Bug: Wrapping ListViewItemPresenter into Grid within a ControlTemplate throws an exception

[ksmutny]

Describe the bug

Trying to customize a presentation of a ListViewItem through customizing a ControlTemplate using ListViewItemPresenter within another container, e.g. Grid or StackPanel. When using generic ContentPresenter, the code works as expected, but with ListViewItemPresenter, it throws an exception.

Steps to reproduce the bug

The following code throws an Unhandled exception at 0x79FF7FD9 (Microsoft.ui.xaml.dll) in test.exe: 0xC000027B: An application-internal exception has occurred (parameters: 0x15BCFFB8, 0x00000004).

<ListView>
    <ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
        <Style TargetType="ListViewItem" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultListViewItemStyle}">
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
                        <Grid>
                            <ListViewItemPresenter/>
                        </Grid>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>
    </ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
    <ListView.Items>
        <TextBlock>Item 1</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock>Item 2</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock>Item 3</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock>Item 4</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock>Item 5</TextBlock>
    </ListView.Items>
</ListView>

Expected behavior

I expect the code to work. When <ListViewItemPresenter/> is replaced with a generic <ContentPresenter/>, no exception is thrown and the code works as expected. (Without all the goodies of ListViewItemPresenter, of course).

Is there any reason why ListViewItemPresenter throws an exception and cannot be used this way, or is it a bug?

Screenshots

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NuGet package version

WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.0 (If you're seeing your issue in older previews of WinUI 3, please try this release)

Windows app type

• UWP
• Win32

Device form factor

Desktop

Windows version

Insider Build (xxxxx)

Additional context

Windows 11 Pro version 22000.376

[StephenLPeters]

I suspect ListViewItemPresenter assumes in code that its parent will be a ListViewItem. What does wrapping the LVIP afford you?

@RBrid could maybe confirm my suspicions.

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[ksmutny]

@StephenLPeters Thank you. I was looking for ways to solve this issue: #6560

What am I loosing from ListViewItemPresenter functionality, if I were to replace it by generic ContentPresenter? I read LVIP implements some ListView related optimizations, but didn't find any specifics.

[ojhad]

@ksmutny You are not going to be able to put a grid between ListViewItem and ListViewItemPresenter. However you should able to place the grid within the ListViewItemPresenter to achieve the customizations you need.

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