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UWP AutoCompleteBox in ContentDialog not sizing correctly - text area larger than drawn

I have an AutoCompleteTextBox in UWP is exhibiting a really odd behavior, and I can't figure out what's causing it. The TextBox is in a Grid, but the user can type past the bounds of the TextBox, so the first and last characters of each line are hidden behind the surrounding border. I've taken some screenshots to hopefully make this make more sense, as it's difficult to describe.
I've tried everything I can think of, but can't seem to get it to stop doing this. The only effect I had at all was in changing the HorizontalAlignment of the TextBox. Originally it was Stretch, and only the right side of the TextBox had cutoff letters. When I changed it to Center, it divided the cut-off section between both the left and right.
Does anybody have any ideas as to what's going on?
In the 1st picture, the actual TextBox area is defined by the box on the far outer edges of the ContentDialog [with the drag handles left of the (116)].
TextBox in VS Designer
In the second picture, the letters typed in the TextBox are 2 W's. If you look closely, you can just see the very right of the 1st W to the left of the full W there.
TextBox during execution
XAML:
<ContentDialog
x:Class="FlipPanelTest2.ComposeTweet"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:FlipPanelTest2"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
RequestedTheme="Dark"
Title="{Binding SendTo}"
Foreground="Gray"
Width="600"
PrimaryButtonText="Cancel"
SecondaryButtonText="Tweet!"
SecondaryButtonStyle="{StaticResource TweetContentDialogButtonStyle}"
PrimaryButtonStyle="{StaticResource CancelButtonStyle}"
PrimaryButtonClick="ContentDialog_PrimaryButtonClick"
SecondaryButtonClick="ContentDialog_SecondaryButtonClick">
<Grid Width="Auto">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBox x:Name="tweetText" Grid.Row="0" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Background="White" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="2" TextChanged="TextBox_TextChanged" MaxHeight="180" MinHeight="112" Width="540" />
<StackPanel x:Name="characterCount" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock x:Name="currentChars" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Row="1" FontSize="10" Text="{Binding TweetCharacters}" />
<TextBlock x:Name="charsDivider" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Row="1" FontSize="10" Text="/" />
<TextBlock x:Name="maxChars" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Row="1" FontSize="10" Text="{Binding MaxCharacters}" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

Well some more searching found the answer apparently. I hadn't thought to search for a max size on the ContentDialog, hence the reason I didn't find this before. Providing a link to the answer though for future people to use:
Quoted from ContentDialog max width:
In your App.xaml, try setting the ContentDialogMaxWidth to say, 800.
The default is 548. You might want to increase the height too.
<Application.Resources>
<x:Double x:Key="ContentDialogMaxWidth">800</x:Double>
<x:Double x:Key="ContentDialogMaxHeight">756</x:Double>
</Application.Resources>
ContentDialog max width
It's the last answer listed there, for some reason not the accepted answer. :)

C# Windows IoT core - Auto Scroll text in Textblock from left to right continuously

I am working on a Digital Signage project using Windows IoT core. So far I managed to design the grid and scroll images and videos. Now I have added a text block at the bottom of the grid and text in it should continuously scroll from left to right
For more detail example I need a MARQUEE of text in the bottom side.
Main page XAML code:
<Page
x:Class="Digital_Notiec_Board_V1._2.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:Digital_Notiec_Board_V1._2"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="#FF222222" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition MaxHeight="1800"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="20"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="imageInstance" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="0"/>
<MediaElement x:Name="audioInstance" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="0"/>
<MediaElement x:Name="videoInstance" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="0"/>
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1" Background="#FF5A80FF">
<TextBlock x:Name="ScrollText" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="White" Text="AJ Y" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollMode="Auto" SelectionHighlightColor="#FF2D5DFF">
</TextBlock>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>

Well if you need to show a Marquee text only then I would advise you to use a custom control that allows you to put a text as a marquee.
Luckily, there is a GitHub repo for the same. You can check it out on `GitHub at MarqueeTextControl
works perfectly fine, I just tried it. If you need any further help, please use the comments section.

Changing size of User Control

I'm having a problem with determining which element is responsible for a size misalignment. Here is a picture to illustrate it: click here to see it
The light grey area is the element size which I am trying to change, but cannot. The overall area is a User Control, the area inside the Tab is a WPF (as an element Host). I've tried changing both, but with no effect on the grey area (the other tabs are also affected by this). Here is the code for the hosted element (WPF):
<UserControl x:Class="SlideAnalyzer.DisplayAnalysis"
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:SlideAnalyzer"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="150.8" d:DesignWidth="201.2">
<Grid Name="displayGrid" Height="64" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Width="160" Margin="10,0,31.6,9.4" RenderTransformOrigin="0.496,0.94">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Expander x:Name="expander" Grid.Row="0" Header="Titel zu lang" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="180" Background="Red" Margin="-10,-56,0,0">
<Grid Background="AliceBlue">
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap"
Margin="5"><Run Text="This is some text content."/></TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Expander>
</Grid>
The host itself is a normal User Control. I cannot seem to get the right size of the hosted element so that the preview really reflects reality (because when I run the Add-In, the size of the WPF differs)
I tried changing the Properties of the UserControl and I found that AutoSize has a big impact when True (by default False)
Thanks!

