I'm trying to figure out in XAML how to group something similar to div in html without really putting functionality into it. It matters, because I want to change visibility of it conditionally in code-behind. I want to group grid rows 1 and 2 below.
I don't want a stackpanel, as it doesn't match the layout that I want. If I Put "Grid," it seems like it doesn't register it and thinks I want to create a new grid. I read online somewhere to put ContentPanel. ContentPanel doesn't work since it says Content is already set. I Also tried Canvas, but messed with the layout. If there really isn't something simple like div, I think I'm going to have to start hating xaml... :(
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/> <!-- specific -->
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/> <!-- start -->
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/> <!-- stop -->
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="102"/> <!-- Label -->
<ColumnDefinition/> <!-- Text -->
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Name="FixedModeSelection" Visibility="Collapsed">
<Label Content="Specific (MHz)" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"/>
<DockPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">
<Button Content="Add Specific" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Click="AddSpecific_Click"/>
<TextBox Name="specificTextBox" KeyDown="TextBox_KeyDown" KeyUp="TextBox_KeyUp"
Text="{Binding ElementName=NoiseFigureDetailsControl, Path=SpecificFrequency, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=Explicit}"/>
</DockPanel>
</Grid>
<**WHAT TO PUT HERE?** Name="ListSweepModeSelection">
<Label Content="Start (MHz)" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0 10"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" KeyUp="TextBox_KeyUp" Margin="0 10"
Text="{Binding ElementName=NoiseFigureDetailsControl, Path=StartFrequency, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=Explicit}"/>
<Label Content="Stop (MHz)" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0 10"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" KeyUp="TextBox_KeyUp" Margin="0 10"
Text="{Binding ElementName=NoiseFigureDetailsControl, Path=StopFrequency, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=Explicit}"/>
<Label Content="Step (MHz)" Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0 10"/>
</**WHAT TO PUT HERE?**>
</Grid>
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I'm essentially trying to create a view that displays a list of items underneath an interactable header (a Button and an Image wrapped in a FlexLayout) that sorts that specific column A-Z / Z-A, my problem is that I can't figure out how to line them up neatly and without manually setting the column width in ColumnDefinition.
Normally I'd just set the width to some value but since its going to be cross platform (including tablets) I want to avoid doing that so I don't end up with everything squished to one side if the user decides to use a tablet with a much wider screen, does anyone know any fixes or have any advice on what I could look into trying?
Thanks in advance, and I'll post a snippet of what I'm trying to achieve below
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<FlexLayout AlignItems="Center" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">
<Button Text="Name" FontSize="8" Clicked="QuickSort" Padding="0"/>
<Image Source="" Aspect="AspectFit" HeightRequest="20" WidthRequest="20" IsVisible="False"/>
</FlexLayout>
<FlexLayout AlignItems="Center" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">
<Button Text="Type" FontSize="8" Clicked="QuickSort" Padding="0"/>
<Image Source="" Aspect="AspectFit" HeightRequest="20" WidthRequest="20" IsVisible="False"/>
</FlexLayout>
<FlexLayout AlignItems="Center" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2">
<Button Text="Cost" FontSize="8" Clicked="QuickSort" Padding="0"/>
<Image Source="" Aspect="AspectFit" HeightRequest="20" WidthRequest="20" IsVisible="False"/>
</FlexLayout>
<ListView ItemSource="{Binding Collection}" Grid.Row="1">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Label Text="{Binding name}" Grid.Column="0"/>
<Label Text="{Binding type}" Grid.Column="1"/>
<Label Text="{Binding cost}" Grid.Column="2"/>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</Grid>
A simple solution is to copy the Grid column declarations into the ItemTemplate's DataTemplate. This makes each item a Grid, whose columns match the outer Grid:
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Grid ColumnDefinitions="*, *, *">
<Label Text="{Binding name}" Grid.Column="0"/>
<Label Text="{Binding type}" Grid.Column="1"/>
<Label Text="{Binding cost}" Grid.Column="2"/>
</Grid>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
The labels all default to "Row=0", so each item is a one-row Grid.
