Dynamically sizing grid rows/columns
A typical user interface contains multiple parts, each responsible for some UI features. Many times it's useful for the user to manually resize those parts, as she sees fit. It turns out the Grid
supports dynamic resizing with the help of a GridSplitter
element. Let's see how this can be done.
Getting ready
Make sure Visual Studio is up and running.
How to do it...
We'll create a simple two way splitter, similar to the main view in Windows Explorer, to demonstrate a typical GridSplitter
usage:
- Create a new WPF application named
CH03.DynamicGridSizing
. - Open
MainWindow.xaml
. Add two columns to the existingGrid
as follows:<Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="40"/> <ColumnDefinition Width="2*" MinWidth="50" ...
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