WPF DataTemplate Issue

I have a WPF application that uses data templates to bind and format a ListView control. The data templates are also supposed to control the text alignment in the cells of the ListView. Here is an example of one template:

<DataTemplate x:Key="CellID">
     <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" 
               Text="{Binding Path=ID}"/>
</DataTemplate>

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The problem I am having is that the "center" is not applied, the text is left justified in the textblock, however the binding works correctly and the correct data is displayed.

This template is used like this:

<ListView x:Name="lstCues" Background="{x:Null}" Foreground="#FFD3F506" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay}">
	<ListView.View>
		<GridView>
			<GridViewColumn Width="50" Header="Cue ID" CellTemplate="{StaticResource CellID}" />
			<GridViewColumn Width="200" Header="Name" CellTemplate="{StaticResource CellName}"/>
			<GridViewColumn Width="400" Header="Filename" CellTemplate="{StaticResource CellFilename}"/>
		</GridView>
	</ListView.View>
</ListView>

Anyone have ideas why this is not working? I am pretty sure this is how I have done this in the past.

Thanks,
Sid.

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Sid PriceSoftware Systems Architect/DesignerAsked:
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ramgev08Connect With a Mentor Commented:
you need to override the ListViewItem style in order to stretch its content.

add this to your resources should do the trick

                    <Style TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
                        <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment"
                                Value="Stretch" />
                    </Style>
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Jaime OlivaresConnect With a Mentor Software ArchitectCommented:
Try to wrap the textblock into another element like a Border or any other container:

<DataTemplate x:Key="CellID">
    <Border HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
        <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Path=ID}" />
    </Border>
</DataTemplate>
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Sid PriceSoftware Systems Architect/DesignerAuthor Commented:
Thank you for the suggestion. I edited my code but get the same result, the text is not centered:

		<DataTemplate x:Key="CellID">
			<Border HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
    			<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Path=ID}">
    				<TextBlock.Foreground>
    					<Binding Converter="{StaticResource IDDisplay}" />
					</TextBlock.Foreground>
				</TextBlock> 
			</Border>
		</DataTemplate>

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Jaime OlivaresSoftware ArchitectCommented:
it seems that your itempanel is not being centered, so you may try in addition, at ListView level (not at template level):

<ListView HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"  ......
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Sid PriceSoftware Systems Architect/DesignerAuthor Commented:
I added that but no change:

<ListView x:Name="lstCues" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Background="{x:Null}" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Grid.Row="1">

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Jaime OlivaresSoftware ArchitectCommented:
It is HorizontalContentAlignment and not HorizontalAlignment
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Sid PriceSoftware Systems Architect/DesignerAuthor Commented:
Sorry. my mistake. Here is the edited code, however it still doesn't work:

<ListView x:Name="lstCues" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" Background="{x:Null}" ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay}" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Grid.Row="1">

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Sid PriceSoftware Systems Architect/DesignerAuthor Commented:
Thank you ramgev08, that was the final step that got my list view to show a centered column.
Sid.
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