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Using an ItemsControl inside of a ListView ItemTemplate with XAML

So, a bit of a crazy request. I need a list of items, which I plan to use a ListView for, but inside each element, I need another "List" so-to-speak that will expand horizontally.
Here is a crude drawing of the basic idea I'm going for:
For my code, this is what I've tried, but it's not working. (And yes, I'm purposely not using binding yet so I can just use the design view to get everything looking right)
<ListView>
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="KpiColumn0" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="KpiColumn1" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">
<TextBlock Text="Test" />
<TextBlock Text="Test" FontSize="8" Margin="0,-4,0,0" />
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Text="Test" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Test" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" Text="Test" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
<ListView.Items>
<MenuItem />
</ListView.Items>
</ListView>
How can I use a ListView to hold a list of items in each of its item, that expand horizontally, based on how many elements are in the List that each ListItem is bound to?

Add this to your inner ItemsControl and the items will be shown in horizontal alignment.
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
Note that you won't be able to use the designer view for this. You'll need to remove the ListView.Items that you have, and instead use binding or code-behind to have it show when running.
Something like this should work, if you give the ListView a Name of LV:
LV.ItemsSource = new List<List<int>>
{
new List<int> {1,2,3,4, },
new List<int> {1,2,3,4, }
};

WP8.1 Popup - Slow to render

I made a popup control that can accept any view of type FrameworkElement. In addition, you can provide a view model, which will be bound to the DataContext of the child view being provided. Everything works, but it takes a couple of seconds to render the data. The view model has an ObservableCollection that contains about 300 items. So in all honesty, 300 items shouldn't cause any issues.
There is no lag what so ever, If I extract the xaml from the popup to a regular page.
So, is there something inside a Popup control that happens when it's Child content property is being set, that would cause such a delay? Because this is blowing my mind at the moment.
Thanks in advance!
[Update]
As requested, the XAML that forms the child content of the tool window:
<UserControl
x:Class="App.Controls.ContactSelector"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:App.Controls"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:interactivity="using:Microsoft.Xaml.Interactivity"
xmlns:core="using:Microsoft.Xaml.Interactions.Core"
mc:Ignorable="d" x:Name="contactSelector"
DataContext="{Binding ContactSelectorViewModel,Source={StaticResource Locator}}">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Style="{StaticResource BaseGridStyle}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListView Grid.Row="0" ItemsSource="{Binding ContactCollection}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="12">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!--<Image Margin="0,0,10,0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
Source="{Binding Thumbnail}" MaxHeight="35"
Visibility="{Binding Thumbnail, Converter={StaticResource ObjectNullToVisibilityConverter}}" />-->
<!--<Image Margin="0,5,5,5" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" MaxHeight="35"
Source="ms-appx:///Assets/Images/Contact.png"
Visibility="{Binding Thumbnail, Converter={StaticResource InverseObjectNullToVisibilityConverter}}" />-->
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding FullName}"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Style="{StaticResource TextBlockMedium}" />
<!--<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="0" ItemsSource="{Binding MobileNumbers}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="10,5">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Margin="0"
Text="{Binding Number}"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Style="{StaticResource TextBlockMedium}">
<interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
<core:EventTriggerBehavior EventName="Tapped">
<core:InvokeCommandAction
Command="{Binding DataContext.SelectContact, ElementName=contactSelector}"
CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
</core:EventTriggerBehavior>
</interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>-->
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
<!--<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Key}"
VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Style="{StaticResource TextBlockMedium}"
Padding="5" Margin="5" FontWeight="SemiBold" />
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>-->
</ListView>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
So I have commented out the entire section of the ItemsControl, but this did not solve the problem. When the Popup opens, it still takes quite a while to show the containing items.
It isn't slow when it's scrolling, it's slow in rendering the initial items.

The problem is in the ItemsControl which displays the MobileNumbers collection. You should not have an ItemsControl as an ItemTemplate for another ItemsControl (in your case, the ListView). You can do that only when you display small amount of items.
Because of this your MobileNumbers items are not virtualized and this is where the performance problem comes from, as all the items need to be displayed to render the item template.
You can try creating a flat list of objects, and then use ItemTemplateSelector to display different item templates for different types. For example you could have the following ObservableCollection as the ItemsSource:
Header
Contact info
Mobile number1
Mobile number2
Header
Contact info
Mobile number
etc.

