Listview inside of scrollviewer prevents scrollviewer scroll

Question

I have a scrollviewer with a couple listboxes in it. The problem is if a user uses the middle mouse roller to scroll the scrollviewer while their mouse is over a listview. T

Answer 1

Inspired by some helpful answers, I have an implementation that scrolls ancestor ScrollViewers when inner ones (including from ListView, ListBox, DataGrid) scroll past their top/bottom.

I apply an attached property to all ScrollViewers in App.xaml:

<Style TargetType="ScrollViewer" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type ScrollViewer}}">
    <Setter Property="local:ScrollViewerHelper.FixMouseWheel" Value="True" />
</Style>

The attached property detects scrolling past top/bottom, and when that happens raises a mouse wheel event on the ScrollViewer's parent. Event routing gets it to the outer ScrollViewer:

public static class ScrollViewerHelper
{
    // Attached property boilerplate
    public static bool GetFixMouseWheel(ScrollViewer scrollViewer) => (bool)scrollViewer?.GetValue(FixMouseWheelProperty);
    public static void SetFixMouseWheel(ScrollViewer scrollViewer, bool value) => scrollViewer?.SetValue(FixMouseWheelProperty, value);
    public static readonly DependencyProperty FixMouseWheelProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("FixMouseWheel", typeof(bool), typeof(ScrollViewerHelper),
            new PropertyMetadata(OnFixMouseWheelChanged));
    // End attached property boilerplate

    static void OnFixMouseWheelChanged(DependencyObject d,
                                       DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var scrollViewer = d as ScrollViewer;
        if (scrollViewer == null) return;

        scrollViewer.PreviewMouseWheel += (s2, e2) =>
        {
            var parent = scrollViewer.Parent as UIElement;
            bool hitTopOrBottom = HitTopOrBottom(e2.Delta, scrollViewer);
            if (parent is null || !hitTopOrBottom) return;

            var argsCopy = Copy(e2);
            parent.RaiseEvent(argsCopy);
        };
    }

    static bool HitTopOrBottom(double delta, ScrollViewer scrollViewer)
    {
        var contentVerticalOffset = scrollViewer.ContentVerticalOffset;

        var atTop = contentVerticalOffset == 0;
        var movedUp = delta > 0;
        var hitTop = atTop && movedUp;

        var atBottom =
            contentVerticalOffset == scrollViewer.ScrollableHeight;
        var movedDown = delta < 0;
        var hitBottom = atBottom && movedDown;

        return hitTop || hitBottom;
    }

    static MouseWheelEventArgs Copy(MouseWheelEventArgs e)
        => new MouseWheelEventArgs(e.MouseDevice, e.Timestamp, e.Delta)
        {
            RoutedEvent = UIElement.MouseWheelEvent,
            Source = e.Source,
        };
}

Answer 2

If you wrap the inner listview in a scrollviewer then the scrolling will work.

<ListView ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
                <ListView>
                    <ListView.ItemTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </ListView.ItemTemplate>
                </ListView>
            </ScrollViewer>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>

Answer 3

Did you try disabling the ListView's ScrollBars?

<ListView ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
          ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" />

Answer 4

IMO, the best way to handle this scenario is to create a custom control :

     class MyScrollViewer : ScrollViewer
     {
         protected override void OnPreviewMouseWheel(MouseWheelEventArgs e)
         {
            base.OnPreviewMouseWheel(e);
            if (!e.Handled)
            {
                e.Handled = true;
                this.RaiseEvent(new MouseWheelEventArgs(e.MouseDevice, e.Timestamp, e.Delta)
                {
                    RoutedEvent = UIElement.MouseWheelEvent,
                    Source = this
                });
            }
        }
    }

Answer 5

That happens because the ListView's (ListBox's, actually) content template wraps its items with a ScrollViewer by itself.

The simplest way is to disable it by dropping your own Template for the inside ListView, one that doesn't create a ScrollViewer:

    <ListView>
      <ListView.Template>
        <ControlTemplate>
          <ItemsPresenter></ItemsPresenter>
        </ControlTemplate>
      </ListView.Template>
      ...
    </ListView>

BTW the same happens if you have a ListView inside a ListView (this was my case).