How do I change the layout of a Grid bound inside another? - c#

I have a Grid inside a ListBox bound to a list of items. When I press a global 'edit' button, I want a series of checkboxes to appear in the Grid. I was planning on doing this in a similar fashion to how orientation change is handled, however I can't figure out how to access the bound grid to change the column properties
Here's my XAML:
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Items}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<CheckBox
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.ColumnSpan="1"
IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}">
</CheckBox>
<TextBlock
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
Text="{Binding ItemName}">
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I was going to set the CheckBox and TextBlock ColumnSpan to 2 on edit mode, then back to 1/3 on cancel. But I can't access those.
Is there a smarter way to do this?
I also considered setting visibility on the Checkbox to a bound value, but this will mean the grid will still have a gap when not in edit mode.

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Many thanks
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In the case of the alignment it looks like you have a WrapPanel in each ListBoxItem which doesn't have quite enough space to put another item on line 1. The remaining space is unused because of the HorizontalContentAlignment setting on ListBox defaulting to Left. This setting is in turn bound to by the default ListBoxItem. Setting HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" on your ListBox should fix that.
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