[WPF] Auto Scroll Behavior for ListBox

If you want scroll ListBox to the end automatically when new item added in ItemsSource collection you could use following attached behavior. This approach perfectly suit for MVVM way.

ListBoxBehavior.cs:

using System.Windows;

namespace ListBoxBehavior
{
    /// <summary>
    /// ListBox AutoScroll attached properties
    /// </summary>
    public static class ListBoxBehavior
    {
        public static readonly DependencyProperty AutoScrollProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
            "AutoScroll",
            typeof(bool),
            typeof(System.Windows.Controls.ListBox),
            new PropertyMetadata(false));

        public static readonly DependencyProperty AutoScrollHandlerProperty =
            DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached(
                "AutoScrollHandler",
                typeof(AutoScrollHandler),
                typeof(System.Windows.Controls.ListBox));

        public static bool GetAutoScroll(System.Windows.Controls.ListBox instance)
        {
            return (bool)instance.GetValue(AutoScrollProperty);
        }

        public static void SetAutoScroll(System.Windows.Controls.ListBox instance, bool value)
        {
            AutoScrollHandler OldHandler = (AutoScrollHandler)instance.GetValue(AutoScrollHandlerProperty);
            if (OldHandler != null)
            {
                OldHandler.Dispose();
                instance.SetValue(AutoScrollHandlerProperty, null);
            }

            instance.SetValue(AutoScrollProperty, value);
            if (value)
            {
                instance.SetValue(AutoScrollHandlerProperty, new AutoScrollHandler(instance));
            }
        }
    }
}

AutoScrollHandler.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Data;

namespace ListBoxBehavior
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Handle auto scroll functionality
    /// </summary>
    public class AutoScrollHandler : DependencyObject, IDisposable
    {
        public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsSourceProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
            "ItemsSource",
            typeof(IEnumerable),
            typeof(AutoScrollHandler),
            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(
                null,
                FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.None,
                ItemsSourcePropertyChanged));

        private System.Windows.Controls.ListBox target;

        public AutoScrollHandler(System.Windows.Controls.ListBox target)
        {
            this.target = target;
            var binding = new Binding("ItemsSource") { Source = this.target };
            BindingOperations.SetBinding(this, ItemsSourceProperty, binding);
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            BindingOperations.ClearBinding(this, ItemsSourceProperty);
        }

        public IEnumerable ItemsSource
        {
            get { return (IEnumerable)GetValue(ItemsSourceProperty); }
            set { this.SetValue(ItemsSourceProperty, value); }
        }

        private static void ItemsSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject o, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            ((AutoScrollHandler)o).ItemsSourceChanged((IEnumerable)e.OldValue, (IEnumerable)e.NewValue);
        }

        private void ItemsSourceChanged(IEnumerable oldValue, IEnumerable newValue)
        {
            var collection = oldValue as INotifyCollectionChanged;
            if (collection != null)
            {
                collection.CollectionChanged -= this.CollectionChangedEventHandler;
            }

            collection = newValue as INotifyCollectionChanged;
            if (collection != null)
            {
                collection.CollectionChanged += this.CollectionChangedEventHandler;
            }
        }

        private void CollectionChangedEventHandler(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Action != NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add || e.NewItems == null || e.NewItems.Count < 1)
            {
                return;
            }

            this.target.ScrollIntoView(e.NewItems[e.NewItems.Count - 1]);
        }
    }
}

Also you could download compiled .Net 4.0 ListBoxBehavior.dll assembly (see links below) and use it like this:

Add xml namespace:

xmlns:listBoxBehavior="clr-namespace:ListBoxBehavior;assembly=ListBoxBehavior"

And use it with ListBox:

<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" ListBoxBehavior:ListBoxBehavior.AutoScroll="True" />

Assembly: ListBoxBehavior.dll

Namespace: ListBoxBehavior

.Net Framework: 4.0

Download

binary (ListBoxBehavior.dll)

License:

Copyright 2013 Ivan Derevianko

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