i need to scroll the textblock text. For example, the textblock contains 700 words. These words are populated to the textblock from code behind as it could be a different 700 words depending on some "stuff". There is a textbox on this form as well. The user types the words in the textblock into the textbox. As they type i keep track of which word from the textblock they are on. However, not all the words in the textblock will fit in the textblock viewing area, so i need to scroll the textblock from code behind. How do i go about doing this.
I"m using silverlight 3.
Thanks shannon
might be useful to put some code in...
Here is the scrollviewer and text block
<ScrollViewer x:Name="svSourceText" Width="591" MaxHeight="202" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<TextBlock Height="202" Width="591" TextWrapping="Wrap"
x:Name="txtSource" FontSize="12" FontFamily="Fonts/Fonts.zip#Consolas" LineHeight="21.333"
/>
</ScrollViewer>
for starters.. when i add text into the txtSource, the scroll viewer doesn't change it's scroll bar to be the height needed.
Put the TextBlock in a scrollviewer. Capture the event when the user enters text into your TextBox. Check that it's valid for the word currently being captured and then scroll the TextBlock.
Here is an example. I'm just scrolling every time the user presses the space bar, you'd want to verify the validity of the word being entered.
XAML:
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="25" />
<RowDefinition Height="40" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBox Name="txtInput" KeyUp="TextBox_KeyUp" Width="200" Grid.Row="0" />
<ScrollViewer Name="scrollViewer" Grid.Row="1" MaxHeight="25" MaxWidth="250" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden">
<TextBlock>
One
<LineBreak />
Two
<LineBreak />
Three
<LineBreak />
Four
<LineBreak />
Five
</TextBlock>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
And the code for the event 'KeyUp':
private void TextBox_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Key.ToString().ToLower() == "space")
{
scrollViewer.ScrollToVerticalOffset(scrollViewer.VerticalOffset + 15);
}
}
Just a thought, have you considered using the AutoCompleteBox control?
You could bind its ItemsSource to an ObservableCollection<string> that contains all the current words and can have words added or removed as necessary.
As the user types in the TextBox area of the AutoComplete the set of matching words appear in a drop down.
Perhaps you are doing something else but I thought just post this in case it turns out you trying to re-invent the wheel.
Related
I want two texboxes fill the available Space in a panel. But both have to contain the same width. So DockPanel lastchildfill doesn't works here.
I have an image where u can see, i simply created 2 textboxes without any width. The empty Space should be filledby both textboxes like the above (the above is made with manual Width="xxx". But I dont' want to hardcore it like this.
I want it like Grid.Column width="*"
Do I have to create a Grid for each panel? (There will be much more textboxes)
my XAML is simple because I dont know how to realize my idea:
<DockPanel LastChildFill="False">
<TextBox DockPanel.Dock="Left" x:Name="nachname_textbox"/>
<TextBox DockPanel.Dock="Right" x:Name="vorname_textbox"/>
</DockPanel>
UniformGrid control might suit your needs : it automaticaly places all controls in cells with the same amount of width en height for each ones. And you can define how many rows and columns you want.
<UniformGrid Columns=2>
<TextBox />
<TextBox/>
</UniformGrid>
If you want two elements to fill 50% each of the avalable width of a Panel, you should put a Grid with two ColumnDefinitions in each Panel, i.e. simply replace the DockPanel with a Grid:
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
If you want to decrease the amount of XAML, you could create your own custom Grid class:
public class My2x2Grid : Grid
{
public My2x2Grid()
{
ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition());
ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition());
}
}
...and use this one:
<local:My2x2Grid>
<TextBox />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" />
</Grid>
I'm fairly new to WPF custom controls and have started by playing with a basic "LabelEdit" - basically a Label control and a TextBox. I have binding for 4 properties - Text, Label, TextWidth and LabelWidth (perhaps not what you would name them in a production environment, but this is just so that I can educate myself!).
All seems to work well. I also have an event which fires when the size of the label changes and causes an "ActualLabelWidth" DependencyProperty to change, so that a series of LabelEdit controls can all have the same Label Width. Here's the XAML for the LabelEdit:
<Grid DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl}}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions >
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding LabelWidth}" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding TextWidth}" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Content="{Binding Label, FallbackValue=LabelEdit}" SizeChanged="Label_SizeChanged" />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding Text}" />
</Grid>
...and for the MainWindow using it:
<ajdata:LabelEdit Text="{Binding Title}" Label="Title:" LabelWidth="{Binding ElementName=lblForename, Path=ActualLabelWidth}" TextWidth="100" />
<ajdata:LabelEdit Text="{Binding Surname}" Label="Surname:" LabelWidth="{Binding ElementName=lblForename, Path=ActualLabelWidth}" TextWidth="300" />
<ajdata:LabelEdit Text="{Binding Forename}" Label="Forename(s):" LabelWidth="Auto" TextWidth="300" Name="lblForename" />
So the label with the largest piece of text sets the width for the others.
