WPF - ItemTemplate not acting as expected

Question

I have a UserControl which I\'m using to display a list of UIElements. The control consists of a single ItemsControl with it\'s

Answer 1

Robert Macnee nailed the reason on the head. His solution involves using the control template which might be overkill for a given scenario. Alternatively, use a ListBox - set the ItemContainerStyle to a new Style for ListBoxItem, and in that style, set the ContentTemplate to the DataTemplate that you wanted to use in the ListBox ItemTemplate.