I want to create a horizontal menu across the top of my user control whose items fill the whole space horizontally. There are six items and it's one level only - so it's not really a menu as such.
Can I do this with a menu? Or am I better off with using a six column grid with a button per col, or even a horizontal stack panel? Here is what I have so far:
<DockPanel>
<DockPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="None">
<Menu KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Cycle" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="DarkGray" Height="40">
<MenuItem Header="_New"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Load" />
<MenuItem Header="_Save" />
<MenuItem Header="_Validate" />
<MenuItem Header="_Import" />
<MenuItem Header="_Export"/>
</Menu>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
Menu derives from ItemsControl so can just switch the ItemsPanel:
<DockPanel>
<DockPanel DockPanel.Dock="Top" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="None">
<Menu KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Cycle" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="DarkGray" Height="40">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<UniformGrid Rows="1"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="_New"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Load" />
<MenuItem Header="_Save" />
<MenuItem Header="_Validate" />
<MenuItem Header="_Import" />
<MenuItem Header="_Export"/>
</Menu>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
<Menu KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Cycle" VerticalAlignment="Top" Background="DarkGray" Height="40">
<MenuItem Header="File">
<MenuItem Header="_New"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Load" />
<MenuItem Header="_Save" />
<MenuItem Header="_Validate" />
<MenuItem Header="_Import" />
<MenuItem Header="_Export"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit">
<MenuItem Header="Cut"/>
<MenuItem Header="Copy"/>
<MenuItem Header="Paste" />
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
Hope this will help. you need to add Menu subitems within the MenuItem. it itself is o0f List type.
Related
I have a left-aligned vertical menu which stretches to my entire screen.
I want the first three options to end in the top left and the last two options to be in the bottom left.
Whatever I try I can't get the last two options to align to the bottom.
My current XAML is this:
<Menu HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate >
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="Option A" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Option B" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Option C" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Logout" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
<MenuItem Header="Settings" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"/>
</Menu>
Current situation
Desired situation
Edit:
I'd prefer to not use rows if possible.
If you really do not want to use rows, consider using a DockPanel. Also note that the bottom-docked items are in reverse order.
<Menu HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate >
<DockPanel VerticalAlignment="Stretch" LastChildFill="False"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="Option A" DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Option B" DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Option C" DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
<MenuItem Header="Settings" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"/>
<MenuItem Header="Logout" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"/>
</Menu>
I have a Menu in my app, that consists of few MenuItems. I'd like a vertical label on the left side of all the MenuItems. Like this (of course with grey background, pardon my paint skill):
I've tried it this way:
<Menu IsMainMenu="True" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
<MenuItem Header="_File">
<TextBlock Text="Type1" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0">
<TextBlock.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="-90"/>
</TextBlock.LayoutTransform>
</TextBlock>
<MenuItem Header="_Open" Command="{Binding OpenFileCommand}" IsEnabled="{Binding CanOpenFile}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save" Command="{Binding SaveFileCommand}"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save As" Command="{Binding SaveAsFileCommand}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Exit" Command="{Binding ExitAppCommand}"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
But it produces an output like this:
Then I tried it via background image (transparent with just a plain text):
<Menu IsMainMenu="True" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3">
<MenuItem Header="_File">
<MenuItem.Background>
<ImageBrush ImageSource="{Binding SelectedObjectResourcePath}"/>
</MenuItem.Background>
<MenuItem Header="_Open" Command="{Binding OpenFileCommand}" IsEnabled="{Binding CanOpenFile}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save" Command="{Binding SaveFileCommand}"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save As" Command="{Binding SaveAsFileCommand}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Exit" Command="{Binding ExitAppCommand}"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
But it sets the background for the first menuItem only:
Using StackPanel (with horizontal orientation) here is the best solution in my opinion. Check this out. You just need to make it look as good as you want :)
<Menu IsMainMenu="True" Grid.Row="0">
<MenuItem Header="_File">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Content="Type1" Margin="-30" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center">
<Label.LayoutTransform>
<RotateTransform Angle="-90"/>
</Label.LayoutTransform>
</Label>
<StackPanel>
<MenuItem Header="_Open" Command="{Binding OpenFileCommand}" IsEnabled="{Binding CanOpenFile}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save" Command="{Binding SaveFileCommand}"/>
<MenuItem Header="_Save As" Command="{Binding SaveAsFileCommand}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="_Exit" Command="{Binding ExitAppCommand}"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
First of all, I know there are lot of questions about alignment in wpf, and I've read some of them, but none seems to work in this case...
