Vertically align a WPF RadioButton bullet and stretch its contents - wpf

I want to use a grid, stretched across the entire available area, as the content for a RadioButton, and I want the RadioButton's bullet to be vertically aligned.
Getting the grid to stretch across the entire area is easy enough, I just set the HorizontalContentAlignment property on the RadioButton:
<RadioButton HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock>Foo</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Column="1"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1">The quick brown fox</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</RadioButton>
And following Simon Weaver's answer to this older question, I can vertically align the radio button's bullet relatively easily:
<RadioButton HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<TextBlock Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="A"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock>Foo</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
<LineBreak/>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" SharedSizeGroup="A"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1">The quick brown fox</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</TextBlock>
</RadioButton>
The trouble is, having done that, the content no longer stretches.
How can I get a vertically aligned bullet and a stretching grid?

The TextBlock is being stretched properly, but the grid inside it is not. Presumably that's just the way TextBlock works.
The following is a bit hacky, but it works:
<RadioButton HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<TextBlock Name="Text" Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True">
<Grid Width="{Binding ElementName=Text, Path=ActualWidth}">

This would work for the visual effect. You didn't list any functional requirements so i'm not sure if it will work for you without some event mapping or not.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RadioButton Grid.Column="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Content=""/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1">Foo</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Column="2"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">The quick brown fox</TextBlock>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2"/>
</Grid>

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How to make a TextBlock resize horizontally in a LsitBox

I've got a window with a ListBox containing TextBlocks in the template:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
...
<ListBox x:Name="AnnotationsList" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="20*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Content="{Binding DateAdded}" Grid.Column="0"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Description}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
I expected the TextBlock to adjust the size, with both elements in the template filling the width together in 1/20 proportions.
Instead, the TextBlock never gets smaller and ListBox gets a horizonal scrollbar.
How can I keep the list scrollable vertically and make sure the text gets narrower and wraps if I resize the window?
As Clemens answered in the comments, HorizontalScrollBarVisibility has an option of Disabled, which doesn't affect just the visibility, but actually triggers the children elements to get limited by the horizontal size of the container.

How to align to a control in the same screen?

In XAML, we typically have <Grid> layout which contains different elements. How do I align a control in one cell of grid to a control in a different cell like below?
(This used to be rather common in traditional applications where controls maybe in different group boxes etc but we still want to align them horizontally in one plane)
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column ="0">
<TextBox x:Name="name" Height="50"/>
<Label Content="John"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column ="2">
<RadioButton Content="Option1"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
The result is below which is ugly:
In this case, I just want to option1 to aligned centered with the TextBox (which does have custom height).
I can use margins to bring it to the desired position but that's kind of hard coded and not too WPFish.
Should I use binding to tie them directly? Is there a better way? Another way I can think of is to keep making grids within grids but seems like that will over complicate for this simple thing?
Try putting them both in another Grid or a horizontal StackPanel, and put that in one of the parent Grid cells.
The following did the trick, basically wrap the <RadioButton> around in <Border>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column ="0">
<TextBox x:Name="name" Height="50"/>
<Label Content="John"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Border BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Height="50">
<RadioButton Content="Option1" Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
This answer helped.
Now the result is:
Three variants.
The first - I will supplement #zar: I use size binding instead of explicitly assigning a value to the size.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column ="0">
<TextBox x:Name="name" Height="50"/>
<Label Content="John"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Border BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=name, Mode=OneWay}">
<RadioButton Content="Option1" Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Border>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
Second - I am implementing #Mark Feldman proposal: Delete StaskPanel and add lines to the grid.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox x:Name="name" Height="50"/>
<Label Content="John"
Grid.Row="1"/>
<RadioButton Content="Option1" Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
The third - analogous to the first, but without the Border.
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width=".5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column ="0">
<TextBox x:Name="name" Height="50"/>
<Label Content="John"/>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<RadioButton Content="Option1" Margin="10,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=name, Mode=OneWay}"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>

