Textbox alignment inside Groupbox (WPF) - wpf

I'm having trouble with placing a textbox inside a groupbox (which is inside a grid). Since groupbox can contain only one children I created a grid to place labels and textboxes. The problem is - the textboxes created inside the groupboxes are left aligned according to the 2nd column of the grid inside the groupbox. I need the textboxes to be aligned left in the 2nd column of the main grid.
My xaml code
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<GroupBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
<GroupBox.Header>
<Label Content="Header"></Label>
</GroupBox.Header>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Column="0" Content="Label1:"/>
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" />
<Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Content="Label2:"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</GroupBox>
</Grid>
Output for this code
You could see the textboxes in the column 1 of the main grid. If you look at the image, there is a radio button below that row which is in the second column. I need the textboxes to be aligned with that radiobutton I need them in the second column.

Width="Auto" means the Column will automatically take a width.
You need to use something like this instead;
`<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>`
Have a look at this ColumnWidths for further explanation if needed.
To move the TextBoxes to the next Column in the main Grid, you need to remove them from the GroupBox and add them to the main Grid instead. You haven't posted the whole XAML so it's difficult to advise further.

if there are going to be only two columns in your grid then just below column definitions for your inner Grid:
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
As you want to align with the radio buttons that must be in second column of main grid then for ColSpan=2 this will perfectly.
When Width is set to Auto for a ColumnDefinition of a Grid it
will take the width of element defined in the Column , So that's
the first thing you should remove a you are not using fixed Width
for TextBoxes.

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WPF datagrid height is infinite

I have two datagrids (data grid 1 and 2) which are being bound from a separate User Control:
<Grid Grid.Row="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" >
<local:DATAGRID1 x:Name="DATAGRID1" /></Grid>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
<local:DATAGRID2 x:Name="DATAGRID2" /> </Grid>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" x:Name="AddURLContainer" Grid.Column="1" >
<StackPanel>
<local:test1 x:Name="NewQueryControl"/>
<local:test2 x:Name="AddURLControl" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Grid>
But for some reason the data grids stretch longer than the window and don't constrain within the windows height. I've attempted to put the Datagrids in a scroll viewer but the scroll bar also goes out of the window and doesn't constrain. I can't figure out why its doing this.
The opening tags of the actual data grids are (and they are wrapped in a User control not a Stackpannel):
<DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False"
IsReadOnly="True"
SelectionMode="Single"
>
Seemed to be fixed if I change the above main grids row properties from:
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
<RowDefinition Height="auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
To:
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
Strange fix but it works.
Why are using * width and heigt?
Use Auto:
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
Auto set the size to it's allocated content.

how to define column definitions in a grid?

i have a grid with fixed number of rows but the columns are not fixed. So how do i set the column definitions.Is there any way to write it in xaml?
You have both rows definition and columns definition:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="250" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="150" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="2*" />
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid

Border background image will not span entire border

I am writing a WPF application. In the application I have a grid that has two columns. The one column has a border tag that, when the application runs, spans the height of the main window with no issues.
The problem that I am running into is that I want a background image to also span the height of the application and be contained within the border. When I run the application, however, it only takes up enough space to provide background for the controls that exist on the page. This means that more than half of that grid column remains white. I have tried stretching the image (set the stretch to fill) and I know that the image is large enough.
Please, how can I achieve what I am looking for?
Here is the important XAML:
<Border>
<Border.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="../Assets/control bg.png" Stretch="Fill" />
</Border.Background>
<Grid Margin="10,10,10,0">
<Grid.Background>
<ImageBrush />
</Grid.Background>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="1">
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Owner Information" Margin="5,0,0,0" FontSize="21.333" Foreground="#FF2B2B2B" FontFamily="Verdana"/>
</Border>
<Grid Margin="10,10,5,5" Grid.Row="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
The grid does contain some controls which I have left out. They are just textboxes and combos.
Snowbear is right your XAML would be very helpful but here are some things to start off with:
By default, rows and columns in Grids take up the least amount of space necessary to accommodate the largest content within any cell contained in a given row or column. For example, if a column has one cell with a long word like "hippopotamus" contained within it but all the other cells in the column have smaller words like "dog", the width of the column will be the width of the largest word (hippopotamus). "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.grid.aspx"
So, if your border doesn't have an explicit height and width assigned to it then it will exist just around the content you provided in the column. Binding to a set value would work as well.
<Grid Height="50" Width="50">