A WPF ItemsControl and WrapPanel walk into a bar

I have a ItemsControl that displays a bunch of UserControl's inside of a WrapPanel. This works perfectly, unless I have a bunch of UserControls, and then the overflow is rendered off screen, and I can't access it. My goal is to have the WrapPanel wrap horizontally, but once the controls are off the screen, to present a scroll bar, and this seems to not work for me.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Servers, Mode=OneWay}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Margin="5,5,5,5">
<local:ServerControl DataContext="{Binding }" /> <!-- The actual UserControl -->
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
When the application first starts, this is what it looks like. What you can't see if that there should be 14 boxes viewed. The WrapPanel is doing its job, but it's rendered outside of the bounds of the window.
This shows all the UserControls, but I had to expand the window to be able to see them all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Full XAML:
<Window x:Class="ServerMonitor.Wpf.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ServerMonitor.Wpf"
xmlns:models="clr-namespace:ServerMonitor.Wpf.Models"
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
Title="Leading Hedge Server Monitor" Height="350" Width="800">
<Window.DataContext>
<models:MainWindowViewModel>
<models:MainWindowViewModel.MachineNames>
<!-- Test Servers -->
<System:String>T009</System:String>
<System:String>T010</System:String>
<System:String>T011</System:String>
<System:String>T012</System:String>
</models:MainWindowViewModel.MachineNames>
</models:MainWindowViewModel>
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Menu Grid.Row="0">
</Menu>
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Servers, Mode=OneWay}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Margin="5,5,5,5">
<local:ServerControl DataContext="{Binding }" />
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<ItemsControl.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ItemsControl}">
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<ItemsPresenter />
</ScrollViewer>
</ControlTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Template>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
</Window>

<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Servers, Mode=OneWay}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Margin="5,5,5,5">
<local:ServerControl DataContext="{Binding }" /> <!-- The actual UserControl -->
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<ItemsControl.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ItemsControl}">
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<ItemsPresenter />
</ScrollViewer>
</ControlTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Template>
</ItemsControl>
OR
<ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Servers, Mode=OneWay}">
...
<ItemsControl/>
</ScrollViewer>

Change you second row height to *
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" /> <-- This is what you want -->
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
Setting a RowDefinition to Auto means it will calculate the cumulative DesiredHeight of all child elements in that row and assign it to the Height property of RowDefinition. So, as your WrapPanel grows, it will apply the height to that row and stretch out your parent Grid.

