Make WPF ComboBoxes fill a whole column width

Question

I'm having problems making a ComboBox stretch to fill the whole column width in a GridViewColumn. It should also resize when the column is resized.

In the following example I have a StackPanel with a ComboBox inside. This is set to stretch and will in fact stretch to fill the StackPanel width.

Then I add a ListView with one column, containing a StackPanel with a ComboBox. Both the StackPanel and the ComboBox are set to stretch, but they don't. I use background colors to identify the size of the StackPanels, and there is no red unless I set a width or add elements to the combobox such that it needs more width.

I also tried playing around with the HorizontalContentAlignment property without success.

<StackPanel Height="59" Margin="45,12,38,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="Green">
    <ComboBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
</StackPanel>

<ListView x:Name="MyListView" Margin="0,106,0,0">
    <ListView.View>
        <GridView>
            <GridViewColumn Header="Num" Width="70">
                <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <StackPanel Background="red" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
                            <ComboBox HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
                        </StackPanel>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
            </GridViewColumn>
        </GridView>
    </ListView.View>
    <ListViewItem></ListViewItem>
</ListView>

Answer 1

Unless the StackPanel is going to have something in it, you may have better luck with a Border.

Answer 2

Try setting the Style of the ListViewItem. I also removed your StackPanel.

     <ListView x:Name="MyListView" Margin="0,106,0,0">
        <ListView.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
                <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
            </Style>
        </ListView.Resources>
        <ListView.View>
            <GridView>
                <GridViewColumn Header="Num" Width="170">
                    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <ComboBox />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                </GridViewColumn>
            </GridView>
        </ListView.View>
        <ListViewItem></ListViewItem>
    </ListView>