollection>
<EntranceThemeTransition/>
</TransitionCollection>
</Grid.ChildrenTransitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="140"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- Horizontal scrolling grid -->
<GridView
x:Name="itemGridView"
AutomationProperties.AutomationId="ItemGridView"
AutomationProperties.Name="Grouped Items"
Grid.RowSpan="2"
Padding="116,137,40,46"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource groupedItemsViewSource}}"
SelectionMode="None"
IsSwipeEnabled="false"
IsItemClickEnabled="True"
ItemClick="ItemView_ItemClick">
<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="250" Height="250">
<Border Background="{ThemeResource ListViewItemPlaceholderBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Image Source="{Binding ImagePath}" Stretch="UniformToFill" AutomationProperties.Name="{Binding Title}"/>
</Border>
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="{ThemeResource ListViewItemOverlayBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" Foreground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemOverlayForegroundThemeBrush}" Style="{StaticResource TitleTextBlockStyle}" Height="60" Margin="15,0,15,0"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Subtitle}" Foreground="{ThemeResource ListViewItemOverlaySecondaryForegroundThemeBrush}" Style="{StaticResource CaptionTextBlockStyle}" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Margin="15,0,15,10"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</GridView.ItemTemplate>
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<ItemsWrapGrid GroupPadding="0,0,70,0"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
<GridView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="0,0,0,2">
<Button Foreground="{ThemeResource ApplicationHeaderForegroundThemeBrush}"
AutomationProperties.Name="Group Title"
Click="Header_Click"
Style="{StaticResource TextBlockButtonStyle}" >
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" Margin="0,-11,10,10" Style="{StaticResource SubheaderTextBlockStyle}" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<TextBlock Text="{StaticResource ChevronGlyph}" FontFamily="Segoe UI Symbol" Margin="0,-11,0,10" Style="{StaticResource SubheaderTextBlockStyle}" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
</StackPanel>
</Button>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</GridView.GroupStyle>
</GridView>
<!-- Back button and page title -->
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="backButton" Margin="39,59,39,0" Command="{Binding NavigationHelper.GoBackCommand, ElementName=pageRoot}"
Style="{StaticResource NavigationBackButtonNormalStyle}"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
AutomationProperties.Name="Back"
AutomationProperties.AutomationId="BackButton"
AutomationProperties.ItemType="Navigation Button"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="pageTitle" Text="{StaticResource AppName}" Style="{StaticResource HeaderTextBlockStyle}" Grid.Column="1"
IsHitTestVisible="false" TextWrapping="NoWrap" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0,0,30,40"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>

If we go check out the default GridView template and look for the ItemsPresenter we see it's embedded in a ScrollViewer at the template level. Since now we know there's one there, if we look up towards the top in the Setter declarations we've got some Properties available to us to interact with that ScrollViewer from the GridView itself by seeing;
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Disabled"/>
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollMode" Value="Enabled" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.IsHorizontalRailEnabled" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode" Value="Disabled" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.IsVerticalRailEnabled" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.ZoomMode" Value="Disabled" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.IsDeferredScrollingEnabled" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.BringIntoViewOnFocusChange" Value="True" />
So if we wanted that GridView to not scroll anymore we could tell it not to like;
<GridView ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"/>
since it's set to "Auto" at the template level by default.
That's the thing about templates, sometimes it just takes digging one level deeper. Hope this helps, cheers.

Grid Border / Gap between cells

I've created a ControlTemplate that contains a Grid with two rows.
Sadly, there appears to be a single pixel gap between the cells.
How do I remove the gap?
Here's a screenshot showing the gap:
...and here's the XAML:
<Window x:Class="MAQButtonTest.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="695" Width="996">
<Window.Resources>
<Style TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="True"/>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button" x:Key="ButtonTemplate">
<Grid Width="444" Margin="0" ShowGridLines="False">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="51" />
<RowDefinition Height="36" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Background="#286c97">
<TextBlock>This is the first piece of text</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Background="#5898c0">
<ContentPresenter Grid.Row="0" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="300" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column="0" Background="#e9f1f6"></Grid>
<Grid Grid.Column="1" Background="#d2e3ed">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="22" FontWeight="Medium" Margin="52,58,0,0" Foreground="#0c3d5d">Your Quizzes <TextBlock FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Medium" Foreground="#0c3d5d">(7)</TextBlock></TextBlock>
<Grid Margin="0,20,0,0">
<Button Width="444" Background="{x:Null}" BorderThickness="0" Template="{StaticResource ButtonTemplate}" Click="DoSomething" BorderBrush="#032135">
<TextBlock Margin="6,2.8,0,0" FontFamily="Segoe UI" FontSize="19" Foreground="#032135" FontWeight="Medium">This is a second piece of text</TextBlock>
</Button>
</Grid>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>

Just add SnapsToDevicePixels="True" in your template grid
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button" x:Key="ButtonTemplate">
<Grid Width="444" Margin="0" ShowGridLines="False" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="51" />
<RowDefinition Height="36" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Background="#286c97">
<TextBlock>This is the first piece of text</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Background="#5898c0">
<ContentPresenter Grid.Row="0" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>

Set
SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
On grids in template or button, but better just create new style with SnapsToDevicePixels="True" setter and template inside style.