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Binding within a template

I have the following ControlTemplate, as shown below, and I would like to avoid hard coding the hight and width of the image, instead I would like to bind the Height and width of the Image control
<Image Source="/Rotate.Pictures;component/Images/error.png"
Stretch="Uniform"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Height="14"
Width="14"/>
to the TextBlock's Text (TextBlock named "ErrorText") property path = "Height". Both Height and Width of the image should be bound to the Height value of the TextBlock's Text Height property
Does anyone know how I can accomplish this?
Template:
<Grid IsSharedSizeScope="True">
<Grid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="Validation.ErrorTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<AdornedElementPlaceholder>
<Border BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="2"/>
</AdornedElementPlaceholder>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="/Rotate.Pictures;component/Images/error.png" Stretch="Uniform" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Height="14"
Width="14"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="ErrorText" Text="{Binding ErrorContent}" Foreground="Red"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>

Key to the answer is to reference past controls (control that the thread of execution already encountered in the "{Binding ElementName=ErrorText, Path=ActualHeight}"). So the solution uses a grid, then specify Grid.Column 1 before specifying Grid.Column 0 that references the ElementName in Grid.Column 1.
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Setter Property="Validation.ErrorTemplate">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<AdornedElementPlaceholder>
<Border BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="2"/>
</AdornedElementPlaceholder>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock x:Name="ErrorText" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ErrorContent}" Foreground="Red"/>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Source="/Rotate.Pictures;component/Images/error.png"
Height="{Binding ElementName=ErrorText, Path=ActualHeight}"
Width="{Binding ElementName=ErrorText, Path=ActualHeight}"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

DataTrigger Border in a ListBoxItem

I'm trying to change the backgroundcolor and borderbrush color of a ListBoxItem.
<Window x:Class="Application1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PE2_WPF_Jelle_Vandekerckhove"
Title="MainResolutions" Height="500" Width="300" ResizeMode="NoResize" Closed="Window_Closed">
<Window.Resources>
<Style TargetType="Border">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=Resafgehandeld}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="LightGreen" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkGreen" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Background="Aquamarine">
<TextBlock Text="Mijn Resolutions voor het jaar 2015" Margin="5" Background="White" />
<ListBox Name="lstResolutions" Height="160">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border Name="Rand" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2" Padding="5" Margin="5" CornerRadius="10" Width="240">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Text="Resolutie : "/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resitem}"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Deadline : "/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resdeadline}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Text="Reden :" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resopmerking}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I tried using <Style TargetType="ListBoxItem"> instead of <Style TargetType="Border"> which worked but it's not what i want, i want the Border background of that listboxitem changed but i can't seem to access it. Any help would be appreciated.

It's not working because you have the BorderBrush hard-coded in the attribute, which takes precedence. Update so that the style is not a resource, and add the Trigger to the Border itself.
<Window x:Class="Application1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PE2_WPF_Jelle_Vandekerckhove"
Title="MainResolutions" Height="500" Width="300" ResizeMode="NoResize" Closed="Window_Closed">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Background="Aquamarine">
<TextBlock Text="Mijn Resolutions voor het jaar 2015" Margin="5" Background="White" />
<ListBox Name="lstResolutions" Height="160">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border Name="Rand" BorderThickness="2" Padding="5" Margin="5" CornerRadius="10" Width="240">
<Border.Style>
<Style TargetType="Border">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=Resafgehandeld}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="LightGreen" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="DarkGreen" />
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Border.Style>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Text="Resolutie : "/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resitem}"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Deadline : "/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resdeadline}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Text="Reden :" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Resopmerking}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</StackPanel>