If you like to make it easier, maybe try some datagrid libraries like https://github.com/akgulebubekir/Xamarin.Forms.DataGrid
I'm migrating a WPF application to UWP and I'm having a design issue. How to make a ComboBox fill all the space of the grid line in which it is contained? In WPF I used the code below.
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="150"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock x:Uid="SpkPgTxtLanguage" Width="auto" Height="auto" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Margin="0,0,0,0" FontSize="12" />
<ComboBox Name="cbxDefaultLanguage" Margin="3,3,3,3" Width="auto" Height="auto" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" >
<ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="{Binding Flag}" Width="32" Height="32" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" Margin="10, 0, 0, 0" FontSize="12"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>
</Grid>
In UWP, you can set ComboBox.HorizontalAlignment to Stretch, which means that ComboBox can fill the remaining space horizontally.
<ComboBox Name="cbxDefaultLanguage" Margin="3,3,3,3" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" >
...
</ComboBox>
Best regards.
I want to create a standard Name and Address form like with multiple textboxs on a line to save space.
Is it better to start with Grids or Stack Panels and nest them? Is it better to create a custom control that combines TextBox and TextBlock?
I'll post my solution below. I was just curious if there's a better way to do this and what the merits of each method might be.
<!-- Snipplet of UWP XAML -->
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<StackPanel Width="400" Background="Aqua" Padding="10"
BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="First Name"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="Last Name"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="White"
Text="John"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Background="White"
Text="Smith"/>
</Grid>
<TextBlock>Address1</TextBlock>
<TextBox Background="White" Text="1 Center St"/>
<TextBlock>Address2:</TextBlock>
<TextBox Background="White"/>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="City"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="State"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="Zip"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="White"
Text="Townville"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Background="White"
Text="XX"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" Background="White"
Text="12345"/>
</Grid>
<TextBlock/>
<StackPanel
Orientation="Horizontal" FlowDirection="RightToLeft">
<Button Content="Ok" Margin="0,0,10,0"
Width="100" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"/>
<Button Content="Cancel"
Width="100" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
you can design your control as you want or you can make it separately on a UserControl but thing should be need to note here , you already put the text already on textbox instead of using placeholder text , so i change it in your code
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<StackPanel Width="400" Background="Aqua" Padding="10"
BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="Black" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="First Name"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="Last Name"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="White"
PlaceholderText="John"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Background="White"
PlaceholderText="Smith"/>
</Grid>
<TextBlock>Address1</TextBlock>
<TextBox Background="White" PlaceholderText="1 Center St"/>
<TextBlock>Address2:</TextBlock>
<TextBox Background="White"/>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="City"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="State"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="Zip"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Background="White"
PlaceholderText="Townville"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Background="White"
PlaceholderText="XX"/>
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" Background="White"
PlaceholderText="12345"/>
</Grid>
<TextBlock/>
<StackPanel
Orientation="Horizontal" FlowDirection="RightToLeft">
<Button Content="Ok" Margin="0,0,10,0"
Width="100" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"/>
<Button Content="Cancel"
Width="100" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
and you can learn basics of uwp development from this link
In the interest of performance, having only one panel is better - see the UWP app developer docs on performance. Therefore, I would use a relative panel, ending up with something like this:
<RelativePanel>
<!-- Horizontal group -->
<TextBox x:Name="TxtBx1"/>
<TextBox x:Name="TxtBx2" RelativePanel.RightOf="TxtBx1"/>
<!-- Below the first group -->
<TextBox x:Name="TxtBx3" RelativePanel.Below="TxtBx1"/>
<!-- Another horizontal group -->
<TextBox x:Name="TxtBx4" RelativePanel.Below="TxtBx3"/>
<TextBox x:Name="TxtBx5" RelativePanel.RightOf="TxtBx4"/>
</RelativePanel>
But in all honesty, there is no 'correct' answer as such - it depends on what you rank more highly in your app, be it performance or code readability.
