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What is actually happening in VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode = Recycling/Standard.?

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When VirtualizationMode is set to Recycling, the VirtualizingStackPanel will reuse item containers instead of having to create a new one. If we start out with this

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| Container 1  | Data 1 |  
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| Container 2  | Data 2 |  
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| Container 3  | Data 3 |

And scroll one position down, so Data 1 is scrolled out of view and Data 4 is scrolled into view then Recyling will take the item container for Data 1 and reuse it for Data 4.

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| Container 2  | Data 2 |  
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| Container 3  | Data 3 |  
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| Container 1  | Data 4 |

I've had some problems with this when using attached properties for the Item container, e.g Green background if I have entered edit mode for Container 1. Scrolling down and Data 4 will also have Green background since the Attached Property was still set.

When VirtualizationMode is set to Standard, the VirtualizingStackPanel will create and discard item containers instead of reusing them.

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    How did you resolved the issue with "repetition"? I have the same problem right now when using TextBlock's Behavior in item template. Strange. – Lukáš Koten Feb 16 '18 at 08:01
  • I resolved it using a view model and binding the property. so every row item has a different view model. – AZ_ Dec 04 '19 at 10:54
  • I don't know if the converter would have worked in this case. So the attached property value is set based on the binding data via value converter. – Bloggrammer Nov 27 '21 at 06:36