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How to add a separator to the Expander component in UWP app?

I'm looking for a way of implementing this kind of separator to the expander component in UWP app:
Any ideas how to do that?
I've managed to create the similar look of the expander, but I don't know how to implement separators?
Also, I would like to learn how to make expanders kind of "push" other components down when I expand them, so they don't overlap with other components, but simply move them.
Here's the XAML code for this expander:
<muxc:Expander x:Name="FontExpander"
x:Uid="FontExpander"
Width="1155"
IsExpanded="True"
Margin="22,323,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Grid.Row="2"
Height="380"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Left"
ExpandDirection="Down">
<muxc:Expander.Header>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<FontIcon Margin="0,0,12,0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorPrimaryBrush}"
FontSize="16"
Glyph=""/>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1"
Margin="0,12"
Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock x:Uid="SettingsFontTitle" Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Uid="SettingsFontDescription"
Style="{StaticResource CaptionTextBlockStyle}"
Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
TextWrapping="WrapWholeWords"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</muxc:Expander.Header>
<muxc:Expander.Content>
<Grid Margin="-18,-170,-17,-170">
<TextBlock x:Name="SettingsFamily" x:Uid="SettingsFamily" Text="Family" Margin="50,51,1000,286"/>
<ComboBox x:Name="ComboBoxFamily" ItemsSource="{x:Bind Fonts}" Width="200" Margin="950,41,0,0" SelectionChanged="ComboBoxFamily_SelectionChanged" />
<TextBlock x:Name="SettingsStyle" x:Uid="SettingsStyle" Text="Style" Margin="50,106,995,218" Loaded="SettingsStyle_Loaded"/>
<ComboBox x:Name="ComboBoxStyle" Width="200" Margin="950,101,0,0">
<x:String>Regular</x:String>
</ComboBox>
<TextBlock x:Name="SettingsSize" x:Uid="SettingsSize" Text="Size" Margin="50,166,1002,158"/>
<ComboBox x:Name="ComboBoxSize" ItemsSource="{x:Bind FontSizes}" Width="200" Margin="950,161,0,0"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="Text" x:Uid="SettingsText" Text="Hello World! I am so excited to be here!" Margin="62,224,38,126" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="{x:Bind (x:Double)ComboBoxSize.SelectedValue, Mode=OneWay}" TextAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</muxc:Expander.Content>
</muxc:Expander>
Any help would be much appreciated!

A separate can for example be implemented using a Border or a Grid:
<Grid Background="DarkGray" Height="1" />
As a side note, you shouldn't use margins to position your elements. Use an appropriate layout Panel. Using a Grid, you should add ColumnDefinitions and RowDefinitions to it as examplified here.

WPF TextBox not trimming in DataTemplate

I have an odd problem with TextBox with TextTrimming set to CharacterElipsis used in a DataTemplate in WPF application. At the start of application everything works fine. But when I am resizing the window - reducing the width, the trimming is not working.
In an example below:
<Grid>
<DockPanel>
<DockPanel.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="lowerLevel" >
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="34*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="26*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="26*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="14*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue1" Grid.Column="0" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="15,10,0,10" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue2" Grid.Column="1" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue3" Grid.Column="2" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,0,10" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<CheckBox IsChecked="True" Content="ApprovedText" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Column="3" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,15,10" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</DockPanel.Resources>
<ListView x:Name="listViewControl" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource lowerLevel}" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" />
</DockPanel>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="34*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="26*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="26*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="14*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue1" Grid.Column="0" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="15,10,0,10" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue2" Grid.Column="1" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue3" Grid.Column="2" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,0,10" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
<CheckBox IsChecked="True" Content="ApprovedText" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Column="3" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,15,10" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
I am having two identical Grids, but first one is placed in a DataTemplate and the second is just a separate control. TextBoxes in bottom grid are trimming correctly, when resizing window, however the TextBoxes from DataTemplate do not fit the width of parent columns while window resizing.
The code behind is:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private ListCollectionView comparedFamiliesView;
public ListCollectionView ComparedFamiliesView
{
get
{
if (comparedFamiliesView == null)
{
comparedFamiliesView = new ListCollectionView(new List<Object>() { new Object(), new Object(), new Object() });
}
return comparedFamiliesView;
}
}
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
listViewControl.ItemsSource = ComparedFamiliesView;
}
}
It basically adds three objects to have something to view on ListView.
I was trying different combinations of VerticalAlignment, VerticalContentAlignment - didn't work.
What I have tried was to place each TextBox in separate Grid in order to bind its Width to TextBox Width or MaxWidth, like:
<Grid Grid.Column="0" x:Name="grid1">
<TextBlock Text="textboxvalue1" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="15,10,0,10" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" MaxWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=grid1}" />
</Grid>
Didn't work either.
How can I force TextBoxes in DataTemplate to behave the same way as those in separate Grid?
Or what am I doing wrong with TextTrimming when using in DataTemplate.
Thank you for your help!!!
Regards,
Ariel

