WrapPanel inside ListBox in UWP - xaml

Question

I am looking to add WrapPanel inside my ListBox so that it's item wrap both vertically and horizentally. I was able to achieve this in Windows Phone 8 Sliverlight with Microsoft toolkit with below code;
Windows Phone 8
<ListBox x:Name="ListSection" ItemsSource="{Binding Section}" >
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<toolkit:WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" ></toolkit:WrapPanel>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Margin="20">
<Image Source="{Binding ImagePath}" Width="80" Height="80"></Image>
<TextBlock Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextBlockBase}"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Foreground="Black"
Text="{Binding Header}"
FontWeight="Bold"
VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
I understand that Microsoft toolkit it not available in UWP, is there any possibility I could achieve such behavior in UWP?
UWP not working
<ListBox x:Name="ItemsListBox" ItemsSource="{Binding Section}">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"></StackPanel>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="{Binding ImagePath}" Width="80" Height="80"></Image>
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Foreground="Black"
Text="{Binding Header}"
FontWeight="Bold"
VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
Thanks!

Answer 1

You must use ListView and ItemsWrapGrid as ItemsPanel
you can check the MSDN docs here with examples
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.controls.itemswrapgrid.aspx
This example is for GridView but is the same for ListView
<GridView>
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<ItemsWrapGrid Orientation="Horizontal"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
you can use the property Orientation to set your items vertically or horizontally.

Answer 2

There is a port of the Toolkit's WrapPanel for UWP in the project WinRTXamlToolkit.
You can get it from NuGet.
Then in your Page add this prefix:
xmlns:toolkit="using:WinRTXamlToolkit.Controls"
Now you can use <toolkit:WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" ></toolkit:WrapPanel> as it was before.

Answer 3

#ARH you need to create a custom Panel class which inherits panel class and override MeasureOverride and ArrangeOverride methods.check out following links for reference.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/mt228347.aspx
http://www.visuallylocated.com/post/2015/02/20/Creating-a-WrapPanel-for-your-Windows-Runtime-apps.aspx

Answer 4

The WrapPanel is available from the Microsoft UWP Toolkit.
Here's some sample code (using v5.0.0):
...
xmlns:toolkit="using:Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls"
...
<ListView
Name="WrapPanelContainer"
Width="310" Height="200"
Margin="0,40,0,0"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Background="LightBlue"
IsItemClickEnabled="True"
>
<ListView.Resources>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
</Style>
</ListView.Resources>
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<toolkit:WrapPanel VerticalSpacing="10" HorizontalSpacing="10" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<Rectangle Fill="Red" Width="100" Height="50"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="200" Height="50"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Green" Width="50" Height="50"/>
<Rectangle Fill="Yellow" Width="150" Height="50"/>
</ListView>
NOTE: The ListItemView style here removes superfluous padding, allowing the WrapPanel spacing properties to be the control points for layout.