I am using .NET 4.5 / VS2012 and my ListView looks something like this.
<ListView
VirtualizingPanel.IsContainerVirtualizable="True"
VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping="True"
Grid.Row="1"
Name="eventLogList"
Margin="5,0,5,0"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="2"
ItemsSource="{Binding EventLogs}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedEventLog}"
local:ListViewSorter.CustomListViewSorter="EventLogViewer.UI.EventLogItemComparer"
SelectionMode="Single">
<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle HidesIfEmpty="False">
<GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="GroupItem">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="GroupItem">
<Expander IsExpanded="True">
<Expander.Header>
<TextBlock FontSize="20" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,10,0,5" >
<Bold><TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/></Bold> - <TextBlock FontSize="20" Text="{Binding ItemCount}"/> logs
</TextBlock>
</Expander.Header>
<ItemsPresenter/>
</Expander>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn
Header="event id"
Width="120"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding EventID}" />
<GridViewColumn
Header="level"
Width="160"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Level}" />
<GridViewColumn
Header="server"
Width="160"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Server}" />
<GridViewColumn
Header="log name"
Width="160"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding LogName}" />
<GridViewColumn
Header="source"
Width="240"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Source}" />
<GridViewColumn
Header="logged"
Width="240"
DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Logged}" />
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
But still, performance is not improving at all. I found an example using ListBox, but how to virtualize ListView? I did a little work. I heard that with grouping, virtualization is disabled in a previous version of WPF, but with .NET 4.5 WPF has a property IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping, I already set it to True.
Update : the culprit is the usual style, after removing it, the list view runs smoothly, like butter
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