Try to set the ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility attached property of the ListView to Disabled:
<ListView x:Name="listViewControl" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ...

AvalonDock 2.2 - Full width TitleTemplate (fill parent container)

Hy everyone!
I created a title template in AvalonDock 2.2 (WPF Toolkit). The problem is that the context menu of the LayoutAnchorable is only triggered when I right-click on the part of the title that contains something (and not the entire width of the anchorable).
Here is the relevant code segment I'm using now:
<ad:DockingManager x:Class="Pdn.Gui.Docking.Control.DockingSystem" ...
AnchorablesSource="{Binding Path=Panels}">
<ad:DockingManager.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DockingWindowTitleDataTemplate" DataType="{x:Type ad:LayoutContent}">
<StackPanel ToolTip="{Binding Path=Content.ToolTip}" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Image MaxHeight="16" MaxWidth="16" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Source="{Binding Path=Content.IconSource, Converter={StaticResource IconToImageSourceConverter}}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Content.Name}" Margin="5,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Text="*" Visibility="{Binding Path=Content.DirtySignVisibility}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DockingWindowTitleGridDataTemplate" DataType="{x:Type ad:LayoutContent}">
<Grid ToolTip="{Binding Path=Content.ToolTip}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" MaxHeight="16" MaxWidth="16" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Source="{Binding Path=Content.IconSource, Converter={StaticResource IconToImageSourceConverter}}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Path=Content.Name}" Margin="5,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="*" Visibility="{Binding Path=Content.DirtySignVisibility}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DefaultPanelTitle">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Content.Name}" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" />
</DataTemplate>
...
</ad:DockingManager.Resources>
<ad:DockingManager.AnchorableTitleTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="DockingWindowTitleDataTemplate" />
</ad:DockingManager.AnchorableTitleTemplate>
...
</ad:DockingManager>
When I use the DefaultPanelTitle template (which is the default template of the theme) everything is fine, the context menu is triggered on the full width of the title part.
However when I use the other two templates (Image-Name-IsDirty elements), the context menu is triggered only on the beginning of the title area (and not right to the asterix).
I'm guessing I should tell the container to fill its parent container, but I can't figure out how. I used StackPanel, Grid, DockPanel (LastChildFill = "True") with HorizontalAlignment set to Stretch. What kind of container should I use?
What am I missing?
P.S.: I can only respond to your answers for another 12 hours, then I'm gone for a while (week). But I'm not abandoning this question until it's answered :) Thanks for your patience.

Well, the solution was quite simple. I wrapped the StackPanel in a Label. Now the context menu can be triggered on every pixel in the title part. The template now looks like this:
<ad:DockingManager x:Class="Pdn.Gui.Docking.Control.DockingSystem" ...
AnchorablesSource="{Binding Path=Panels}">
<ad:DockingManager.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="DockingWindowTitleDataTemplate" DataType="{x:Type ad:LayoutContent}">
<Label>
<StackPanel ToolTip="{Binding Path=Content.ToolTip}" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Image MaxHeight="16" MaxWidth="16" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Source="{Binding Path=Content.IconSource, Converter={StaticResource IconToImageSourceConverter}}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Content.Name}" Margin="5,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Text="*" Visibility="{Binding Path=Content.DirtySignVisibility}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</StackPanel>
</Label>
</DataTemplate>
...
</ad:DockingManager.Resources>
<ad:DockingManager.AnchorableTitleTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="DockingWindowTitleDataTemplate" />
</ad:DockingManager.AnchorableTitleTemplate>
...
</ad:DockingManager>
I love simple solutions.