The problem occurs when I give the Label a margin ("0,0,5,0") to space it from the TextBox element. In this situation, the LabelEdit with the "Auto" width seems to work fine. The bound versions, however, appear not to honour the margins. This means the TextBox part of the element appears positioned left of where it should be.
Does anyone know what I need to do so that all the Labels end up the same width with margins taken in to account? I realise I could probably insert an extra piece of code in my event handler, but would rather make the XAML do its job, if possible. Many thanks.
I have now solved this (but am still perhaps unsure why). Instead of setting margins of "0,0,5,0" on the label, I have set margins of "5,0,0,0" on the TextBox. This way, everything remains nicely lined up, whatever the label width.
I have the following xaml which resides in a wpf user control -
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="30" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="30" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBox
x:Name="MyTxt"
TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"
Grid.Row="0"
/>
<ListView
x:Name="MyList"
ItemsSource="{Binding}"
Grid.Row="1"
/>
<Label
Grid.Row="2"
/>
</Grid>
This control is nested within a grid in a view. I would like to have the text box be a set height at the top of the grid, the label at the bottom showing as a fixed height at the bottom of the grid. I want the list view to fill the rest of the screen area.
The problem that I am having is the listview does not size correctly. If I have too many records that show up in it, it extends beyond the window and no scroll bars are available to scroll down. I therefore cannot get to the bottom to see the vertical scroll bar if the data stretches off to the right of the screen.
I was able to set the listview to a fixed height and that worked, but I would like it to be more dynamic and resize with the window if possible.
Does anyone have any tips that might get the sizing correct?
Thanks for any thoughts.
EDIT - Here is the xaml for the containing grid in the mainwindow view. this was adapted from the article by Josh Smith here
<Grid>
<Border
Style="{StaticResource MainBorderStyle}"
>
<HeaderedContentControl
Content="{Binding Path=Workspaces}"
ContentTemplate="{StaticResource WorkspacesTemplate}"
/>
</Border>
</Grid>
I do have the scrollviewer properties set as mentioned in some of the answers below.
Here is the datatemplate for the workspace
<DataTemplate x:Key="WorkspacesTemplate">
<TabControl
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ClosableTabItemTemplate}"
Margin="4"
/>
</DataTemplate>
Can you just add these properties to the listview?
ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll = "True"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" <!-- or "Auto" -->
Everything else looks ok to me. You have the 3 rows, 2 of which are absolute, the other stretching. You also have the listview in the 2nd row, so it should stretch with it.
if that doesn't work, try wrapping the ListView in a scrollviewer
<ScrollViewer>
<ListView/>
</ScrollViewer>
What is the VerticalAlignment of a ListBox by default? You might need to set the vertical alignment to Stretch.
<ListView
x:Name="MyList"
ItemsSource="{Binding}"
Grid.Row="1"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
/>
I was able to get it working. If I change the containing grid in the main window to use a ContentControl instead of a HeaderedcontentControl, it works as expected.
Thank for any help.
I have a Canvas with a Grid on it. The Grid contains 3 columns. The first column contains another Grid, the second contains nothing, the third contains an Image (a box). (I have the blank column for animation purposes unrelated to this question.)
In my child Grid I have 2 rows. The first row contains a UserControl (shelves of boxes), the second contains an Image (a barcode).
The problem is that the layout engine seems to completely ignore the dimensions of the user control. In the preview I see my UserControl and directly on top of it the two other images. Granted Canvas doesn't automatically size its children, but I have that resolved with some resize statements in the SizeChanged event of the page.
As it is, the box shows up at runtime in the bottom right corner of my window as it should, however the barcode appears positioned as if the UserControl doesn't exist.
For an illustration of my issue please see http://www.wynright.com/temp/Problem.png
The following is my XAML code:
<Canvas x:Name="MainCanvas" Background="Silver">
<Grid Name="LayoutRoot">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Name="LayoutChild" Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<LightPickDemo:Picker x:Name="PickZone" ZoneCleared="PickZone_ZoneCleared" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
<Image Name="BarCode" Source="/LightPickDemo;component/Images/BarcodeScan.png" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Stretch="None" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" />
</Grid>
<Image Name="imgShippingBox" Source="/LightPickDemo;component/Images/Empty-Box.png" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Stretch="None" Grid.Column="2" />
</Grid>
</Canvas>
So I wonder what do I need to do to get the UserControl to offer its size for the layout engine. I can see in my designer the size of the control, so clearly the compiler knows that there is size to this control.
