Window Auto sizing when adding grid row via button [duplicate] - wpf

Question

I have a dialog containing 2 TextBlocks, a Progress Bar and a cancel Button.
Here is the XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication4.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:WpfApplication4"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="Auto" Width="200">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtFirst" Grid.Row="0" Margin="5" TextWrapping="Wrap">This is a really really really really long string that wraps</TextBlock>
<TextBlock x:Name="txtSecond" Grid.Row="1" Margin="5" Text="A Shorter string" TextWrapping="Wrap" MaxWidth="200"/>
<ProgressBar x:Name="prgProgress" Grid.Row="2" Margin="5" Height="20" />
<Button x:Name="btnCancel" Grid.Row="3" Margin="5" Height="25" Width="50"/>
</Grid>
</Window>
I would like the Window not to have a fixed height but auto adjust its height based on the size of its children and no more, but can’t see a way to do this. At the moment when I don’t assign anything to the Window’s height, it seems to adopt a height that is much bigger that the content.
Not sure why, or where it gets height value from? If I set Windows Height = “Auto” I get the same thing. All the heights for the RowDefinitions are set to “Auto”, which I take to mean ‘set row height to be row child height’.

Answer 1

You need to use SizeToContent property, check the msdn link.
Example:
<Window 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"
…
SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">