What do I have
I've a menu, where the third MenuItem doesn't have a text but an image. To be exact, this one:
I want this element to be right aligned, so after looking at some examples and problem with alignment questions in SO, I'm using the following code:
<MenuItem HorizontalAlignment="Right" HorizontalContentAlignment="Right">
<MenuItem.Header>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="Resources/Img/donarBoton.gif" UseLayoutRounding="False" />
</StackPanel>
</MenuItem.Header>
</MenuItem>
Problem
As you can see, even whith the HorizontalAlignment set to right, it doesn't appear on the right side.
I've read about it and found that the Menu where it is, need to have the same property set to Stretch, what I've tried too with no success. I even tried it with the DockPanel where the menu is located (just to try, I'm not used to WPF yet), but it does nothing either.
I've tried to add a text element after my image element too, in order to see if the problem is the MenuItem or any other thing in my configuration, but it didn't move to the right side either.
What am I doing wrong?
There's the full DockPanel code:
<DockPanel x:Name="superiorDock" Height="25" LastChildFill="False" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="307">
<Menu x:Name="superiorMenu" Width="307" Height="25" DockPanel.Dock="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" >
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_1}">
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_2}"/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_3}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_4}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_5}"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_6}">
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_7}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_8}"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem HorizontalAlignment="Right" HorizontalContentAlignment="Right">
<MenuItem.Header>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="Resources/Img/donarBoton.gif" UseLayoutRounding="False" />
</StackPanel>
</MenuItem.Header>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
</DockPanel>
Thanks in advance
Use this:
<DockPanel x:Name="superiorDock" Height="25" LastChildFill="False" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="307">
<Menu x:Name="superiorMenu" Width="307" Height="25" DockPanel.Dock="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_1}">
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_2}"/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_3}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_4}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_5}"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_6}">
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_7}"/>
<Separator/>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding XPath=#topMenu_8}"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<MenuItem.Header>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="Resources/Img/donarBoton.gif" UseLayoutRounding="False" />
</StackPanel>
</MenuItem.Header>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
</DockPanel>
The default ItemsPanel of the Menu uses a WrapPanel. The panel defined in the ItemsPanel will be used as the container of the MenuItems.
WrapPanel doesn't respect the HorizontalAlignment property of its children. That's why we change the ItemsPanel to one that does support this: DockPanel.
