Splitpage - details view not populating

Question

Hi,
Can someone tell me what I am missing here.  I am using the splitpage.xaml page for the first time.  I have left it pretty much as default.  I have populated the Item list successfully but nothing happens when I click on an item.  I would
have expected the details of that item to populate the Details view. 
I would have expected that the below line in the Details view would have automatically populated the Details view with what is selected in the List view.  Or do I still need to do something in the ItemListView_SelectionChanged method?
DataContext = "{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=itemListView}"
Maybe its something very simple I am missing. 
Below is my item list and my detail list from the xaml - NB the item list populates fine.
Thanks for any help.
<!-- Vertical scrolling item list -->
<ListView
x:Name="itemListView"
AutomationProperties.AutomationId="ItemsListView"
AutomationProperties.Name="Items"
TabIndex="1"
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="-10,-10,0,0"
Padding="120,0,0,60"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource itemsViewSource}}"
IsSwipeEnabled="False"
SelectionChanged="ItemListView_SelectionChanged">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="6">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Background="{ThemeResource ListViewItemPlaceholderBackgroundThemeBrush}" Width="60" Height="60">
<Image Source="" Stretch="UniformToFill" AutomationProperties.Name="{Binding ErrorDate}"/>
</Border>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Margin="10,0,0,0">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ErrorDate}" Style="{StaticResource TitleTextBlockStyle}" TextWrapping="NoWrap" MaxHeight="40"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding UserMessage}" Style="{StaticResource CaptionTextBlockStyle}" TextWrapping="NoWrap"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="FrameworkElement">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,0,10"/>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListView>
<!-- Details for selected item -->
<ScrollViewer
x:Name = "itemDetail"
AutomationProperties.AutomationId = "ItemDetailScrollViewer"
Grid.Column = "1"
Grid.RowSpan = "2"
Padding = "60,0,66,0"
DataContext = "{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=itemListView}"
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollMode="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode="Enabled"
ScrollViewer.ZoomMode="Disabled">
<Grid x:Name="itemDetailGrid" Margin="0,60,0,50">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,0,20,0" Width="180" Height="180" Source="" Stretch="UniformToFill" AutomationProperties.Name="{Binding ErrorDate}"/>
<StackPanel x:Name="itemDetailTitlePanel" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<TextBlock x:Name="itemTitle" Margin="0,-10,0,0" Text="{Binding Title}" Style="{StaticResource SubheaderTextBlockStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="itemSubtitle" Margin="0,0,0,20" Text="{Binding ExceptionMessage}" Style="{StaticResource SubtitleTextBlockStyle}"/>
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="0,20,0,0" Text="{Binding InfoMessage}" Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"/>
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>

Answer 1

Hi Ireland75,
I don't think you need some events like Selection_Changed since the data is binding. Once you change the selection in ListView, the content for selected item will be also changed.
I would suggest you to create a split template to see how it works instead of create a single Split Page on your project. You need binding things on to the item detail content, if you create a single split page, there is no test data.
--James
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