I have a list view with a ton of data and any time I go to scroll / click somewhere on the screen it always takes a few seconds to react. I tried setting the list view to use virtualization but can't seem to get it to work.
I have tried this and this. Not sure if I am doing something wrong or not understanding how the virtualization works?
I do have a lot of styling / added grid view behaviors for my listview. If you have any suggestions please let me know!
What I Have Tried
- I have tried removing the CollapseableCollumnBehavior from the list view. Had no change.
- Removed all my font styles. Had no change.
- Reduced the number of columns. Had a small change but still very unresponsive.
- Turned off IsSyncronizedWithCurrentItem. Had no change.
Item Source
My item source is just an observable collection.This is how I load data into it.
private void LoadAllData()
{
using (var uow = _unitOfWorkFactory.Create())
{
foreach (var rule in _ruleRepository.GetAllRulesInCheckProcess())
{
AllRulesInCheckProcess.Add(rule);
}
}
}
XAML:
I took out a lot of my styling and added column behaviors from the xaml to simplify the code.
<ListView SelectedValue="{Binding SelectedRule}"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
Grid.Column="0"
MinHeight="150"
VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Recycling"
ScrollViewer.IsDeferredScrollingEnabled="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding AllRulesInCheckProcess}"
MaxHeight="300"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Description}" Width="auto">
<GridViewColumnHeader Content="Description">
<GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Height="25"
FontSize="{StaticResource FontSizeSmall}"
Text="{Binding ElementName=RulesInCheckProgressPage, Path=DataContext.DescriptionFilter}"
Tag="Filter Description"/>
<TextBlock Text="Description"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader>
</GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding LaunchDate,StringFormat=MM/dd/yy}"
Width="auto">
<GridViewColumnHeader Content="Launch Date">
<GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Height="25"
FontSize="{StaticResource FontSizeSmall}"
Tag="Filter Launch Date"
Text="{Binding ElementName=RulesInCheckProgressPage, Path=DataContext.LaunchDateFilter}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Launch Date"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader>
</GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding AddedDate,StringFormat=MM/dd/yy}" Width="auto">
<GridViewColumnHeader Content="Added Date">
<GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Height="25"
FontSize="{StaticResource FontSizeSmall}" Tag="Filter Added Date"
Text="{Binding ElementName=RulesInCheckProgressPage, Path=DataContext.AddedDateFilter}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Added Date"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader.ContentTemplate>
</GridViewColumnHeader>
</GridViewColumn>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
UPDATE
So through doing some more research it appears I may need to take a look at data virtualization instead of UI virtualization. Does anyone know of any up to date data virtualization code?