Border is added only to the first text block in WPF

Edit : I realized what the problem is, when I add the border, The second TextBlock sits on top of the first TextBlock. Still have to figure out why this is happening.
Original question:
I have a number of TextBlocks in my xaml. I want to add a border around some textblocks. I tried the following methods.
Method 1:
<Style x:Key="BorderForTextBlock" TargetType="{x:Type Border}">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
</Style>
<TextBlock1../>
<Border Style="{StaticResource BorderForTextBlock}">
<TextBlock2.../>
</Border>
Method 2:
<TextBlock1../> //This is where the border is added.
<Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">
<TextBlock2 ..../> //This is where I want to add the border
</Border>
A border is added only to the first TextBlock in the xaml no matter to which TextBlock I add the border. I don't want the border on the first TextBlock. I have no clue why this is happening.
This is my xaml :
<Grid Background="LightYellow" >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" ></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="3.5*"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="28*" ></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="120*" ></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="28*"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="74*"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Margin="10,0,5,0" FontWeight="SemiBold" Text="{x:Static res:Resources.source1"/>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">
<TextBlock x:Name="txtBlock1" FormatTest:FormattedTextBehavior.FormattedText="{Binding Path= content1}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Border>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Margin="10,0,5,0" FontWeight="SemiBold" Text="{x:Static res:Resources.source2}"/>
<RichTextBox Background="LightYellow" Margin="0,0,0,0" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" IsReadOnly="True" >
<FlowDocument>
<Paragraph>
<Run Text="{Binding content2, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
</Paragraph>
</FlowDocument>
</RichTextBox>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Margin="10,0,5,0" FontWeight="SemiBold" Text="{x:Static res:Resources.source3"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding content3, Mode=TwoWay}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Margin="10,0,5,0" FontWeight="SemiBold" Text="{x:Static res:Resources.source4}"/>
<TextBox Text="{Binding content4, Mode=TwoWay}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" TextAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" Background="LightYellow" IsReadOnly="True"/>
</Grid>

instead of
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">
<TextBlock x:Name="txtBlock1" FormatTest:FormattedTextBehavior.FormattedText="{Binding Path= content1}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Border>
Have
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">
<TextBlock x:Name="txtBlock1" FormatTest:FormattedTextBehavior.FormattedText="{Binding Path= content1}" Margin="0,0,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Border>
This should solve the issue with placement of text blocks
This is how it looks at my end
Try this and let us know

You can use style with trigger and put the style either in windows resources or app resources depending upon scope you want
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style x:Key="NotCalledBorder" TargetType="{x:Type Border}">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Height" Value="20"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="30"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="TextBlock">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="TextDecorations" Value="Underline" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Style="{StaticResource NotCalledBorder}" Grid.Row="0">
<TextBlock Text="test1" Grid.Row="0" OpacityMask="Black">
</TextBlock>
</Border>
<TextBlock Text="test2" Grid.Row="1"></TextBlock>
<Border Style="{StaticResource NotCalledBorder}" Grid.Row="2">
<TextBlock Text="test3" Grid.Row="2" OpacityMask="Black"></TextBlock>
</Border>
<TextBlock Text="test4" Grid.Row="3"></TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Window>
Conditional style in WPF. Adding border to two textblocks only. You can apply style and add to as many as you want

Margin difference in nested ListBox with DataTemplates

I have a problem with my ListBox. I have written several DataTemplates which I use in a ListBox. Each one of these contains a grid and may contain a nested ListBox depending on the item.
My problem is: The height of these nested ListBoxes seem to be different to the root ListBox's height. Additionally it seems, that there is sometimes one pixel margin to the element above.
Has someone encountered this problem, too and maybe solved it?
XAML-Code:
<!-- Template for SubData-Items -->
<DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate">
<Grid x:Name="baseGrid" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="999" Background="Violet">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding ElementName=Col0, Path=Width}" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding ElementName=Col1, Path=Width}" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="{Binding ElementName=Row0, Path=Height}"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Bezeichnung}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" />
<Line Grid.ColumnSpan="999" Stroke="Black" X1="0" X2="{Binding ElementName=baseGrid, Path=ActualWidth, Mode=OneWay}" Y1="0" Y2="0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<!-- Template for Items -->
<DataTemplate x:Key="GroupDataTemplate">
<Grid Grid.ColumnSpan="999" Background="Blue">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="{Binding ElementName=Gantt, Path=GridRowHeight}" />
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid x:Name="baseGrid" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="999">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding ElementName=Col0, Path=Width}" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding ElementName=Col1, Path=Width}" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="{Binding ElementName=Row0, Path=Height}"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Bezeichnung}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" />
</Grid>
<Grid x:Name="expandedGrid" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="999">
<ListBox x:Name="LBMaGruppen" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplate}" ItemsSource="{Binding SubdataObjects}"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" Height="Auto" Margin="0,0,2,0"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="false" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" BorderThickness="0" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<!-- Grid with ListBox -->
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition x:Name="Row0" Height="34"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition x:Name="Col0" Width="25" />
<ColumnDefinition x:Name="Col1" Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ListBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="999" ItemsSource="{Binding ItemSource, Mode=OneWay}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource GroupDataTemplate}"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Height="Auto"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="true"
ScrollViewer.IsDeferredScrollingEnabled="False"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
FontSize="10" />
</Grid>

