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C# WPF UI freeze while datatable binding with Listbox

hi I am using DataTable for binding data with Listbox
DataTable row count = 1000+ and I have to load all row.
and when I binding
// Inside BackgroundThread
DataTable table = GetDataFromServer(); // Get Data (DataTable row count = 1000+)
this.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
FilteredList.DataContext = table ; // UI Hangs Progress bar freeze around 20-30+ seconds
}), DispatcherPriority.Background);
XML Code
<Grid Grid.Row="0" x:Name="gridFilteredList" Visibility="Collapsed">
<ListView Style="{DynamicResource MyListView}" Grid.Row="0" AllowDrop="True" x:Name="FilteredList"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay}"
BorderThickness="0" BorderBrush="Black" ScrollViewer.ScrollChanged="syncList_ScrollChanged"
ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource BorderedListViewItemStyle}" SelectedItem="{x:Null}"
Background="{DynamicResource DefaultMSBackgroundColor}" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False" Focusable="True" SelectionChanged="syncList_SelectionChanged" SelectionMode="Single" MouseMove="syncList_MouseMove"
MouseEnter="syncList_MouseEnter"
MouseLeave="syncList_MouseLeave">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid x:Name="FileItemGrid" Margin="0" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Cursor="Hand">
<Grid Margin="0 10 10 10" Height="35" >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="40"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Cursor="Hand" Source="{Binding Path=imagestring, Mode=OneWay}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource Image32StyleNearestNeighbor}" />
<Grid Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Cursor="Hand" Foreground="#FF333333" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Path=name, Mode=OneTime}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Cursor="Hand" Foreground="#FF333333" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" TextWrapping="NoWrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Path=size, Mode=OneTime}" HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
</Grid>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" FontSize="11" TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" VerticalAlignment="Center" >
<Run Text="{Binding Path=formattedtime, Mode=OneTime}" Foreground="#FFB3B3B3"/>
<Run Text="-"/>
<Run Text="{Binding Path=activity, Mode=OneTime}" Foreground="{Binding Path=StatusLabelColour, Mode=OneTime}"/>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Column="1" Margin="5 0 0 0" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<Grid Visibility="{Binding Path=DeleteImageVisible, Mode=OneWay}" ToolTip="Click to recover file" Name="SyncDelete"
Cursor="Hand" MouseLeftButtonDown="SyncDelete_MouseLeftButtonDown" Style="{DynamicResource GridWithBackground}">
<Image x:Name="imgDelete" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Source="pack://application:,,,/Resources/UserControl/SyncSummary_Delete.png"
Style="{StaticResource Image16StyleHighQuality}"/>
</Grid>
<Image Name="errorImage" VerticalAlignment="Center" Cursor="Hand" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Style="{StaticResource Image16StyleHighQuality}"
Source="{Binding Path=errorStringImage, Mode=OneWay}" ToolTip="{Binding Path=errorStringToolTip, Mode=OneWay}" ToolTipService.ShowDuration="50000" UseLayoutRounding="True" />
</Grid>
<Button Grid.Column="1" x:Name="btnShare" Content="Share" Click="btnShare_Click" Margin="0,0,10,0" >
<Button.Style>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
<Setter Property="Height" Value="30" />
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="10,0,10,0" />
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource DefaultMSForegroundColor}" />
<Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Right" />
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
</Trigger>
<MultiDataTrigger>
<MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Binding="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor,AncestorType={x:Type ListViewItem}},Path=IsMouseOver, Mode=OneWay}"
Value="True" />
<Condition Binding="{Binding Path=ShareBtnVisible, Mode=OneWay}"
Value="Visible" />
</MultiDataTrigger.Conditions>
<MultiDataTrigger.Setters>
<Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
</MultiDataTrigger.Setters>
</MultiDataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Button.Style>
</Button>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</Grid>
Should i use ObservationCollection or Any other design pattern for solve freeze issue ?

You are setting the ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll attached property of the ListView to false which effectively disables the built-in UI virtualization and this affects the performance negatively.
Don't set this property to false if you care about rendering and scrolling performance.

Put your code in a Task (own thread) and your UI won't freeze anymore. You'll always have this problem when calling long running operations in the UI thread.

