How do I build an ItemsControl ControlTemplate ?

The important key point when building an ItemsControl or any of it’s derived classes (listbox, combobox, listview etc.), is to make sure to include an ‘ItemsPresenter’ object somewhere in the ControlTemplate. It’s the place holder for the panel to display the ItemsControl items. An alternative is to include a panel into the ControlTemplate with the property ‘IsItemsHost’ set to ’true’.