#WINDOWS GRID ADD ON HOW TO#

Child elements of a Grid can be absolutely positioned relative to the upper-left corner of their 'cell' boundaries. The Grid element allows layering of content, where more than one element can exist within a single cell. Grid adds elements based on a row and column index Table does not. Grid and Table share some common functionality, but each can be applied in appropriate scenarios to better use its built-in features. As a consequence, layered order (also known as z-order) can be achieved when elements share the same coordinates. You can precisely position child elements of a Grid by using a combination of the Margin property and alignment properties.Ĭhild elements of a Grid are drawn in the order in which they appear in markup or code. For example, if a column has one cell with a long word like 'hippopotamus' contained within it but all the other cells in the column have smaller words like 'dog', the width of the column will be the width of the largest word (hippopotamus).

Grid is the only layout panel that can distribute space in this manner.īy default, rows and columns take up the least amount of space necessary to accommodate the largest content within any cell contained in a given row or column.

By combining this technique to proportionally distribute space with a HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment value of Stretch, it is possible to partition layout space by percentage of screen space. In the first case, the row or column would receive one times the available space, while in the second case, the row or column would receive two times the available space, and so on. This value is expressed as * or 2* when you use Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML). This is in contrast to Auto, which distributes space evenly based on the size of the content that is within a column or row. When Star is selected as the height or width of a row or column, that column or row receives a weighted proportion of the remaining available space. ' Add the final TextBlock Cell to the GridĪ Grid contains a collection of UIElement objects, which are in the Children property.Ĭolumns and rows that are defined within a Grid can take advantage of Star sizing to distribute remaining space proportionally. Add the Grid as the Content of the Parent Window Object Add the TextBlock elements to the Grid Children collection Txt8.Text = 'Total Units: ' + (db1 + db2 + db3).ToString() RowDefinition rowDef4 = new RowDefinition() RowDefinition rowDef3 = new RowDefinition() RowDefinition rowDef2 = new RowDefinition() RowDefinition rowDef1 = new RowDefinition() MyGrid.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top ĬolumnDefinition colDef1 = new ColumnDefinition() ĬolumnDefinition colDef2 = new ColumnDefinition() ĬolumnDefinition colDef3 = new ColumnDefinition() MyGrid.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left In this case, the grid defines three ColumnDefinition elements and four RowDefinition elements that host child content.

#WINDOWS GRID ADD ON HOW TO#

The following example demonstrates how to create a grid.

Windows grid add on