Textbox in popup doesn't get focus in WPF application

I'm building a window for a kiosk application that has an admin screen to connect to a wifi network. Actually, I'm porting an existing WinForms app that already does this, but doesn't give us the flexibility we want to create a more interesting UI. So, we're moving to WPF.
The window is pretty straightforward, it has a listview to show networks that it finds, and if you click on one, it will connect to it. In order to connect, we need to prompt for the security code for that network if it needs one. To do this, we open a popup that has three sections - a "dialog-y" prompt section at the top, a spacer row, and a blank border that will sit behind an onscreen keyboard, but have nice rounded corners.
That top section has a header, a text box, and two buttons, connect and cancel. Again, nothing complex.
All this works. You click a network, we show the popup and the keyboard, except: the textbox for the passcode never gets the focus. Even if you click on it. No focus. The only trick I've found to get it to focus is to click off the popup (like back on the listview, which is already ignoring clicks if the popup is open, so it's safe), then click back on the textbox, and voila! focus. I really don't think I want to put that in a user manual though.
Here's the popup portion of the xaml:
<Popup x:Name="popPasscode" Placement="Top" HorizontalOffset="50" VerticalOffset="1000" AllowsTransparency="True" >
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Row="0" Background="White" CornerRadius="20" Width="600" Height="400">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Row="0" Background="#464646" Height="50" Margin="8,10,8,0" CornerRadius="25" >
<Label x:Name="lblTitleSecurityCode" Content="Enter the security code" Foreground="White" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="30" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" x:Name="tbPasscode" Height="50" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="30" Margin="40,0,40,0"/>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="2" Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="10,0,10,10" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Controls:ImageButton x:Name="btnCodeConnect" Content="Connect" Height="70" Width="275" Foreground="Black" Style="{DynamicResource PlainButton}" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="30" FontWeight="Bold" Click="btnCodeConnect_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
<Controls:ImageButton x:Name="btnCodeCancel" Content="Cancel" Height="70" Width="275" Foreground="Black" Style="{DynamicResource PlainButton}" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="30" FontWeight="Bold" Click="btnCodeCancel_Click" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
<Border Grid.Row="2" x:Name="brdrKbd" Background="White" CornerRadius="20" Width="1200" Height="420"/>
</Grid>
</Popup>
Here's what I'm currently trying to do during the listview click event to get focus to the control. Note that I tried to fake the "set focus to the listview, then set it to the textbox, but that didn't work.
// set the popup location and width and keyboard border width based on the current screen width
popPasscode.IsOpen = true;
// open the on-screen keyboard - synchronous call, doesn't return until it's open and idle
FocusManager.SetFocusedElement(this, lvAvailNetworks);
tbPasscode.Focusable = true;
FocusManager.SetFocusedElement(popPasscode, tbPasscode);
I've tried a couple different things for the DependencyElement for tbPasscode, but I really have no idea what I'm doing, or that what I'm doing is making any difference. Oh, did I mention I just finished my first week of WPF coding? Yup, WPF newbie alert.
I saw this post, but it didn't help much, since I thought I was already doing all that.

Instead of MouseDown, register to MouseUp event on ListView/ListViewItem.
In the handler you can do
popPasscode.IsOpen = true;
Keyboard.Focus(tbPasscode);
The MouseUp on your ListView takes focus away from the Popup, so open your Popup in MouseUp instead of MouseDown

WPF controls do not align

NOTE: This is one of the first time I'm using WPF.
I am trying to align a certain control, let's say a button for now, in the bottom right corner. But when I debug my application, it misses 8 pixels to the bottom and right. I will attach 2 pictures to show you what happens.
How do I keep the button in place?
My XAML code:
<Window x:Class="Plugin_Manager.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Plugin Manager" Height="350" Width="525" Loaded="Window_Loaded_1">
<Grid x:Name="GridMain">
<Button Content="Refresh" Margin="432,288,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="75"/>
<ListView HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="273" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="497">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
</Grid>

If you choose to use Grid layout you should try to avoid placing objects via Margin. Margin should be used to create buffer around an object, not move it to a specific point in the window. Use the layout manager's power to your advantage!
Here is a Grid example that does what you are looking for.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListView Grid.Row="0" />
<Button Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Content="Push Me" />
</Grid>
I would also read up on Layout Manager in WPF. There are several; each having its own advantages & disadvantages.
Here is a DockPanel version.
<DockPanel>
<Button DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Content="Push Me" />
<ListView />
</DockPanel>
To create your buffer between the button and the window chrome you could do a few different things:
<Grid Margin="10"> will apply a 10 pixel space between all content and the window chrome on all side.
<Grid Margin="0,0,10,10"> would indent all content, but only on the right & bottom.
<Grid Margin="10,0,10,10"> indents all around, except the top (I commonly do this one, with a different margin value).
<Button Margin="0,0,10,10"> would indent only the button from the chrome (this is the direct answer to your comment question).
Replace the Grid above with DockPanel for the second example, or whatever other Layout Manager you are using.
A usability side note: Your confirmation buttons (I'm assuming your button will be an Ok/Cancel type button) should not be indented differently from the rest of your content. All controls that butt up against the right margin should do so at the same point (i.e., you can draw a vertical line down the right side of them all).
So, using your question's example: your button should not be indented 10 pixels to the right while your list box is not. Keeping things lined up will improve the overall look to your application.
(this ends my "usability and look-and-feel is important" side note) :)

<Button VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="5"/>

Some code example will help. Try using the alignment in xaml for your button as shown below. Ensure that the margins on the button are 0.
<Button Margin="0" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
Looking at the sample code, it is your margins and the alignment you have that are probably causing that.
Just some pointers that may help. Instead of using large margins to align the controls, I find it much easier to work with Column and Row definitions on the grid. This way you can align your controls using the grid and they will size properly as you resize your window. I attached an example in hopes it helps in your new adventures with WPF!
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="150"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="150"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Text="Version Date" Margin="3" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding DateSubmitted}" Margin="3"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="Report" Margin="3" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding ReportName}" Margin="3"/>
</Grid>