Im new to WPF and started using Avalon Dock. I have problem with Toolbar. When i drag toolbar in toolbar tray Tray gets expanded down and stuck behind Avalon Dock container.. How do i make it to re-size Automatically down so that Tool bars wont stuck behind?? Here is my XAML.. Thanks:)
<Window x:Class="PSWPF0._001.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:avalonDock="http://avalondock.codeplex.com"
Title="MainWindow" mc:Ignorable="d" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" d:DesignHeight="381" d:DesignWidth="754" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">
<Grid DataContext="{Binding}" AllowDrop="True" ClipToBounds="True" IsItemsHost="False">
<DockPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="2,0,0,0" Name="dockPanel1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
<Menu Height="22" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Name="menu1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="2,0,-2,0" DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<MenuItem Header="File">
<MenuItem Header="New" Click="MenuItem_Click_4">
<MenuItem Header="Project" />
<MenuItem Header="C Source File" />
<MenuItem Header="Text File" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Open" Click="MenuItem_Click_5"/>
<MenuItem Header="Save" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit">
<MenuItem Header="Undo" />
<MenuItem Header="Redo" />
<Separator />
<MenuItem Header="Copy" />
<MenuItem Header="Cut" />
<MenuItem Header="Paste" />
<MenuItem Header="Delete" />
<Separator />
<MenuItem Header="Find" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="View" Click="MenuItem_Click_1">
<MenuItem Header="Project Dashboard"/>
<MenuItem Header="Project Explorer" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Help" Click="MenuItem_Click">
<MenuItem Header="About" Click="MenuItem_Click_3"/>
<MenuItem Command="ApplicationCommands.Help" Header="Help Content" />
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
<ToolBarTray DockPanel.Dock="Top" Background="LightGray" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="2,23,-2,0">
<ToolBar Band="1" BandIndex="1">
<Button>New</Button>
<Button>Open</Button>
<Button>Exit</Button>
</ToolBar>
<ToolBar BandIndex="2" Band="2">
<Button>Undo</Button>
<Button>Redo</Button>
</ToolBar>
<ToolBar Band="2" BandIndex="2">
<Button>Paint</Button>
<Button>Spaell</Button>
<Separator />
<Button>Cut</Button>
<Button>Copy</Button>
<Button>Paste</Button>
<Separator />
<Button>Find</Button>
<Button>Replace</Button>
</ToolBar>
</ToolBarTray>
<avalonDock:DockingManager x:Name="dockingManager" Margin="0,52,0,28" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Grid.Column="0" AllowMixedOrientation="True" IsManipulationEnabled="False" UseLayoutRounding="True">
<avalonDock:LayoutRoot>
<avalonDock:LayoutPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPaneGroup DockMinHeight="70">
<avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPane>
<avalonDock:LayoutDocument Title="Doc1">
<TextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutDocument>
<avalonDock:LayoutDocument Title="Doc2">
<TextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutDocument>
</avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPane>
<avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPane >
</avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPane>
</avalonDock:LayoutDocumentPaneGroup>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorablePaneGroup IsMaximized="True" DockMinHeight="70" DockHeight="250">
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorablePane>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Output">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Error List">
<TextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorablePane>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorablePaneGroup>
</avalonDock:LayoutPanel>
<avalonDock:LayoutRoot.RightSide>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorSide>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorGroup>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Properties" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Project Explorer" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="File Explorer" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorGroup>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorSide>
</avalonDock:LayoutRoot.RightSide>
<avalonDock:LayoutRoot.LeftSide>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorSide>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorGroup>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Project Dashboard" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Hardware Toolbox" IsMaximized="True" CanAutoHide="True" IsActive="True" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<ListBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
<avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable Title="Logic Building Blocks" AutoHideMinWidth="200">
<RichTextBox/>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorable>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorGroup>
</avalonDock:LayoutAnchorSide>
</avalonDock:LayoutRoot.LeftSide>
</avalonDock:LayoutRoot>
</avalonDock:DockingManager>
<StatusBar Height="22" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="2,322,0,0" Name="statusBar1" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"/>
</Grid>
I'd suggest to use a dynamic layout like this:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>//<-- for menu
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>//<-- for toolbar
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>//<-- for docking manager
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>//<-- for status bar
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>
Always use Auto or Start grid lengths for dynamic layout arrangements of children controls,
Ado
I know this is old but it took me a while to figure this out too (AD 2.0 on WPF with .NET 4.5) so I'll post for others who might be using this as a source. The answer from adospace works. However, you'll have to alter your code as well.
Eliminate the top margin from the DockingManager, unless you have another need for it. My layout looked so weird until I realized I still had a top margin set before using the grid's RowDefinitions. Also, remove the DockPanel.Dock="Top" from your menu unless you've got something else going on there. I don't have VerticalAlignment set either.
Here's what I've got that works just fine, including with the multiple bands. Using one of the AD test apps, it already has that root grid (gdlayoutRoot), so you can use that one.
