public static Panel GetItemsHost(this ItemsControl control)
{
if (control == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("control");
}
DependencyObject reference = control.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(0);
if (reference != null)
{
return(VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(reference) as Panel);
}
FrameworkElement parent = Enumerable.FirstOrDefault <DependencyObject>(VisualTreeExtensions.GetVisualChildren((DependencyObject)control)) as FrameworkElement;
if (parent != null)
{
ItemsPresenter itemsPresenter = Enumerable.FirstOrDefault <ItemsPresenter>(Enumerable.OfType <ItemsPresenter>((IEnumerable)VisualTreeExtensions.GetLogicalDescendents(parent)));
if (itemsPresenter != null && VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount((DependencyObject)itemsPresenter) > 0)
{
return(VisualTreeHelper.GetChild((DependencyObject)itemsPresenter, 0) as Panel);
}
}
return((Panel)null);
}
