<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="30"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition ></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Expander >
<Border Background="Green" Height="50" Width="150"></Border>
</Expander>
<Button Content="ok" Height="20" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top"></Button>
</Grid>
Ummmm if I understand you correctly, you want to have your Expander on top of your Button?
In that case, just have both controls share the same grid cell. You will probably have to adjust your Button's margins or alignment to position it correctly
<Grid>
<Expander Canvas.ZIndex="0">
<Border Background="Green" Height="50" Width="150"></Border>
</Expander>
<Button Canvas.ZIndex="1" Content="ok" Height="20" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,30,0,0" />
</Grid>
It sounds like you need a canvas here as your parent container. Using a canvas you can use the SetZIndex method to change the Z index of various child controls, which causes one control to render in front of/"over" another control.
See this MSDN documentation on the method
Related
EDIT
Having removed the <ViewBox Stretch="UniformToFill"> from the xaml, it renders better - the size of the controls are more appropriate, however, as the Frame is empty when I'm loading the window, the whole app appears as a band across the center of my screen.
When I do load content into the frame, the rest of the window fits width to the frame, rather than to the screen resulting in empty space on the left and right of the Frame's content.
ORIGINAL QUESTION
I've never done a fluid layout before so what I've done is based entirely on what I've gleaned from answers to other questions on SO and around the interwebz.
So the following XAML, I figured, should be "responsive" which is to say that it would render much the same on every screen resolution without using fixed widths.
Unfortunately, the controls are rendering at enormous scale. What should be a 30x30 button looks to be rendering around 10x that size (see the screenshots below - the second one is the app maximized to fullscreen).
How can I change my xaml to make these controls render to the row heights and to the width of the display?
<Grid>
<Viewbox Stretch="UniformToFill">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="30"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="60"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- Titlebar -->
<StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Background="#2d2d30">
<StackPanel Name="spTitlebar1" FlowDirection="LeftToRight" Orientation="Horizontal" MouseDown="spTitlebar_MouseDown">
<Label Name="lblTitle" HorizontalAlignment="Left" BorderThickness="0" Foreground="White">IHS Towers SCADA</Label>
</StackPanel>
<StackPanel Name="spTitleBar2" FlowDirection="RightToLeft" Orientation="Horizontal" MouseDown="spTitlebar_MouseDown">
<Button Name="btnClose" Content="X" Click="btnClose_Click" Style="{StaticResource TitleButton}" />
<Button Name="btnMinimize" Content="_" Click="btnMinimize_Click" Style="{StaticResource TitleButton}" />
<Border BorderThickness="1,0,0,0" BorderBrush="#686868">
<Button Name="btnSettings" Click="btnSettings_Click" Style="{StaticResource TitleButton}" ToolTip="Settings">
<Image Source="Images/settings-icon.png" Height="20" Width="20"/>
</Button>
</Border>
<Button Name="btnReports" Click="btnReports_Click" Style="{StaticResource TitleButton}" ToolTip="View reports">
<Image Source="Images/reports-icon.png" Height="20" Width="20"/>
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
<!-- Towers Bar across the top Height="50" -->
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Name="spTowers" Background="#2d2d30" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,0,0">
<Border BorderThickness="5,0,0,0" BorderBrush="#686868" VerticalAlignment="Top"></Border>
</StackPanel>
<!-- Alert Window in the center -->
<Frame Name="frmBody" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0" Background="#1e1e1e" NavigationUIVisibility="Hidden" />
<!-- Actions Bar across the bottom Height="60" -->
<StackPanel Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Name="spActions" Height="60" Background="#2d2d30" VerticalAlignment="Top" FlowDirection="RightToLeft" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Name="btnSMS" Click="btnSMS_Click" Height="30" Width="66" Margin="10,10,10,10" Style="{StaticResource RoundedButtonGreen}">Send SMS</Button>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
</Grid>
I have a UserControl in my WPF application. The UserControl has a listbox and could be any size, and underneath are some buttons.
When I place my UserControl in one of my Views, I would like it resize vertically as the parent resizes. BUT, I'd like the ListBox to decrease in heigh, not the entire control. This would mean on smaller screens, the buttons remain on screen but they don't see much content in the ListBox. I can use a MinHeight to ensure the buttons and at least 1 item in the listbox is visible!
I found similar question such as WPF user control does not resize with main window but my code doesn't have any height or width
My UserControl
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding MessageList" ></ListBox>
<WrapPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Button Content="Expand" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,40,0"/>
</WrapPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
And the View
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<uc:RecentList MessageList="{Binding Messages}" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
It doesn't matter how I resize my View, the UserControl appears to stay at the exact same size.
I tried the ViewBoxbut this was scaling everything!
I also tried (in the UserControl)
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding MessageList, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}" Grid.Row="0"></ListBox>
<WrapPanel Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Button Content="Expand" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,40,0"/>
</WrapPanel>
</Grid>
But no difference.
StackPanel does not stretch its child elements in the direction of its Orientation.
So remove all StackPanels and define two rows in the Grid in the UserControl:
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ListBox Grid.Row="0" ItemsSource="{Binding MessageList ...}"/>
<WrapPanel Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Button Content="Expand" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,40,0"/>
</WrapPanel>
</Grid>
In main view:
<Grid>
<uc:RecentList ... />
</Grid>
Take a look at the Panels Overview article on MSDN.