Unexpected auto grid column width

the code below is a small snippet of a big wpf Window I am using in my Project. It produces the linked wpf Window.
I am wondering why my last grid column is so wide. I am expecting that the width of the last column depends on the width of the button, because the column width is set to "Auto".
If I remove the columnspan of the StackPanel the column width will be correct but then the CheckBoxes are not aligned to right side.
I hope you have understood my problem. My aim is, that the last column is as small as possible, the checkboxes are at the right side and the rest stays at it is.
Because this snippet is part of a bigger wpf window I cannot remove any grid rows or columns.
Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards.
WPF Window
<Window x:Class="TestProject.Window1"
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"
d:DesignHeight="152.429" d:DesignWidth="403">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="0"
Margin="5"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<Button Grid.Column="2"
Grid.Row="0"
Margin="5"
Width="40"/>
<ComboBox Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="5"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3"/>
<Image Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="2"/>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
<CheckBox Margin="5"
Content="checkbox content 1"/>
<CheckBox Margin="5,0,5,5"
Content="checkbox content 2"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
You can put a grid inside another grid.
Here is the code that will help you achieve your goal.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="0"
Margin="5"
Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>
<Button Grid.Column="2"
Grid.Row="0"
Margin="5"
Width="40"/>
<ComboBox Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="5"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3"/>
<Grid Name="GridInsideAGrid"
Grid.Column="0"
Grid.Row="2"
Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" />
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1">
<CheckBox Margin="5"
Content="checkbox content 1"/>
<CheckBox Margin="5,0,5,5"
Content="checkbox content 2"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Grid>

Stretch the child grid

<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StatusBar Height="25" Grid.Row="5">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StatusBarItem Content="Text" FontSize="10" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Grid.Column="0"/>
<StatusBarItem Content="Text" FontSize="10" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Column="1"/>
<ProgressBar Width="100" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Grid.Column="2"/>
</Grid>
</StatusBar>
</Grid>
Please help the beginner.
I want to create a StatusBar and divide it into 3 elements. I want to align the first element on the left side. The second by right. The third in the center.
In the first and second elements I want to locate the text. In the third I want to locate StatusBar.
Why does the grid in StatusBar not want to stretch to the StatusBar and format the elements?
What am I doing wrong?
Sorry for mistakes, if any.
Because the default ItemsPanel of the StatusBar won't tell us how much space we have, we need to provide it with one that does (like grid).
A possible solution is as follows (using the grid as the ItemsPanel straight away) :
<StatusBar Height="25" Grid.Row="5">
<StatusBar.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</StatusBar.ItemsPanel>
<StatusBarItem Content="Text" FontSize="10" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Grid.Column="0"/>
<StatusBarItem Content="Text" FontSize="10" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Grid.Column="1"/>
<ProgressBar Width="100" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Grid.Column="2"/>
</StatusBar>

Make TextBlock FIT in stack panel so I can make ellipsis

How do I make TextBlock to resize to accomodate only available space in StackPanel?
StackPanel limited to my Grid layout. I just illustrated issue but in my real project it's little more complex, so ideally solution should be simple :)
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="200" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<StackPanel Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"
Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="Test" />
<TextBlock Text="Test test" />
<Button Content="Test 2" />
<TextBlock Width="Auto">
Some text that I want to trim with ellipse
</TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
You would better make the StackPanel another Grid:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="200" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Column="0" Content="Test" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="Test test" />
<Button Grid.Column="2" Content="Test 2" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="3" Text="Some text that I want to trim with ellipse"/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
I changed your 'main' grid some because it looks odd having only one row and column (starting at index=0) and setting the StackPanel to Grid.Row="1" and Grid.Column="1"
Proper answer is to use DockPanel instead of StackPanel. Last item in DockPanel will be sized to fit remaining space which is exactly what I needed.

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