I have a fixed layout and would like my app to look the same on all machines, regardless of screen size or resolution. While testing my app with the Simulator, I've found that my layout is cut off on different resolution.
<Viewbox Stretch="UniformToFill" Width="Auto" Height="Auto">
<Grid Style="{StaticResource LayoutRootStyle}" x:Name="LayoutRoot" Width="1024" Height="Auto">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="65"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
On the resolutions specified above, the last column is cut off. The rows all render without any problems. I am wondering if someone could please give me some insight as to what I may be able to do in order to get my app to look the same on all screen sizes and resolutions. I would prefer to have the Stretch property set to either Uniform or UniformToFill.
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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.
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.
I would like to define two columns. Second one 1280px wide and the first one the rest of unused pixels. How to do it?
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="9*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="REST OF THE WIDHT" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="1280" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
You were on to the right idea with your RowDefinition
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
<RowDefinition Height="9*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="1280" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
Star sizing basically tells the layout engine how you would like to divide up the space available to the parent element amount the children, in terms of proportions.
Here are a couple articles that may help:
Star Sizing
WPF Tutorial
Are you sure you want hard coded widths? Resize your browser while running it and see how it looks. If you use "Auto" for one column or row and then "1*" for the other, it will fill the "Auto" with what is needed and then the rest goes to the second one.
I would think this might work better for you:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="1*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
Then you start to make use of ScrollViewers for the content that might be bigger than its container.
When I have Grid in Silverlight, and I provide Column Definitions like below
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
For some reason the items that get placed in those columns get cut off.
That is I only see half the control.
But when I do
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
and put items in those respected rows I can see the entire items with their proper respective widths and heights.
What could I be overlooking?
Thanks
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
is actually just a short cut for
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="0.5*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
which means, you have two columns in this Grid, each takes 50% of the width.
Same way,
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
is the same as
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="0.5*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="0.5*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
Hope this helps. :)
Look for following link. It should help you:
Using the Grid control in Silverlight
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>