microsoft / microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

SelectorBar renders nothing if the first SelectorBarItem.Visibility is set to "Collapsed"

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Description

### Describe the bug

Under some circumstances, setting the Visibility of the first SelectorBarItem in a SelectorBar to Collapsed via XAML causes the whole bar to stop rendering. Setting any other item to collapsed is fine, and skips over that item as one would expect.

There seem to be certain ways of setting the visiblity that don't trigger this, which I don't quite understand:
* Setting it directly in XAML, e.g. `` triggers it
* Modifying it via a VisualState Setter, e.g. `` triggers it
* Setting Visiblity to a bound value, e.g. `` or `...Visibility="{Binding ...}"` doesn't trigger it
* Setting it directly from the code-behind, e.g. `MyBarItem.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed` doesn't trigger it

### Steps to reproduce the bug

This can be reproduced in the scratchpad of the WinUI 3 Gallery

The following code shows nothing:
```




```

This shows the expected bar with the 'Cut' icon skipped:
```




```

### Expected behavior

_No response_

### Screenshots

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f5b927d6-aa63-4a53-a7aa-0bb597a8ac56)
Scratch pad showing the bug

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a0b85b71-6b09-4417-b5f2-ba3b2bf6def8)
Scratch pad showing correct behaviour

### NuGet package version

WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.7.2: 1.7.250513003

### Windows version

Windows 11 (24H2): Build 26100

### Additional context

_No response_

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the WinUI 3 Gallery scratchpad using the provided SelectorBar XAML, then compare a first item collapsed through XAML or a VisualState Setter with the binding and code-behind cases. Done means the SelectorBar renders its remaining items when the first SelectorBarItem is collapsed, without regressing the other visibility behaviors.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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