I would like the barcode to show centered below the UserControl.
Here is the XAML for the UserControl:
<Canvas>
<Image Name="ImageBase" Source="/LightPickDemo;component/Images/BayShelves.png" />
<LightPickDemo:ZoneLight x:Name="ZoneLight" Canvas.Left="345" Canvas.Top="0" ButtonPress="ZoneLight_ButtonPress" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerCalculator" Canvas.Left="74" Canvas.Top="266" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerCalendar" Canvas.Left="207" Canvas.Top="266" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerPaperClip" Canvas.Left="521" Canvas.Top="266" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerRuler" Canvas.Left="649" Canvas.Top="266" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerScissor" Canvas.Left="75" Canvas.Top="532" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerStapler" Canvas.Left="250" Canvas.Top="532" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerStapleRemover" Canvas.Left="435" Canvas.Top="532" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
<LightPickDemo:PickerModule x:Name="pickerTapeDispenser" Canvas.Left="635" Canvas.Top="532" OnPicked="Picker_PickChanged" />
</Canvas>
Most likely the ActualHeight of your user control is zero. Looking at your XAML for the user control you should be able to just set Height and Width in the XAML of the user control.
I can't determine what is the UserControl from your image, but if you set the property to 'collapsed' the engine won't read the size I don't think. If the UserControl isn't visible, but you want to show the dimensions, animate the opacity property instead of visibility. The barcode is in Row 1 which is the top row, should it be in row 2?
Am I correct in assuming the barcode needs to be below the image with the 2 rows of boxes? Where is the UserControl? What is it?
An answer to my question seems to be to put the following code in my UserControl, however, I can't imagine this is the best answer and I know it doesn't allow for screen scaling at all. So please, if anyone knows how to do this correctly, please let me know.
Thanks to Wallstreet Programmer for leading me to this workaround.
Protected Overrides Function MeasureOverride(ByVal availableSize As System.Windows.Size) As System.Windows.Size
Dim bmp As BitmapImage
bmp = BaseImage.Source
Return New Size(bmp.PixelWidth, bmp.PixelHeight)
'Return MyBase.MeasureOverride(availableSize)
End Function
A window has a Grid with two columns. The left column contains a control with a constant width but with a height that adapts. The right column contains a TextBox that takes up all remaining space in the Grid (and thereby in the Window).
The Grid is given a minimal width and height and is wrapped within a ScrollViewer. If the user resizes the window to be smaller than the minimal width/height of the Grid, scrollbars are displayed.
This is exactly how I want it to be. However, a problem occurs when the user starts typing text. If the text is to long to fit in one line in the TextBox, I want the text to wrap. Therefore I set TextWrapping="Wrap" on the TextBox. But since the TextBox has an automatic width and is wrapped in a ScrollViewer (its actually the whole Grid that is wrapped), the TextBox just keeps expanding to the right.
I do want the TextBox to expand if the window is expanded, but I don't want the TextBox to expand by the text. Rather the text should wrap inside the available TextBox. If the text don't fit within the TextBox height, a scrollbar should be displayed within the TextBox.
Is there a way to accomplish this?
Below is some code that shows my problem:
<Window x:Class="AdaptingTextBoxes.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="300" Width="400" Background="DarkCyan">
<Grid Margin="10" Name="LayoutRoot">
<ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
<Grid MinWidth="300" MinHeight="200">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,10,0" Content="Button" Width="100" />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" />
</Grid>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</Window>
You could use an invisible border (its hacky but it works - its how I tend to sort out dynamic textbox sizes in Xaml):
<Border BorderThickness="0" x:Name="border" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0.5" />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=border}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=border}" />
Have you tried setting the MaxWidth property on just the TextBox?
Edit after OP's comment
I would try getting rid of the ScrollViewer. The sizing used in the Grid's layout should take care of re-sizing and the scroll bar settings on the TextBox should take care of the rest.
The answer is based on Leom's answer.
The solution works great when you enlarge the window, but the resizing is not smooth when you make the window smaller. As the textbox participates in the grid's layout, it has to perform layout process multiple times. You can fix that by putting the texbox in the canvas, so the change of the size of the textbox no longer triggers the grid's re-layout.
The updated code:
<Border BorderThickness="0" x:Name="border" Grid.Column="1" Margin="0.5" />
<Canvas Grid.Column="1">
<TextBox AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=border}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=border}" />
</Canvas>