How do I make a WPF data template fill the entire width of the listbox?

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I have a ListBox DataTemplate in WPF. I want one item to be tight against the left side of the ListBox and another item to be tight against the right side, but I can't figure out how to do this.

So far I have a Grid with three columns, the left and right ones have content and the center is a placeholder with it's width set to "*". Where am I going wrong?

Here is the code:

<DataTemplate x:Key="SmallCustomerListItem">
    <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
            <ColumnDefinition/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <WrapPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0">
            <!--Some content here-->
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LastName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>
            <TextBlock Text=", " TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=FirstName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>

        </WrapPanel>
        <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Path=PhoneNumbers}" Grid.Column="2" d:DesignWidth="100" d:DesignHeight="50"
     Margin="8,0" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent" IsHitTestVisible="False" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
    </Grid>
</DataTemplate>
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8 Answers

I also had to set:

HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"

on the containing ListBox.

EHaskins_1000 
<Grid.Width>
    <Binding Path="ActualWidth" 
             RelativeSource="{RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type ScrollContentPresenter}}" />
</Grid.Width>
user_5766500

Ok, here's what you have:

Column 0: WrapPanel
Column 1: Nothing
Column 2: ListBox

It sounds like you want WrapPanel on the left edge, ListBox on the right edge, and space to take up what's left in the middle.

Easiest way to do this is actually to use a DockPanel, not a Grid.

<DockPanel>
    <WrapPanel DockPanel.Dock="Left"></WrapPanel>
    <ListBox DockPanel.Dock="Right"></ListBox>
</DockPanel>

This should leave empty space between the WrapPanel and the ListBox.

user_22840

The Grid should by default take up the whole width of the ListBox because the default ItemsPanel for it is a VirtualizingStackPanel. I'm assuming that you have not changed ListBox.ItemsPanel.

Perhaps if you got rid of the middle ColumnDefinition (the others are default "*"), and put HorizontalAlignment="Left" on your WrapPanel and HorizontalAlignment="Right" on the ListBox for phone numbers. You may have to alter that ListBox a bit to get the phone numbers even more right-aligned, such as creating a DataTemplate for them.

Joel_B_Fant_222110

If you want to use a Grid, then you need to change your ColumnDefinitions to be:

    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

If you don't need to use a Grid, then you could use a DockPanel:

    <DockPanel>
        <WrapPanel DockPanel.Dock="Left">
            <!--Some content here-->
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=LastName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>
            <TextBlock Text=", " TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=FirstName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontSize="24"/>
        </WrapPanel>
        <ListBox DockPanel.Dock="Right" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=PhoneNumbers}" 
 Margin="8,0" Background="Transparent" BorderBrush="Transparent" IsHitTestVisible="False"/>
        <TextBlock />
    </DockPanel>

Notice the TextBlock at the end. Any control with no "DockPanel.Dock" defined will fill the remaining space.

Phobis_198540
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