How can I access the ListViewItems of a WPF ListView?

Question

Within an event, I\'d like to put the focus on a specific TextBox within the ListViewItem\'s template. The XAML looks like this:

Answer 1

We use a similar technique with WPF's new datagrid:

Private Sub SelectAllText(ByVal cell As DataGridCell)
    If cell IsNot Nothing Then
        Dim txtBox As TextBox= GetVisualChild(Of TextBox)(cell)
        If txtBox IsNot Nothing Then
            txtBox.Focus()
            txtBox.SelectAll()
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Public Shared Function GetVisualChild(Of T As {Visual, New})(ByVal parent As Visual) As T
    Dim child As T = Nothing
    Dim numVisuals As Integer = VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(parent)
    For i As Integer = 0 To numVisuals - 1
        Dim v As Visual = TryCast(VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(parent, i), Visual)
        If v IsNot Nothing Then
            child = TryCast(v, T)
            If child Is Nothing Then
                child = GetVisualChild(Of T)(v)
            Else
                Exit For
            End If
        End If
    Next
    Return child
End Function

The technique should be fairly applicable for you, just pass your listviewitem once it's generated.