function Initialize-InstallAppArea { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a [Windows.Controls.ScrollViewer] containing a [Windows.Controls.ItemsControl] which is setup to use Virtualization to only load the visible elements for performance reasons. This is used as the parent object for all category and app entries on the install tab Used to as part of the Install Tab UI generation .PARAMETER TargetElement The element to which the AppArea shoud be added #> param($TargetElement) $scrollViewer = New-Object Windows.Controls.ScrollViewer $scrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility = 'Auto' $scrollViewer.HorizontalAlignment = 'Stretch' $scrollViewer.VerticalAlignment = 'Stretch' $scrollViewer.CanContentScroll = $true $itemsControl = New-Object Windows.Controls.ItemsControl $itemsControl.HorizontalAlignment = 'Stretch' $itemsControl.VerticalAlignment = 'Stretch' $itemsPanelTemplate = New-Object Windows.Controls.ItemsPanelTemplate $factory = New-Object Windows.FrameworkElementFactory ([Windows.Controls.VirtualizingStackPanel]) $itemsPanelTemplate.VisualTree = $factory $itemsControl.ItemsPanel = $itemsPanelTemplate $itemsControl.SetValue([Windows.Controls.VirtualizingStackPanel]::IsVirtualizingProperty, $true) $itemsControl.SetValue([Windows.Controls.VirtualizingStackPanel]::VirtualizationModeProperty, [Windows.Controls.VirtualizationMode]::Recycling) $scrollViewer.Content = $itemsControl [Windows.Controls.DockPanel]::SetDock($scrollViewer, [Windows.Controls.Dock]::Bottom) $null = $TargetElement.Children.Add($scrollViewer) return $itemsControl }