<Grid Name="gdlayoutRoot">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Menu IsMainMenu="True" Name="menuMain" Grid.Row="0">
<MenuItem Header="_File" Name="File">
<MenuItem Header="_New" Name="New" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="_Edit" Name="Edit" />
<MenuItem Header="_Document" Name="Document">
<MenuItem Header="Import From _XML">
<MenuItem Header="Entity" Name="ImportFromXML" Click="ImportFromXML_Click" />
</MenuItem>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
<ToolBarTray Grid.Row="1">
<ToolBar Band="0" BandIndex="0">
<Button Content="Stuff"/>
</ToolBar>
</ToolBarTray>
<ad:DockingManager x:Name="dockingManager" Grid.Row="3">
I have the following (simplifed) section in my XAML file:
<Menu Width="Auto" Height="20" Background="#FFA9D1F4" DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<MenuItem Header="File">
<MenuItem Header="Exit"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit">
<MenuItem Header="Cut"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Help">
<MenuItem Header="About"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
and it results in:
+-------------------------------------------+
| File Edit Help |
+-------------------------------------------+
| |
What do I need to do if I want the Help menu item on the right-hand side:
+-------------------------------------------+
| File Edit Help |
+-------------------------------------------+
| |
Alng the same principle and this time you dont need the grid and therefore dont need to know the number of items. Assign all items to the left except the help :)
<Menu Height="20" Background="#FFA9D1F4">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="File">
<MenuItem Header="Exit"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit">
<MenuItem Header="Cut"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Help" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<MenuItem Header="About"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
Another possible answer, if you always know how many menu items there will be (and that makes this answer fragile), is to define the Menu.ItemsPanel as a grid, set the Menu to Stretch, set the Grid.ColumnDefinitions appropriately, set the MenuItems to the appropriate Grid.Column, and set the HorizontalAlignment of the last menu item as Right.
<Menu Height="20" Background="#FFA9D1F4" DockPanel.Dock="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
</Grid>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="File" Grid.Column="0">
<MenuItem Header="Exit"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit" Grid.Column="1">
<MenuItem Header="Cut"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Help" Grid.Column="2" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<MenuItem Header="About"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
Alteration to the original answer, since as it is (with HorizontalAlignment="Stretch") the Edit menu will stretch all the way across the menu bar to the Help menu.
Also incorporating Rokke's submenu alignment suggestion...
<Menu Height="20" Background="#FFA9D1F4">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="File">
<MenuItem Header="Exit"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="Edit">
<MenuItem Header="Cut"/>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="_Help" HorizontalAlignment="Right" FlowDirection="RightToLeft">
<MenuItem Header="About..." FlowDirection="LeftToRight"/>
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
<Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top">
<Menu.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<DockPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Menu.ItemsPanel>
<MenuItem Header="_File">
<MenuItem Click="Exit_Clicked" Header="E_xit" />
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem Header="_User">
<MenuItem Click="ChangePassword_Clicked" Header="_Change Password..." />
</MenuItem>
<!-- Right adjusted help menu with sub menu keeping inside the main window -->
<MenuItem Header="_Help" HorizontalAlignment="Right" FlowDirection="RightToLeft">
<MenuItem Click="About_Clicked" Header="_About..." FlowDirection="LeftToRight" />
</MenuItem>
</Menu>
Just a small addition to the original answer. Including the two flow directions make the sub menu stay inside the window.
I don't think there is an easy way. Menu keeps all Items on one side and even ignores HorizontalContentAlignment of the Menu or HorizontalAlignment of the MenuItem.
But you could do a workaround. The margin property works. So i think you could bind the margin of the Help MenuItem to the width of the Menu. But you would have to use a Converter to calculate the margin from the width.
I dont know if its good to do something like that. I wouldn't. But if you really want it, thats a way that should work.
There are one, perhaps two, potential drawbacks to using either a DockPanel or a Grid, instead of the default WrapPanel.
If the window is too small to show all the menu items on one line, they won't wrap to the next.
If the menuitems will be shared for use in a different context, such as in a ContextMenu, the last item will be right-aligned