WPF ItemsControl content cropping rather than scrolling

I have a .NET 4.0 WPF application using the MVVM pattern and I've been unable to achieve the desired outcome on one of the screens (UserControl as View). I have stripped down most of the page to show the core of the problem. The page consists of a grid with three rows and one column. The first row contains header text and the last row contains a Save button. The middle row contains a grid with one row and column and displays an ObservableCollection in an ItemsControl with a data template of a custom user control. There are ten items in the collection and I want them to display in two columns and five rows so I have a WrapPanel as an ItemsPanelTemplate.
I want the ItemsControl to scroll within the available space but it is expanding to the size of content and most of it is being cropped off the bottom of the page.
I am listing the XAML for user control the ObservableCollection uses as a data template and the XAML for the main page below that. Any help is greatly appreciated.
<UserControl x:Class="OIL.UserControls.ShopNotes.ShopNoteComponent"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="120" d:DesignWidth="150">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Width="140" Margin="5,5,5,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="5">
<StackPanel Width="120" Margin="0,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Vertical">
<Image Height="25" Width="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Source="/OIL;component/Images/BlueCam.png">
<Image.ToolTip>
<Image Source="{Binding Path=ToolTipImagePath}" />
</Image.ToolTip>
</Image>
<Label Style="{DynamicResource LargeText}" Content="{Binding Path=ComponentTitle}" />
<CheckBox Width="80" Margin="0,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Style="{DynamicResource NormalText}" Content=" Mandatory?"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=ComponentMandatory, Mode=TwoWay}"
IsEnabled="{Binding Path=ComponentSelected}" />
<CheckBox Width="15" Margin="0,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
IsChecked="{Binding Path=ComponentSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" />
</StackPanel>
</Border>
</Grid>
And here is the main XAML page:
<UserControl x:Class="OIL.View.ConfiguratorViews.Configurator_ShopNotes_Tab"
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:igWPF="http://infragistics.com/Editors"
xmlns:uc="clr-namespace:OIL.UserControls.ShopNotes"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="570" d:DesignWidth="866">
<UserControl.Resources>
<BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter" />
<DataTemplate x:Key="ShopNotesComponentsTemplate">
<uc:ShopNoteComponent />
</DataTemplate>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Border Margin="10" CornerRadius="13" BorderThickness="3" BorderBrush="#FF666666">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="40" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="50" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Height="30" Width="75" Margin="10,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Background="{x:Null}"
Command="{Binding Path=AddNewTemplateCommand}"
Content="Add" />
<Button Height="30" Width="75" Margin="10,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Background="{x:Null}"
Command="{Binding Path=EditTemplateCommand}"
Content="Edit" />
<Grid Margin="10,5,0,5">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Visibility="{Binding Path=IsNewTemplate, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<TextBox Height="30" Width="250" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{DynamicResource NormalText}" Text="{Binding Path=TemplateDescription}" />
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Visibility="{Binding Path=IsEditedTemplate, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<igWPF:XamComboEditor Name="cmbShopNotesTemplate" Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ShopNoteTemplates, Mode=TwoWay}"
DisplayMemberPath="CONFIGURATION_DESC"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=SelectedShopNoteTemplate, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}"
Value="Select Shop Notes Template"
NullText="Select Shop Notes Template"
IsEditable="True">
</igWPF:XamComboEditor>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</StackPanel>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="40" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="30" Margin="0,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Style="{DynamicResource NormalText}" Content="* Hover over camera icon to view Shop Note component" />
<ItemsControl Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
ItemsSource="{Binding Path=ShopNoteComponents, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, Mode=TwoWay}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ShopNotesComponentsTemplate}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel Width="300" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
<Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Height="30" Width="150" Margin="10,10,0,10" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Background="{x:Null}"
Command="{Binding Path=SaveTemplateCommand}"
Content="Save" />
</Grid>
</Border>
EDIT: Changed question title as I have removed the ScrollViewer between starting the question and actually posting it. Also, noticed the Save button was in the inner grid rather than outer grid so I have corrected that (no change in rendering).

An ItemsControl does not have its own ScrollViewer like a ListBox. You can either replace you ItemsControl with a ListBox, or simply wrap it in a ScrollViwer, being careful to move the Grid.Row and Grid.Column settings like this:
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
<ItemsControl HorizontalAlignment="Left" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Items,
UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, Mode=TwoWay}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ShopNotesComponentsTemplate}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel Width="300" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
</ScrollViewer>

ScrollViewer does not react to the Grid.Row position

My StackPanel and ScrollViewer seem to just not end at the Grid.Row position. I am making a Metro app so it is mandatory for the grid to be dynamic, as well as all the elements.
The code:
<Grid Background="#FFE4E4E4">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="0.5*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0.5*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--News/Leaderboard Feed-->
<StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0">
</StackPanel>
<!--Marketplace Feed-->
<StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">
</StackPanel>
<!--Detailed Marketplace Account-->
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1">
</StackPanel>
<!--Marketplace View-->
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<ScrollViewer VerticalAlignment="Top">
<!--Allows scrolling-->
<GridView x:Name="MarketplaceFeed" ItemsSource="{Binding StockList}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MarketplaceFeedTemplate}" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<!--Displays the stock markets the user is interested in.-->
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapGrid Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>
</ScrollViewer>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

You should put the ScrollViewer on the outside. This will auto-fit to the grid, and anything inside it will get the scrolling treatment.
<!--Marketplace View-->
<ScrollViewer VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0">
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Top">
<!-- other content -->
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>