qqbenq gave a very nice solution . Here is another way to do it.
the control templates of ListBox and ListBoxItem has padding inside their borders. Thankfully ListBoxItem border's padding can be control by a style like so:
<Style
TargetType="ListBoxItem">
<Setter
Property="Padding"
Value="0" />
</Style>
but unfortunately for the ListBox , you will have to override the default template with all of its details to change its internal border's hard-coded padding like this:
<Style
TargetType="ListBox">
<Setter
Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate
TargetType="{x:Type ListBox}">
<Border
x:Name="Bd"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
Padding="0"
SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ScrollViewer
Focusable="false"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}">
<ItemsPresenter
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger
Property="IsEnabled"
Value="false">
<Setter
Property="Background"
TargetName="Bd"
Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger
Property="IsGrouping"
Value="true">
<Setter
Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll"
Value="false" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
One last note : remove the Margin that you added inside your xaml.
Solution complete

Add a Margin="-2,0,0,0" and a Padding="-1" to your "LBMaGruppen" named ListBox.
<ListBox x:Name="LBMaGruppen" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplate}" ItemsSource="{Binding SubdataObjects}"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" Height="Auto" Margin="-2,0,0,0" Padding="-1"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="false" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" BorderThickness="0" />
Also, the "root" element's height is binded to {Binding ElementName=Gantt, Path=GridRowHeight}, while the "sub" element's height to {Binding ElementName=Row0, Path=Height}, so this must cause the difference.

It seems that you have auto height set on all your ListBox. You could try setting the height to a specific size. EDIT: I see you already have ScrollViewer settings. I think setting the height of the box to a specific size instead of auto will do what you want.
As to the padding between elements see the ListBox.ItemContainerSyle which should allow you to set the margin between elements.

Setting an initial width for an expander or listbox

In a previous question I had asked, I wanted to be able to move the gridsplitter to expand the expander which contains a list box of images so that when it expands, the images resize based on the amout of space available. With help i was able to get the resizing feature to work but the problem now is that when the program initially starts up, the images are full sized instead of thumbnail size. Is there a way to set an initial width of the expander so the images initially show up as thumbnails of about 175 pixels?
ColumnDefinitions:
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="25" Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="5" Width="5" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*" />
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="5" Width="5" />
<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="25" Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
0: Expander
1: gridsplitter
2: Text box
3: gridsplitter
4: Expander (Text box with images.)
XAML:
<GridSplitter
Name="gridSplitter2"
Width="10"
Margin="0,0,0,0"
Grid.Column="3"
IsEnabled="True"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<Expander
Style="{DynamicResource ExpanderStyle}"
Name="pictureExpander"
IsExpanded="True"
Grid.Column="4"
ExpandDirection="Left"
Collapsed="pictureExpander_Collapsed"
Expanded="pictureExpander_Expanded" >
<ListBox
Name="photoList"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource PhotoBin}}"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Style.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Yellow" />
</Style.Resources>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="5"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Image
Name="thumbnailImage"
Source="{Binding FileLocation}"
Margin="5"
Stretch="UniformToFill"
StretchDirection="Both"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Expander>

I think you can play around with your ColumnDefinitions. Setting a Width on your fifth ColumnDefinition will give you a starting Width for it
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="175"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Your other Controls.. -->
<GridSplitter Grid.Column="3" ... />
<Expander Grid.Column="4" ... />
</Grid>
Update
I'm unable to reproduce your problem. When I set Width="175" on the fifth ColumnDefinition it starts up with this width. Uploaded my sample app here: http://www.mediafire.com/?kjc9yqgmkq6dbiq