Virtualize WPF Grid bound to composite collection - c#

I have a Listview that uses a grid for its ItemsPanel instead of a stackpanel (a stackpanel won't suffice).
The ItemsSource of a grid is bound to a CompositeCollection of various items; and the items, of different classes, are not ordered (i.e., first item is not necessarily in 1st row/ 1st column; it's possible that last item in the list may physically be found on the top row of the grid).
So now I am not able to use VirtualizingStackPanel,... when I check Snoop, the ListView lists all items in the ItemsSource even when they're not visible.
Question: Is there a way to virtualize contents inside of the grid?

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John.
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Do not do it.
Bind everything you need to change to your items and then just change the bound properties, messing with template controls is never a good idea, especially with virtualizing items controls where they may not even exist for all items.
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