Got his XAML :
<Window x:Class="correctionTests.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Menu Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" IsMainMenu="True">
<MenuItem Header="_Ouvrir" Click="Open_Click"/>
</Menu>
<GroupBox Header="Tests : " VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">
<ListBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" x:Name="testList"/>
</GroupBox>
<GridSplitter HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="1"
Width="5"
Background="#FFBCBCBC"/>
<UserControl x:Name="userContent" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
Now the problem is that the size of the controls on the column 0 is diminishing when i pull the gridsplitter to the RIGHT, on the other hand the size of the controls of the column 0 is increasing while pulling the gridsplitter to the left.
I already found this link on stack that suggested to change the first column's width to Auto.
The problem is : if i do that, the controls does not resize anymore.
How can i do so that my controls get all the width available ? (with the expected gridsplitter behaviour) ?
As your GridSplitter is on separate column, you have to
set ResizeBehavior="PreviousAndNext"
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I want to make something like this type of UI:
There will be two or three buttons always on top with a textbox (no change after window resize).
How can I do this in WPF, actually am new to WPF and I want to do this strictly in .Net & WPF 3.5.
I remember when I started to learn WPF. It was a steep learning curve. You need to look into XAML files to get the UI. For your requirement, the code would look like this...assume you have some background in VS, start new WPF project ect. What you want is some grid and then you can either drag and drop from Toolbox, or you can just type code for your UI elements.
<Window x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="90*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="90*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="200*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="90*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="3*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="3*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="100*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="3*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Content="Button" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>
<Button Content="Button" Grid.Column="3" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>
<TextBox Text="Textbox" Grid.Column="5" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>
<Button Content="Button" Grid.Column="7" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="7" Grid.Column="1" Height="100" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
</Border>
</Grid>
Just, tried to add the second button onto GroupBox, knowing that it's GroupBox after all and was surprised that is not allowed by WPF. Am I right?
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication2"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="768" Width="1024" MinHeight="768" MinWidth="1024" MaxHeight="1080" MaxWidth="1920">
<Grid x:Name="Grid_1" ShowGridLines="True">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="80*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="512*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="160*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="image" Grid.Row="1" Source="Resources/truck.png" />
<Grid Grid.Row="2">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="112*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="247*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="247*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="247*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="118*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<GroupBox x:Name="groupBox1" Header="Truck1" FontSize="16" Background="BlanchedAlmond" Grid.Column="1" >
<Button x:Name="button" Content="Start1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="154,6,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
</GroupBox>
<GroupBox x:Name="groupBox2" Grid.Column="2" Header="Truck2" FontSize="16" Background="BlanchedAlmond" />
<GroupBox x:Name="groupBox3" Grid.Column="3" Header="Truck3" FontSize="16" Background="BlanchedAlmond" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
Ok, so I'm developing a C# WPF Application. The MainWindow for this app is always fullscreen, but I need to adjust the controls based on resolution. Anyway, I have tried quite a few things to achieve this. Right now, I have set the Grid length & width to Auto. The problem is that my controls shift up and to the left for some reason. Below is my MainWindowXAML. (BTW: The window contains: Image buttons, Labels, Rectangles, and TextBoxes):
<Window x:Name="Menu" x:Class="App.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="App1" FontWeight="Bold" Icon="Images/Core-IconSize.ico" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" WindowStyle="ThreeDBorderWindow" WindowState="Maximized" ResizeMode="CanMinimize" Height="870" Width="1388">
<Grid >
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
//Controls here.
</Grid>
</Window>
Edit: Added XAML for controls.
It sounds like you want your controls to scale up or down if the screen size is different; rather than just shift positions.
If this is what you want, you can achieve this effect by putting your Grid inside a Viewbox control. The Viewbox will then automatically scale it's contents up or down to fit the existing real estate.
Also, you may want to remove the height and width properties from your window as they are redundant for a full-screen application. If you want a specific size while you are editing the window in XAML, you can set the designheight and designwidth properties.
Example without the Viewbox:
<Window x:Class="MVVM_Exploration.Windows.wndDataGrid"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="wndDataGrid" Height="300" Width="500">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="Load Text File" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10" Click="LoadTextFile"/>
<Button Content="Save Text File" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10" Click="SaveTextFile"/>
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="Some content here"/>
<Button Content="Another Button" Grid.Row="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
Example with the Viewbox:
<Window x:Class="MVVM_Exploration.Windows.wndDataGrid"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="wndDataGrid" Height="300" Width="500">
<Viewbox>
<Grid Width="200" Height="100">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="Load Text File" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10" Click="LoadTextFile"/>
<Button Content="Save Text File" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10" Click="SaveTextFile"/>
</StackPanel>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="Some content here"/>
<Button Content="Another Button" Grid.Row="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
</Window>
Depending on how your grid and it's contents are set up, you may not need to give the actual grid a defined size.
I have a grid with 2 rows one for a name and button and the other for output.
I want the first row to stretch the full width and the button to align to the right.
Wondering what I am missing as I thought the stackpanel would fill the width.
<Window x:Class="Sample.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" >
<TextBox Name="NameTextBox" MinWidth="150" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Button Margin="10,0" Name="AlertButton" Content="Say Hello" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
</StackPanel>
<TextBox Name="OutpuTextBox" MinLines="5" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
Horizontal StackPanel ignores horizontally alignment of its children. You can change your layout to 2 columns and put Button in the second column of first row and set bottom TextBox to span across 2 columns
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Name="NameTextBox" MinWidth="150" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
<Button Margin="10,0" Name="AlertButton" Content="Say Hello" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="1" />
<TextBox Name="OutpuTextBox" MinLines="5" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
</Grid>
For a project I am using XAML. I have devided my screen in different parts. The moment when I add a button, I get an error.
The error:
'property elements cannot be in the middle of an element's content'
The code I am using for the button where the error has been found:
<Button x:Name="cntButton" Content="Connect" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Click="cntButton_Click" />
Does anyone know what the problem is and how I have to solve it?
The rest of the code:
<Window x:Class="Pesten.View.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Image Grid.RowSpan="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Stretch="Fill" Source="pestenbg.jpg" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="5*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="cntButton" Content="Connect" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Click="cntButton_Click" />
</Grid>
</Window>
You've defined an image in the grid before the grid properties. Move this to after the row and column definitions.
You're adding Button control in the wrong place of parent control:
Property elements cannot be in the middle of an element's content
Property elements cannot be in the middle of an element's content. They must be before or after the content. This error is occurs when you attempt to use property-element syntax within an element's content.
Move Image after ColumnDefinitions and before Button
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="5*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="2*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image Grid.RowSpan="4" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Stretch="Fill" Source="pestenbg.jpg" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
<Button x:Name="cntButton" Content="Connect" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Click="cntButton_Click" />
</Grid>
or move both Image and Button above column/row definition but you cannot split it
Put the column and row definitions directly after the opening tag. All content should follow that (i.e. the and the ).