C# UWP TextBlock text change in Button Style programatically

I have a button with Resource style. I would like to change Text of TextBlock in Button Content. I didn't find any solution.
Any idea?
<Style x:Key="NavigationLogoutButtonStyle" TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource NavigationBackButtonNormalStyle}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="48"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="NaN"/>
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="48"/>
<Setter Property="AutomationProperties.Name" Value="Logout"/>
<Setter Property="Content">
<Setter.Value>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="48" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<FontIcon Grid.Column="0" FontSize="16" Glyph="" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock Style="{ThemeResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" Text="!!!TEXT HERE PROGRAMATICALLY!!!" Foreground="{StaticResource MainColorBrush}" FontSize="13" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<TextBlock Style="{ThemeResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" Text="{StaticResource LogoutButtonText}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>

You can do a hack, change the line:
<TextBlock Style="{ThemeResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" Text="!!!TEXT HERE PROGRAMATICALLY!!!" Foreground="{StaticResource MainColorBrush}" FontSize="13" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
to
<TextBlock Style="{ThemeResource BodyTextBlockStyle}" Text="{Binding Tag}" Foreground="{StaticResource MainColorBrush}" FontSize="13" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
And set the Tag property of your Button in code.
The proper way to do it would be declare new DependencyProperty type string of a CustomButton which inherits from Button. Then apply the Style to the new CustomButton type. Bind the Text property to the newly created DependencyProperty

On MouseOver does not resize image to fit the given height and width wpf window using xaml

I need to increase the Height and Width of my images OnMouseOver which are placed in a StackPanel with orientation as horizontal so that the images span over my entire panel with a given size in my WPF window and that is what am unable to achieve. Please let me know if I am missing any math in my xaml attributes or anything wrong with my approach.
Thanks in advance.
The following is my xaml and later are my output images.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="245"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel x:Name="TitleSlidesPanel" Grid.Row="0"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
Height="245"
Width="400" >
<Image x:Name="img1" VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"
Style="{StaticResource imageStyle}"
MouseDown="Img1_OnMouseDown"
MouseUp="Img1_OnMouseUp">
</Image>
<CheckBox x:Name="Chkbox1"
Content="Image1"
Width="100"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Left"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
FontSize="12"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
Foreground="Black"
Height="20">
</CheckBox>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
Height="245"
Width="400"
Margin="-400,0,0,0" >
<Image x:Name="Img2" VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"
Style="{StaticResource imageStyle}"
MouseDown="Img2_OnMouseDown"
MouseUp="Img2_OnMouseUp" >
</Image>
<CheckBox x:Name="Chkbox2"
Content="Image2"
FontSize="12"
Margin="0,5,135,0"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Right"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Foreground="Black"
Height="20">
</CheckBox>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
<Style x:Key="imageStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Image}">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="100" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="200" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="245" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="400" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Try putting your style in the resources of either the stackpanel or the grid.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="245"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style x:Key="imageStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Image}">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="100" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="200" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="245" />
<Setter Property="Width" Value="400" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<StackPanel x:Name="TitleSlidesPanel" Grid.Row="0"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
Height="245"
Width="400" >
<Image x:Name="img1" VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"
Style="{StaticResource imageStyle}"
MouseDown="Img1_OnMouseDown"
MouseUp="Img1_OnMouseUp">
</Image>
<CheckBox x:Name="Chkbox1"
Content="Image1"
Width="100"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Left"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
FontSize="12"
Margin="0,5,0,0"
Foreground="Black"
Height="20">
</CheckBox>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
Height="245"
Width="400"
Margin="-400,0,0,0" >
<Image x:Name="Img2" VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"
Style="{StaticResource imageStyle}"
MouseDown="Img2_OnMouseDown"
MouseUp="Img2_OnMouseUp" >
</Image>
<CheckBox x:Name="Chkbox2"
Content="Image2"
FontSize="12"
Margin="0,5,135,0"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Right"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Foreground="Black"
Height="20">
</CheckBox>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

Disable blue border for selected Listview item

I have a ListView with Horizontal WrapPanel as its ItemsPanelTemplate.
I want to get rid of the blue background for selected item. It is visible only on the left of the selected item.
There are many similar question on SO and I tried a lot of the solutions and none of them worked.
This is what I have already tried:
<ListView.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<Style.Resources>
<!-- Foreground for Selected ListViewItem -->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}"
Color="Black"/>
<!-- Background for Selected ListViewItem -->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent"/>
<!--SelectedItem without focus-->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="Transparent"/>
</Style.Resources>
</Style>
</ListView.Resources>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<EventSetter Event="Control.MouseDoubleClick" Handler="HandleSelectedItemDoubleClick"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="RenderTransform">
<Setter.Value>
<ScaleTransform ScaleX="2" ScaleY="2" CenterX="12" CenterY="12" />
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Panel.ZIndex" Value="150"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{x:Null}" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{x:Null}" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Width="210" Margin="15" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>

