Problem with alignment of text in a listview

Problem with alignment of text in a listview

I am having problems getting a listview with a gridview to align the text 
within a cell.

I downloaded the SDK sample "ListView That Uses a GridView with Templates 
Sample" from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms771780.aspx

This includes a cell template that uses:

    <DataTemplate x:Key="myCellTemplateYear">
      <DockPanel>
        <TextBlock Foreground="DarkBlue" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
          <TextBlock.Text>
            <Binding Path="Year"/>
          </TextBlock.Text>
        </TextBlock>
      </DockPanel>
    </DataTemplate>

I would expect this to align the "Year" in the "Center" of each cell. 
But this does not happen - it is always "Left" aligned.

Is this a bug in WPF or in the SDK sample?

Any hints on how to modify the sample to Right justify the Year would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanx

date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 07:18:00 -0700 author: keithabarker

RE: Problem with alignment of text in a listview

The ListViewItems that contain your cells default to Left content alignment.  
You can override that with this:

<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
	<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
		<Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
	</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>

"keithabarker" wrote:

> I am having problems getting a listview with a gridview to align the text 
> within a cell.
> 
> I downloaded the SDK sample "ListView That Uses a GridView with Templates 
> Sample" from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms771780.aspx
> 
> This includes a cell template that uses:
> 
>     <DataTemplate x:Key="myCellTemplateYear">
>       <DockPanel>
>         <TextBlock Foreground="DarkBlue" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
>           <TextBlock.Text>
>             <Binding Path="Year"/>
>           </TextBlock.Text>
>         </TextBlock>
>       </DockPanel>
>     </DataTemplate>
> 
> I would expect this to align the "Year" in the "Center" of each cell. 
> But this does not happen - it is always "Left" aligned.
> 
> Is this a bug in WPF or in the SDK sample?
> 
> Any hints on how to modify the sample to Right justify the Year would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanx
>

date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:56:01 -0700 author: Dayne Bratsman Dayne