Expand a control to fill grid column

I'm having a problem getting a panelbar to expand it's width to match the Grid column it occupies. The offending code is the second appearance of a panelbar with an item header named "Operators". I can set the width explicitly to fill the column, but that would only show correctly for my specific resolution and is not the solution I'm looking for. I would just like it to stretch on it's own. Code snippet below.
<telerik:RadTabControl telerik:StyleManager.Theme="Windows7" Grid.Column="2">
<telerik:RadTabItem Header="Add/Edit">
<Grid ShowGridLines="True">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock FontSize="20" Grid.Row="0">Organization Name Here:</TextBlock>
<my1:QueryBuilder Height="Auto" Width="Auto" Grid.Row="1"></my1:QueryBuilder>
<telerik:RadPanelBar ExpandMode="Single" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Width="Auto"
VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<telerik:RadPanelBarItem Header="Operators"></telerik:RadPanelBarItem>
</telerik:RadPanelBar>
</Grid>
</telerik:RadTabItem>
</telerik:RadTabControl>
You Second ColumnDefinition should have Width of "*" not "Auto" as you have currently.

Grid inside Grid in XAML

I want to have a childGrid in second column of parentGrid (in childGrid I want to have two columns: first for label, second for textbox)
How can I do Something like that? I tried the following code:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Height="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column=1>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Height="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>
</Grid>
Based on your code, just fixed up a little:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>
</Grid>
Note that ColumnDefinition don't have a Height - they have a Width. You also need to define the ColumnDefinitions and RowDefinitions separately - you have them mixed together in your outer grid. I removed the RowDefinitions from the outer grid because you don't appear to be using them. Your inner grid has two columns and four rows.
You might find this useful. Try pasting this into a page using Kaxaml and playing around with the various parameters of the objects in the outer Grid. I find using Kaxaml for prototyping and experimenting with XAML layouts indispensable.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--
When I'm composing grids in XAML, I group things together by type, not by where
they live in the grid. This turns out to make a lot of maintenance tasks
easier.
Also, since Grid.Row and Grid.Column default to 0, a lot of people (and tools)
omit them if that's their value. Not me. It lets me quickly check to make
sure that content is where I think it is, just by looking at how it's organized
in the XAML.
-->
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Background="Lavender" Padding="10" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">Here's the first row of the outer grid.</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Background="Lavender" Padding="10" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">Here's the third row of the outer grid.</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="AliceBlue" Padding="10">Here's the first column of the second row.</TextBlock>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!--
This part's pretty important. Setting up the SharedSizeGroups for these
two columns keeps the labels and text boxes neatly arranged irrespective of
their length.
-->
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="Label"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="TextBox"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">First label</Label>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Second label</Label>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">Third label, containing unusually long content</Label>
<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">First text box, containing unusually long content</TextBox>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">Second text box</TextBox>
<TextBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1">Third text box</TextBox>
</Grid>
</Grid>
It might come a little confusing how to put controls in sub grids. Here is an example.
We have 3 * 3 cell grid. And then center cell is further divided in 3 rows where each row has a button.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Content="Button1"/>
<Button Grid.Row="1" Content="Button2"/>
<Button Grid.Row="2" Content="Button3"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
Result:
Phenevo, I've done XAML UI design extensively this year. Try this out, you can easily migrate the code to either a Window or a UserControl. I color-coded the grids and panels so that you could affirm their layout in real time -- blow away the background parameters when you're satisfied.
<UserControl
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"
mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="UatControlLibrary.sampleChilGrid"
x:Name="UserControl"
MinWidth="400"
MinHeight="300"
Width="auto"
Height="auto">
<Grid
x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<Grid
x:Name="parentGrid"
Width="auto"
Height="auto"
Background="Red">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition
Width="1*" />
<ColumnDefinition
Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid
x:Name="chilGrid"
Width="auto"
Height="auto"
Background="Black"
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition
Width="1*" />
<ColumnDefinition
Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel
x:Name="stkpnlLabels"
Background="White"
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="0" />
<StackPanel
x:Name="stkpnlTextboxes"
Background="Blue"
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="0" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

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