I have a simple layout that basically displays a list of items in ListView using an ItemsWrapGrid as the panel template. The problem I am having is that the first image in the ListView is always bigger than the rest, even with a fixed width / height set. I am completely stumped.
An image of the problem:
The ListView XAML is:
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Currencies}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource PortfolioCurrencyTemplate}">
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<ItemsWrapGrid Orientation="Horizontal" Width="Auto" Height="Auto"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
</ListView>
The data template:
<Page.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="PortfolioCurrencyTemplate" x:DataType="viewModels:PortfolioViewModel">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1"
CornerRadius="2"
Padding="10">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="2*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="1" MaxWidth="100" MaxHeight="100" Source="https://www.cryptocompare.com/media/19633/btc.png"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding Name}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding Symbol}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Text="{Binding LastPrice}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</Page.Resources>
Instead of using ListView and changing ItemsPanelTemplate to create a GridView Effect and tackle issues one by one, I would suggest you switch to AdaptiveGridView.
You can install Nuget Package for UWP Community Toolkit from Here
Add below namespace to your page
xmlns:controls="using:Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls"
Now your ListView needs to be replaced like below.
<controls:AdaptiveGridView ItemsSource="{Binding Currencies}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource PortfolioCurrencyTemplate}"
DesiredWidth="250"/>
Output from Designer
Good Luck.
I am creating an app in Silverlight 4 with MVVM Light.
At present I have a page with many controls ie. StackPanels, Listbox, TexBlocks and Buttons. I have a busyindicator on the page that is bound to a viewmodel. When a button is clicked to say retrieve data from the database the busyindicator displays and vanishes when the call is completed.
This all works as it should.
What I want to happen is that the whole page is wrapped in the busyindicator so that the page dims and nothing works until the event is completed. I have read that you just wrap the control inside the Busyindicator.
No matter where I place the opening of the indicator I get blue lines showing 'The property Content is set more than once.'
I have posted the code below, could anyone explain where to put the indicator code.
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height ="0" />
<RowDefinition Height ="30" />
<RowDefinition Height ="60" />
<RowDefinition Height ="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height ="40" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Header" Width="353" Margin="0 0 0 0" Height="30" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Content="GetData" Height="35" Width="130" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,0,0" Command="{Binding GetData}"></Button>
<!-- <toolkit:BusyIndicator Width="150" Height="50" IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy}" BusyContent="Searching ..." /> -->
</StackPanel>
<ListBox x:Name="MyListBox" Grid.Row="3">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="400"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Name}"></TextBlock>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Grid.Column="3" Content="Delete" VerticalAlignment="Center"
Command="{Binding Delete}"></Button>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="4" Margin="5,10,0,0" Text="{BindingMessage}"></TextBlock>
</Grid>
You need to put all the content inside the user control as shown below:
<toolkit:BusyIndicator Width="150" Height="50" IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy}" BusyContent="Searching ...">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height ="0" />
<RowDefinition Height ="30" />
<RowDefinition Height ="60" />
<RowDefinition Height ="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height ="40" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Header" Width="353" Margin="0 0 0 0" Height="30" />
<StackPanel Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Center" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Button Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Content="GetData" Height="35" Width="130" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,0,0,0" Command="{Binding GetData}"></Button>
</StackPanel>
<ListBox x:Name="MyListBox" Grid.Row="3">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="400"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Name}"></TextBlock>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="2" Grid.Column="3" Content="Delete" VerticalAlignment="Center" Command="{Binding Delete}"></Button>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="4" Margin="5,10,0,0" Text="{BindingMessage}"></TextBlock>
</Grid>
</toolkit:BusyIndicator>