How to stretch ListboxItems in Listbox

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So I have this LISTBOX, which I add items dynamically.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/5/737151/png.jpg

As you can see it won't stretch the item to the end of the box. I want the item to stretch and therefore change in size.
How can I achieve it?

This is my XAML:

XML

<ListBox x:Name="CorrWord" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="4" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="4" FontFamily="Agency FB" removed="{x:Null}" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"/>

And this is how I add the item with C#:

C#

CorrWord.Items.Add(String.Format("{0}\t\t{1}", word.ToUpper(), word.Length));

HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" does not work and I don't know what to use.

Appreciate any help!

Posted 16-Feb-13 7:41am

Member 9808042

Updated 16-Feb-13 9:33am

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aliwpf 16-Feb-13 14:12pm

hi.are you load word from database?or it is static ?

Member 9808042 16-Feb-13 15:08pm

Hey! It is first taken from a textbox.text, then I pass it in a method which contain the c# code I have in here.

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Matej Hlatky · Answer 1 · 2013-02-16T09:06:00

The key is to modify ListBox ItemTemplate[^] like this:

XML

<ListBox x:Name="CorrWord" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="4" Grid.RowSpan="3" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="4" FontFamily="Agency FB" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
    <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <DockPanel Background="LightCoral">
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding}"/>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Length}" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
            </DockPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

My code like this:

C#

CorrWord.ItemsSource = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.".Split();