Selecting WPF ListView row in code

An app I am considering migrating to WPF uses a DevExpress grid to show a list of events, as I animate my composition I highlight the current event in the grid. Things I have learned about WPF:

01: You can create a data grid type view like so:
<ListView Name="ListView">
  <ListView.View>
    <GridView AllowsColumnReorder="False">
      <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Title}" Header="Title"/>
      <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=FirstName}" Header="FirstName"/>
      <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=LastName}" Header="LastName"/>
    </GridView>
  </ListView.View>
</ListView>


02: Don’t put a ListView in a <StackPanel>! It renders all of the data at once. When you have 6K rows of data for example it takes about 1 second to select the next row. Instead you should put it in a grid

<Grid>
  <Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
    <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
  </Grid.RowDefinitions>

  <Button Grid.Row="0"...../>
  <ListView Grid.Row="1"...../>
</Grid>

03: When selecting a row in code the row does not become visible. To automatically make the row visible you need to use ScrollIntoView()

  ListView.SelectedIndex++;
  ListView.ScrollIntoView(ListView.SelectedItem);