How to change GridView.ItemTemplate while app is running?

In my app I have page with GridView and ComboBox. I want to change GridView.ItemTemplate property according to selected item in ComboBox. How should I implement it?
btw, I know about this question, but it is quite old and it does not look like "best practice". (How visibility/invisibility of ui control affects cpu/gpu load?)
My GridView:
<GridView x:Name="gridViewMain" Grid.Row="1" SelectionMode="None" IsItemClickEnabled="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding CurrentList}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource gridViewMainItemTemplate}"
Loaded="gridViewMain_Loaded" LayoutUpdated="gridViewMain_LayoutUpdated">
<interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
<core:EventTriggerBehavior EventName="ItemClick">
<core:CallMethodAction MethodName="GridViewClick"
TargetObject="{Binding Mode=OneWay}" />
</core:EventTriggerBehavior>
</interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
</GridView>
One of my templates:
<DataTemplate x:Key="gridViewMainItemTemplate">
<Grid x:Name="gridATemplate" Width="185" Height="288">
<Image x:Name="imgATemplate" Source="{Binding image_url}" Stretch="UniformToFill"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ListViewItemOverlayBackgroundThemeBrush}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlockTitle" Text="{Binding title}"
TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" Margin="5,0,0,0"
Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold"
MaxHeight="50" />
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlockType" TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"
Margin="5,0,0,0"
Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Foreground="White" Text="{Binding type}" FontWeight="Bold" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlockProgressL" TextWrapping="Wrap"
Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="White"
Text="Progress:" />
<TextBlock x:Name="textBlockProgressV" TextWrapping="Wrap"
Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="White"
Text="{Binding watched_episodes}" Margin="10,0,0,10" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>

Sure you can do this! In XAML you can do anything. What you cannot do is change the Template on the fly without re-rendering. Remember, this is like telling your printer to use card stock. It will obey. If you change the setting to use notebook paper, it will obey that, too. You will just have to print again since it has already printed on card stock.
There are a few ways for you to re-render a GridView. One way is to navigate away from the page and navigate back. That's not ideal sounding in your scenario. Odds are, in your scenario, you just need to reset the ObservableCollection you are using. Like this:
void Reset<T>(ObservableCollection<T> collection)
{
var original = collection.ToArray();
collection.Clear();
foreach (var item in original)
collection.Add(item);
}
Best of luck!

You'll want to use datatemplateselector
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bryanbolling/archive/2012/12/08/how-to-control-the-datatemplateselector-in-windows-store-apps.aspx
You can create multiple itemtemplates and choose which one to display based on any condition.
You'll have to refresh the gridview whenever the selection changes.

Show only allowed data in WPF Listbox Databinding

I currently have a list box:
<ListBox HorizontalAlignment="Left"
ItemsSource="{Binding Data, ElementName=bookingDomainDataSource}"
Margin="158,134,0,45"
x:Name="bookingListBox"
Width="429"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, Mode=TwoWay, ElementName=bookingComboBox}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=userId}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=bookingName}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=bookingDate}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=showId}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=paymentId}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ticketId}"
Width="100" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ticketQuantity}"
Width="100" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
And I would like to only show rows from the itemssource that have a certain userId, how can I do this?
Thanks.

I think the best solution to this would be to filter the data source BEFORE you get to the front end.

You want to define a filter for your listview.
Uodate: sorry missed the silverlight tag. However CollectionViewSource should still be useful to you. Here a sample using the CollectionViewSource in Silverlight.