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Shi
Shi

Reputation: 79

Grid.Width="*" is not in a correct format

In my code:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Black">

    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

    <Grid Name="Panel" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="100" Width="*" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top">

    </Grid>
</Grid>

I want the inner grid to fill the whole width of the screen. so I thought putting a * will do that. but it says it is not in a correct format.

How can I set the inner grid to fill the width?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 135

Answers (2)

Nitesh
Nitesh

Reputation: 7409

Width property is of type double and doesn't accept a value of type GridLength. Therefore you will get an exception saying "'*' string cannot be converted to Length."

Also you should not set HorizontalAlignment="Left". If you wish to stretch the Width of control set it as HorizontalAlignment="Stretch".

If you set HorizontalAlignment="Left" then elements are aligned to the left of the parent element's allocated layout space.

You can get more useful info at here. I would suggest to go over it so you can get more idea, how to place/arrange control in a better way on UI.

<Grid Name="Panel" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="100" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top" />

Upvotes: 1

loop
loop

Reputation: 9242

just set the HorizontalAlignment property of the grid to stretch like this..and remove the width property..

<Grid Name="Panel" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Height="100"  HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top">

    </Grid>

hope it will solve your problem..

Upvotes: 0

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