I'm trying to add a border to some controls in XAML - the problem is, whenever I apply wrapping a certain element it wraps the whole window, probably on the first grid element?
This also happens when I try to use it around the WebBrowser. Any suggestions?
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="RAT-t00l" Height="850" Width="700">
<Grid x:Name="BigGrid" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="682">
<TextBox Name="txt_Log" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="657" Margin="4,10,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="417" IsReadOnly="True"/>
<Button Name="btn" Click="btn_Connect_Click" Background="LightGreen" Content="Connect" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,680,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
<Button Name="btn_disc" Click="btn_Disconnect_Click" Background="Pink" Content="Disconnect" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="346,680,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75"/>
<Button Name="btn_fetch" Click="btn_Fetch_Click" Content="Fetch data" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,707,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="155" Height="24"/>
<Button Name="btn_eraseLog" Click="btn_EraseLog_Click" Content="Erase log from target" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="266,736,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="155" Height="25"/>
<WebBrowser
Name="map"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="347"
Margin="426,10,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="246"
LoadCompleted="wb_LoadCompleted"
/>
Here's the border. Meaning to wrap only the grid inside.
<Border Name="mask" CornerRadius="20" Height="auto" Width="auto" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">
<Grid x:Name ="GeneralGrid" Margin="426,362,10,291" ShowGridLines="True" Background="LightGray">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="61*" ></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="185*"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Name="IP">IP</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="ISP" Grid.Row="1">ISP</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Location" Grid.Row="2">Location</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Longitude" Grid.Row="3">Longitude</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Name="Latitude" Grid.Row="4">Latitude</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
</Window>
I would recommend that you do NOT continue to use the Visual Studio Designer as you have been. It does a very poor job of creating the XAML that we actually want. For example, your UI elements have all got an exact Margin set on them (thanks to the VS Designer I imagine) and this can make things awkward for you later on.
WPF was really designed to enable developer to use resizable controls so that the UI can resize itself when the user resizes the application. Different Panels provide different sizing abilities to their child controls and you can find out more about that from the Panels Overview page on MSDN. However, back to your question regarding the Grid class.
Because you have used the Visual Studio Designer, your controls have not ended up in the Grid cells that you wanted, instead just being placed 'on top of', or 'in front of' them. In order to place a control into a particular Grid cell, you need to set the Grid.Row and/or Grid.Column Attached Properties. See this example taken from the last linked page from MSDN:
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" ShowGridLines="True" Width="250" Height="100">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="0">2005 Products Shipped</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">Quarter 1</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">Quarter 2</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2">Quarter 3</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">50000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1">100000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2">150000</TextBlock>
<TextBlock FontSize="16" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="3">Total Units: 300000</TextBlock>
</Grid>
You appear to have placed all your BigGrid elements into a single cell of that layout grid, and the only thing stopping them from appearing on top of each other is the fact you've defined margins. You have not defined a margin for your border, but then defined margins for its children, which means they'll be offset.
Really, for best layout, you want to avoid margins as much as possible and divide your BigGrid into rows and columns. Then place your UI into those cells. If your border is within its own cell you will not have it appear to wrap everything.
I have a Grid defined in my WPF application. I want to wrap a Border around the Grid itself. My problem is, the Border is filling the area available to the parent area. Because this, the Border is huge, but my content is small. My XAML is defined as follows:
<Grid>
<Border CornerRadius="0,0,2,2" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="3" Margin="4">
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Description}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Disclaimer}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</Grid>
What am I doing wrong? How do I fix this?
Thanks!
you have the border inside your grid. do it like this <Border><Grid>...</Grid></Border>
I have a listview of width set to Auto. When I run the windows app, it opens in normal size(not maximized). But when I maximize the window, the listview's width will be same and the space to its right is empty.
normal size
|_________________________|
Maximized
|_________________________|...........
even though the window is now in full screen occupied.
Please guide me in workin on this.
Thanks
Ramm
StackPanel, by design, does not care about visual space. It aims to take up the smallest amount of space possible. You can leave the innermost StackPanel that wraps the radio buttons in place, but your outer layout containers should be changed to Grid or, as in my example below, DockPanel:
<Window x:Class="Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="445" Width="515">
<DockPanel Name="spDataFlow" Margin="0,45,0,0" >
<DockPanel x:Name="stkPnlDataFlow" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
</Grid>
<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Background="Red" Margin="20,15,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Center" >
<RadioButton Name="rdbtnUploadData" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Foreground="White" Content="Upload Data" IsEnabled="True" CommandParameter="UploadAll"/>
<RadioButton Name="rdbtnDownloadData" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Foreground="White" Content="Download Data" Margin="20,0" CommandParameter="DownloadAll"/>
<RadioButton Name="rdbtnUploadSelected" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Foreground="White" Content="Update Data" Margin="10,0" CommandParameter="UpdateSelected"/>
</StackPanel>
</DockPanel>
</DockPanel>
</Window>
Well, I believe that by default the ListView control automatically fills all available space so it is very strange that have such an issue. Could you paste your code?