Entry tab "stretching" bug.

[Rickter-Darkaster]

Description

I described the issue in full detail in the following .NET q/a page with images and everything;

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1315087/problem-with-the-entry-bar-after-adding-a-(collect?page=1#answer-1274789

After adding the <CollectionView.ItemTemplate> into the code, the entry tab and button sizes change unexpetedly.
The Entry tab "stretches out" when writing a long string inside. Shrinking the button next to it, even smaller than the preset size.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a MAUI project/Solution.
2. Make a grid in the file' "MainPage.xaml". Adding at least two (2) Columns, One bigger than the other. And two (2) rows.
3. Add an Entry tab in the first column & a button on the second column. All on the first row.
4. Add a "< CollectionView >" that has the property; Grid.ColumnSpan="2" (add a <CollectionView.ItemsSource> inside and add a random list of strings) on the second row.
5. add a <CollectionView.ItemTemplate> that includes a grid. As soon as you add an element inside the grid (Frame, Label), or giving the grid the "Padding" or "Margin" properties and assign anything but zero (0) to them, the bug will occur.
   6)The Entry tab & button sizes above the "< CollectionView >", on the first row will be modified.
   7)When writing a long string on the Entry tab, this one "stretches" to a certain point. Getting bigger, while the button gets smaller.

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/Rickter-Darkaster/MAUI-CollectionView.ItemTemplate-ColumnSpan-bug

Version with bug

7.0.86

Last version that worked well

6.0

Affected platforms

Android, Windows, I was not able test on other platforms

Affected platform versions

Windows Machine 10.0.190410 and Android 13.0

Did you find any workaround?

-When you remove the grid properties "Padding" or "Margin" and all the elements inside the grid of the <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>. The bug goes away (Not very useful though, cause you won't see anything being displayed).

-When you remove the Grid.ColumnSpan="2" from the whole "< CollectionView >", the bug disappears entirely. But the grid given will only span the first column..... So there's a downside but it is a temporary fix.

Relevant log output

No response

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[mattleibow]

@hartez thoughts? Maybe this is fixed in your backports?

[Dhivya-SF4094]

The issue could not be reproduced in .NET MAUI version 9.0.60 on all platforms.

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