You need to overwrite the SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey for the ListView to be Transparent (or whatever color you want)
I typically put this in the ListView.Resources so it only applies to the specific ListView, and not all ListViews in my application
<ListView.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent"/>
</ListView.Resources>
Its very close to what you have in your code already, but you need to set it for the ListView.Resources, not ListViewItem.Resources

To remove all default styling (hovering, selecting, etc.) just define a custom Template for the ItemContainer (not the Item itself):
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<ContentPresenter />
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
Found on MSDN Forum

This is what did it for me:
<UserControl.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ItemTemplate">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Background="Transparent" Opacity="1" Width="185" MaxWidth="185">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock
Margin="0,0,10,0"
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="DarkGoldenrod"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic"
Text="{Binding Path=EventTypeName, Mode=OneWay}" />
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="DarkGoldenrod"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic"
Text="{Binding Path=AccountIdentity, Mode=OneWay}" />
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="DarkGoldenrod" MaxWidth="170"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic" TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" ToolTip="{Binding Path=EventMessage,Mode=OneWay}"
Text="{Binding Path=EventMessage, Mode=OneWay}" />
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Black"
FontSize="8"
Text="{Binding Path=EventLoggedOn, Mode=OneWay}"
TextTrimming="WordEllipsis"
ToolTip="{Binding Path=EventLoggedOn, Mode=OneWay}"
Margin="0,0,10,0" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Black"
FontSize="8"
Text="{Binding Path=QualifiedCreator, Mode=OneWay}" />
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="SelectedTemplate">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Background="LightGray" Opacity="1" Width="185" MaxWidth="185">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock
Margin="0,0,10,0"
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Yellow"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic"
Text="{Binding Path=EventTypeName, Mode=OneWay}" />
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Yellow"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic"
Text="{Binding Path=AccountIdentity, Mode=OneWay}" />
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="DarkGoldenrod" MaxWidth="170"
FontSize="12" FontStyle="Italic" TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" ToolTip="{Binding Path=EventMessage,Mode=OneWay}"
Text="{Binding Path=EventMessage, Mode=OneWay}" />
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Black"
FontSize="8"
Text="{Binding Path=EventLoggedOn, Mode=OneWay}"
TextTrimming="WordEllipsis"
ToolTip="{Binding Path=EventLoggedOn, Mode=OneWay}"
Margin="0,0,10,0" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock
Background="Transparent"
Foreground="Black"
FontSize="8"
Text="{Binding Path=QualifiedCreator, Mode=OneWay}" />
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem" x:Key="ContainerStyle">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource ResourceKey=ItemTemplate}" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True" >
<Setter Property="ContentTemplate" Value="{StaticResource ResourceKey=SelectedTemplate}" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</UserControl.Resources>

The simplest way to do this is to set the background to {x:Null} when the item is selected, using a trigger.
<ListView>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected"
Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background"
Value="{x:Null}" />
<Setter Property="BorderBrush"
Value="{x:Null}" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
...
</ListView>

WPF StackPanel Layout Question

I'm trying to create a layout similar to this:
alt text http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3533/stackn.png
Here's the code I have:
<StackPanel TextBlock.FontFamily="Segoe UI" Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto">
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Title}" />
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Id}" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="10" Text="Delete">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="10" Text="Move">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>

Why don't you use a Grid for this?
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="300" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="0">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1">
<TextBlock Text="Move" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

I think you might be better off with a grid as your parent element. Omitting your styles and what not, here's the XAML for the layout in your drawing.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="50" /> <!-- or some other fixed width -->
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="0">
<!-- left hand stackpanel content -->
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1">
<!-- right hand StackPanel content -->
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

You don't really want a StackPanel for your red container. I'd go with a DockPanel, dock the rightmost blue panel to the right, and ensure LastChildFill is on to ensure the leftmost blue panel expands to the window width.

Here is the code for what I get from your post:
<DockPanel TextBlock.FontFamily="Segoe UI" LastChildFill="True">
<StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Right">
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="10" Text="Delete">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="10" Text="Move">
<TextBlock.Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</TextBlock.Style>
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto">
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Title}" />
<TextBlock Padding="5,0,5,0" FontSize="12" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Id}" />
</StackPanel>
</DockPanel>
Hope this helps!!